Bookmark It – Bella Beads

People are on the lookout for the easiest products to assemble from home. Hence, another popular item that is looked at is the Bookmark. There are two main assembly jobs that involve the making of bookmarks. One is, however, quiet different from the other. The bookmark that the Bella Beads offer to be assembled from home involves working with beads and thread. You will be stringing along the beads to assemble the bookmark much like assembling bead jewelry.

The second comes from the house of Valerie’s Hattery. As mentioned before this is one product assembly that is not only in good standing with the Better Business Bureau but also a member of the Michigan BBB.

If you are looking to find a simple product to assemble, the likelihood of it getting simpler than this is tough. Many people like to assemble products according to their crafting interest. Some are fond of sewing and embroidery so look for products that offer that kind of work. Some people enjoy woodworking and painting and therefore choose products likewise. However, a large number of people possess no specialized skill and yet are interested in craft making. For these people choosing products like key chains and bookmarks makes sense.

This does not go to say that these products are simple and just about anyone can assemble them successfully. That is the commonest mistake people make when trying to assemble products at home. Even the bookmarks that are offered by Bella Beads and Valerie’s Hattery will need careful and precision work. You need to be good at working with your hands and making crafts that are near to perfect in order to meet approval of the company. Remember, whatever product you are assembling, needs to be good enough to sell in stores and for people to buy.

Following are the details available on Bella Beads and Bookmark It:

Bella Beads, P.O. Box 249, East Irvine, CA 92650

Phone: 949-218-8977

Type of Work: Assembling Book Marks

Payment Description: $144.00 per set of 18 book marks

You will be assembling book marks. All you need to know is how to thread a needle. No Sewing is involved. They have a customer line to help you. The pay $144.00 per set of 18 book marks. They accept 5 sets per week. Earn $720.00 weekly.

Bookmark-It, P.O. Box 205, Cedar, MI 49621

Website: http://www.valeriehattery.tk

Type of Work: Assembling Book Marks

Payment Description: $10.00 for every 40 bookmarks

A craft by a guy for guys! They pay $10.00 for every 40 bookmarks you send them. Their bookmarks are made with only 3 materials and require NO SEWING! Materials are FREE! They have a customer phone line, accept all major credit cards, have a great refund policy and they are members of the Better Business Bureau! In business since 1991! Want a sample of the bookmark- send $5.00 or 14 loose first class stamps. Send a SASE for more information.

Artisan Corporation Of America

Here is one controversial product assembly job offer. The Artisan Corporation Of America is probably one of the oldest names when it comes to product assembly at home jobs. They are also one of the most heard off names when one is seeking to work at home and assembling products for an income. They do not seem to have stirred up too much of a problem with the Better Business Bureau as there are not many complaints against them and the few that there are, they all have the status of resolved.

But if you read the customer reviews that people who have worked for them have shared online, you will be hard pressed to find anything remotely close to flattering. To read the complete report of the Better Business Bureau on The Artisan Corporation Of America, follow this link.

There is a thread on a highly popular forum for home based working women that goes by the name of wahm.com. There is an interesting thread there that has people talking about their experience of assembling jewelry for The Artisan Corporation Of America. A funny incident shared by one of the assemblers is that even when they got someone professional to assemble the jewelry and sent in a perfect pair of earrings, the assembly business still rejected the work saying that it was inaccurate. That should get you thinking if nothing else. Besides no one had anything commendable to say about this assembly job offer. To read the complete thread on wahm.com about The Assembly Corporation Of America follow this link.

Artisan Corporation of America, P.O. Box 10472-NF, My. Washington, MD 21209-0472

Fax: 410-585-0081, Phone: 410-585-1455

Website: http://www.artisancorp.com

E-mail: info@artisancorp.com

Type of Work: Assembling Beaded Jewelry

Income Potential: $350.00 for every 50 earrings per week with no income limit. Artisan Corporation is one of the largest home assembly companies in the industry. They are looking for people to assemble their jewelry based on one simple American Indian technique. For every set of 50 pairs of earrings you will get paid $350.00 and for every half set of 25 pairs - $175.00. There is no limit on how many pairs you can make and no deadlines for your production. The only specification is that all the products must be made according to the easy to follow instructions. The company will provide Instructions and supplies for 5 pairs of earrings. They also have a 10-day trial offer and a fast payment schedule. For more information, please send a long self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address.

