Aw cute! Patrick the bear with his pet frog by Laura Lynn
See more of Laura Lynn’s cuddly bears here.
See Laura’s FREE patterns for collectible teddy bears here.
Laura Lynne says “A large percentage of my sales are from my email mailing list.
How did I build up my collector mailing list?
I started selling some of my [...]

Vampire Rabbit; one of Felicia’s cute and quirky soft toys (they really make me grin!) .
Check out Felicia’s other cute critters in her Etsy shop Fluffy Flowers.
Read her lovely blog here.
Felicia says: “The first step in setting up an online shop is often the one that folks tend to skip. But it really is [...]

One of the things that makes the online Crafting Community so huge, successful, and special is the willingness of it’s members to share ideas, knowledge and be so supportive of each other. For me, crafters are one of the nicest bunch people to hang out with and work for. So with the spirit [...]

Most of us will already know that Etsy is a wonderful resource for newbies who want to go into craft business for the first time, and many sellers have made a great success of selling through Etsy alone. Etsy shops are easy to set up, attractive, easy to use, they attract lots of customers, [...]

Here is another fabulous Crafting Heroes Interview hot off the press. I am really loving these interviews. Like you, I am finding them so inspiring and full of great advice on how to run my own business. For those of you who don’t yet know, I asked the lovely readers of my other [...]

Hi everyone, Wendy Piersall here. Although I don’t run a crafting business, I wanted to peek in between Lisa’s great posts and say hi to all of you. Sparkplugging may be my business now, but it wouldn’t be in existence today if it weren’t for my first business, the one I started with absolutely no [...]