Angel Pin Creations – Angelic Creations

I have come across questions from people regarding assembling Angels. They have professed their interest and love for making Angels as a craft. Well, there are a couple of assembly companies that offer this craft item for assembly, Angel Pin Creations and Angelic Creations are two such home assembly work offers. The first among them is actually about assembling angel pins. The second one are actual angels that are 12 inches tall. Surprisingly enough there is no sewing involved.

The good news here is that Angelic Creations is a company that is also know as Valerie’s Hattery. This company is in a very good standing with the Better business Bureau. It is also a good representation of the product assembly work and does not make false claims as to the work and the earning potential. The work of making the 12 inch angels for Angelic Creations is for some one who is an art enthusiast and probably not suited for some one who is looking to make a full time income by doing product assembly.

We will discuss more about Angelic Creations or Valerie’s Hattery in another post.

Angel Pin Creations offers a hotline number that they can be contacted on. There is also a special line for Spanish speaking people. They have a website as well that makes communications with them that much easier. The pin is basically created for different holiday and other themes for different times of the year. Angel Pin Creations also makes the started kit available for what is probably the cheapest price.

But here is where is get a little confusing. This company has all the markings of a real home assembly job company. If you visit their website, you are likely to be impressed because they offer a lot of information. Although they could do with starting a forum or a blog where the people who are assembling products for them can interact with one another as well as the people who are seeking to do assembly work at home. Some assembly companies have started them. Coming to the confusing part, this company has a large number of complaints filed against it with the Better Business Bureau. It should be duly noted that it is not the number of complaints filed against the company as it is the way the company responded to solve them. In Angel Pins Creations’s favor, they seem to have responded and strived to solve each of the complaint filed against them. It also goes to show that a lot of people have worked or tried to work for them in the past. It is equally possible that many of those are successfully working for them even now. Do what we always tell you to do when checking out a work from home job offer. Call up and ask for references of people who are working for them. Try to find these same people online on forums and blogs.

To read the complete report on Angel Pin Creations on the Better Business Bureau follow this link.

This is some further information that we have available on Angelic Creations and Angel Pin Creations.

Angel Pin Creations, Inc., 1957 SR 60 East PMB 124, Dept. NHA, Valrico, FL 33594.

Or,

2505 Thonotosassa Rd #302, Plant City, FL 33565

Phone: 888-728-9834, 813-626-0808, (Spanish) 813-635-9526

Website: http://www.angelpin.net

Type of Work: Assembling Darling Angel Pins

Income Potential: $500.00 per week maximum for 200 Angel Pins

You need no experience or special tools to assemble these “Darling Angel Pins”. You will get paid $2.50 for each 3” x 4” pin that meets the specifications and you can assemble up to 200 pins weekly. Saving your time to look for supplies, you will purchase the lace, ribbon and beads materials from the company, as they have various holiday schemes at different times of the year. When you submit the assembled items, material and Shipping costs will be refunded to you. A starter kit is available for only $12.99. Inside, you will find you free Angel Pin, supplies and instructions. For more information, contact the company or visit the website above.

Angelic Creations, P.O. Box 237, Cidar, MI 49621

Website: http://www.valeriehattery.tk

Type of Work: Assembling Country Angels

Income Potential: $20.00 for every 5 angels with no weekly limit. Make beautiful angels that everybody loves! You will get paid $20.00 for every 5 angels you assemble according to specifications. The materials you will be using to make these 12” high angels are muslin, ribbon, roses, paper twist and strings of pearls. The best part of it is that there is no sewing involved! A Starter Kit is available with a sample Product and an information line phone number. If you would like to receive a sample angel, please send $8.00 and it will be shipped out to you immediately. For further information, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address above. (Not valid in MI.)

Advance Marketing

We mention this product assembly company because a lot of people display interest in assembling key chains at home, mostly because they think they are simple. Two things are to be said, however. Even assembling key chains from home is not simple. It may very well seem like something that anyone can do, but it is not. Sometimes certain products are designed specially to sound simple but the actual design is made so complicated that the assembler finds it impossible to make with the resources and the raw materials provided. So beware of the products that sound deceptively simple. Always question the merit of the product you are assembling as only the products that are popular items are sellable. This in turn is the basis of why anyone will pay you to do assembly job for them at home.

Secondly, this particular assembly company seems to have an unfavorable record with the Better Business Bureau. There have been several complaints filed against it. Almost all of which are unresolved. The company even failed to respond to a majority of them. It is considered that it is not the number of complaints filed against a business that determines its reliability but the way that the business chooses to redress those complaints. And this assembly company seems to have done a poor job doing that. Sometimes a business exists in the kind of field where it is common place for consumers to have complaints. In such instances it is paramount that business deals with them to the satisfaction of the consumer. Work at home job offers are rife with false offers. The Better Business Bureau records a lot of complaints filed with them for the various work from offers advertised online and offline.

The Better Business Bureau issues the following notice for all work at home enterprise, including product assembly at home.

” Every day, ads for work-at-home jobs appear in newspapers across the country as well as in national magazines and on the Internet. Some of the offers include stuffing envelopes,
assembling products, reading books, reviewing movies, medical billing, or selling advertising on the Internet.
The BBB suggests using extreme caution when responding to any such offer. While ads claim high earnings and short hours with little or no experience, BBB files nationwide indicate no evidence of anyone making the promised money. Rarely, if ever, are these ads an offer of legitimate employment. Generally, these "jobs" require up-front fees for information or supplies, and only the person who ran the ad makes any money.
You should be aware that the United States Postal Inspectors regularly investigate these fraudulent schemes, and that you risk investigation and possible prosecution by postal or other
law enforcement agencies if you become involved in one of these schemes.”

There are two more work at home companies that exist under the same name i.e. Advance Marketing. One is located in Florida while the other in Texas. Whether or not they are the same product assembly company or not remains unclear. If you any information regarding them, please post your comments here.

To read the complete report on Advance Marketing on Better Business Bureau follow this link.

This is some more information available with us on this product assembly offer.

Advance Marketing, 330 W. Square Lake Road, Troy, MI 48098

Type of Work: Assembling Beaded Key Rings

Payment Description: Contact the company for more information

The company will provide all directions and patterns and there is no limit as to how many you can make. There are very few materials needed for assembly. Please send a S.A.S.E (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope)for more information.

Abundant Resources – City Capes – Kitchen Crafts – American Home Crafts

Abundant Resources is a work at home assembly job offer for those people who are interested in sewing jobs. Specially for those people who look forward to making baby items. You are going to need to be good with doing straight stitching with a sewing machine. The maximum income that can be made is $447 a week. This amount includes supplies and postage. Your net income will be roughly about the $360. But this is near impossible to achieve. It is more optimistic to expect to make this in the entire month. You should be well aware of the fact that the income from doing product assembly at home is not all together regular. You are going to have to put up with long delays in approval and payment. You are required to send in a sample of the Baby Bonnet for approval before you can work full time. This process can take up to a month and you might have to send in the assemble product sample more than one time. There is a hotline number provided that you can call for all assistance.

Important Note: According to the Better Business Bureau this company also exists under other names: City Capes, Kitchen Crafts, American Home Crafts. These are the names of all the same companies, although the address locations seems for these seem to be in California.

The rating with the Better Business Bureau for this company is an F. This is lowest rating that the BBB gives to a business and reflects the reliability that the company has in view of the Better Business Bureau. A partial reason for the reason is the industry that this company belongs to. The better business Bureau receives a lot of complaints regarding the various work from home offer. Since product assembling jobs at home are another example of this, they are liable to circumspection.

Another thing to note about this home product assembly company is that there have been no complaints filed against it with the better business bureau in the last 36 months. However, the BBB issues the following warning to all people looking for home based jobs.

“The Better Business Bureau warns against paying up front fees for work-at-home opportunities, which are often described as voice mail retrieval, reading email, stuffing or mailing of envelopes, processing mail, being a home mailer, updating mailing lists, typing labels, home secretarial work, e-commerce at home, or home computer work. The Bureau's experience is that these are often a variation on a chain letter. Those schemes are regularly shut down by the United States Postal Inspectors. If you are calling to complain about a problem with this company, and the complaint involves one of the opportunities just described, please file your complaint instead with the Postal Inspectors by calling 800-372-8347.
Other schemes may be described as medical billing opportunities, reviewing movies, reading books, or home assembly of various products.
How do you find a real job, which allows you to work at home? You can sign up with your state's employment commission or check out the classified ads. Do not expect to find real jobs that pay good money for easy work to be done at home. The request for an up front fee is a big warning sign. Even if the company is offering a home assembly opportunity or a directory of companies looking for home workers, we advise caution before paying any up front fees for any reason. You normally will no more have to pay to work at home than you would to work in an office, if the job is real. Because these types of companies come and go so quickly, the absence of complaints at the Better Business Bureau is not a good indicator that the company is legitimate. The victims may be too embarrassed to complain or the scheme may be structured to make it look like any problems are the fault of the victim.”

Read the complete report here.

To read the report on American Home Crafts that also seems to be an alias of Abundant Resources, click this link.

This is the some further information available to us on the Abundant Resources Product Assembly company.

Abundant Resources, P.O. Box 112063, Carrollton, TX 75011-2063

Type of Work: Sewing Baby Bonnets

Payment Description: $447.00 maximum per week for 150 Baby Bonnets. This product is easy to make and you won’t need anything else but a standard straight stitch machine and basic sewing skills. This company has been producing baby items since 1992 and has received the Seal of Approval. For every 30 bonnets that you make according to specifications, you will receive $95.40 ($65.10 for your labor, $30.30 for your supply cost, plus up to $4.00 shipping). You can make up to 5 packages of 30 bonnets each per week ($447.00). If you wish to obtain pattern, a help-line number, instructions, fabric and supplies for making one sample bonnet that you can return for inspection, you can purchase a starter kit for $25.95 plus $4.95 shipping, handling and processing (if in Texas, please add 8.25% sales tax). You can also buy a finished sample for $8.95, plus $2.00 shipping and handling. For more information, please send a long self-addressed stamped envelope.

US Crafts

Not much information is available on this product assembly company. They do have a large assortment of products to assemble at home though. They have 4 different product for assembly. One that requires woodworking skills, while the other require sewing to be done. The rating with the Better Business Bureau is not great, being an F. But something that works to the advantage is that BBB does not have a record of any complaints being filed against the business during the past 3 years which the standard duration for which the BBB reports.

This company has been in business since 1997 which makes it over 10 years old. When the Better Business gives a rating to a business, it also considers the field of operation. In this case the field of operation is a home based employment opportunity. Because of the nature and the frequency of the complaints that the BBB receives concerning work at home opportunities, this field is determined to be unstable. There are many complaints that are filed against several work at home offers as they turn out to be not what they claim. Frauds and false offers are rampant when it comes to finding work at home.

It is a strong recommendation to proceed with extreme caution when trying out any work at home opportunity. Specially if you are required to send someone money.

That said, in order to assemble products for US Crafts you will either have to be a woodworking person or know sewing.

The product, by the sound of them, seem to be serious crafts and one that could support an actual business.

If you are interested in working for US Crafts, give them a call and get all the details. Also ask for references of the people who are currently working for them. The best way to verify the credentials of any company is to get a recommendation from employee who have a history of being paid by the company.

U.S. Crafts, P.O. Box 1529, Dept. NHA, Gardnerville, NV 89410,

Phone: 800-311-9909

This is the information available on the Better Business Bureau report:

Name: U S Crafts, Phone: (775) 782-6524, Fax: (775) 782-6056

Address: 1420 Industrial Way STE 1, Gardnerville, NV 89410-5744

Principal: Ms. Shelley Beale, Owner.

To read the complete report on US Crafts by the Better Business Bureau, follow this link.

This is other information that we have.

The company has (4) different home working opportunities for you. For woodworking, you will need to use a curve-cutting power saw (for example, scroll saw, band saw, or Table mounted jig saw). The products also need flat acrylic paint. If you wish to sew, you will need simply some basis hand and machine skills. To work on any of the following products, you need little or no experience.

Type of Work: Wood Angel Ornaments

Income Potential: $133.00 for 38 wood angels

This wok consists of cutting and painting a wooden angel. For this job, the company will pay you $133.00 for every 38 wood angels.

Type of Work: Sewing Hair Barrettes

Income Potential: $157.00 for 60 Hair Barrettes

This product is Hair Barrettes and you don’t need any special tools. Just some basic hand sewing and gluing will do the job. The company will pay you $157.00 for each unit of 5 dozen finished products.

Type of Work: Sewing infant slippers

Income Potential: $150.00 for every 30 pairs of slippers

To make these cute infant slippers, all you need to do is a simple embroidery stitch and basic machine sewing. The company will pay you $150.00 for every 30 pairs of slippers.

Type of Work: Assembling Tooth Ferry Ornaments

Income Potential: $150.00 for each package of ornaments. Contact the company for additional information.

This decoration requires basic hand sewing and some gluing. For each package of ornaments, the company will pay you $150.00.

This family owned company has been in business since 1992 and they offer you the choice to assemble one, a few or all of their products. To get more information, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Valerie’s Hattery

Valerie’s Hattery is an assembly jobs at home company that is in good standing with the Better Business Bureau. They have a rating of A+ which is excellent. This is rather rare. It is a BBB Accredited business for more than the past 10 years and has had only 3 complaints filed against it, all of which have been resolved. The start up fee for ordering the kit seems to be more reasonable than many others.

What also makes it notable as far as assembly jobs at home are concerned is the fact that the owner states clearly and categorically on the website that the assembly work is more for the craft enthusiast rather than someone looking for a serious and substantial home based income. If you are looking for means of earning from home on a long term basis and need the income as a stand alone means rather than a supplemental one, then you should best look elsewhere. In fact this applies to all product assembling at home offers. This kind of work is only good for the hobbyists whose primary concern is recreation rather than income. This is partly because of the fact that only the people who are genuinely fond of making crafts can sustain themselves in this work. Others may quickly find themselves getting bored.

There is something to be said however of the invalidity of the assembly job offer in MI. Kindly check if this is true. Also check why this is the case the offices themselves are located in MI and post your findings here.

There is a difference between the address listed here and the one on the website of the Better Business Bureau. These are the details with the BBB:

Additional DBA Names: Angelic Creations, Butterfly Garden, Bookmark-It

Phone: (231) 228-4562

Address: PO Box 5250, Traverse City, MI 49696-5250

This is what we have. Be sure to tally both and confirm when you give them a call.

To read the complete report of the Better Business Bureau On Valerie’s Hattery, follow this link.

Valerie’s Hattery, Inc. , 13435 S. Cedar Road, Cedar, MI 49621

Website: http://www.valeriehattery.tk

Type of Work: Assembling Potpourri Bonnets

Income Potential: $17.50 per 12 Bonnets

Since 1991, this company has offered home workers with an opportunity to work on pretty, scented and extremely easy to make bonnets. In fact, they are so simple to make, it would take you about 5 minutes to complete one. Materials will be supplied by the company for a deposit fee. They will pay you $17.50 for a dozen bonnets. A starter kit is available for only $27.50 and it provides you with full instructions and a sample bonnet. The starter kit fee will be refunded to you as soon as you make $100.00 with the company. For more information, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope. A sample bonnet is available for $5.00. (not valid in MI)