It’s kinda funny seeing your words up on the screen like that. For any of you who might be curious about what I was doing before U-Handbag and would like to know about some behind-the-scenes U-Handbag stuff pop over to the interview here. I know it’s daft, but I’m all starry-eyed from [...]

We all spend a fair amount of time with our crafty blogs either reading them or writing them. As a crafter I’m fascinated by blogging (you might already have figured that out for yourself). I find that crafting and blogging go hand in hand and the joy I get from [...]

This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post where I talked about how I discovered another retailer was pinching my content for his own gain without my consent. This is what happened next: I had a polite rant on the phone to him and I later checked to see if had modified everything. Well, [...]

Why is it (very) beneficial to your craft business have a ‘Busy’ craft Blog?
Yes I know that I do go on about this, but a busy blog is one of the best marketing tools your Craft Business can have. The larger the readership of your craft blog the more people know about you, [...]

One of my fave pastimes (after sewing) is sitting down with my laptop, munching on some choccy, and surfing the web for what’s cool, new, hot, inspiring, cute, etc. in the craft word. You can bet your bottom dollar that there are thousands and thousands of other crafters who love to do the very same [...]

As I said in a previous post many of us crafters make the mistake of not spending enough time and money marketing ourselves and our crafts. This isn’t surprising because as crafters we love making things and the business side of…er…craft business is not necessarily our forte.  But if you you attend to the [...]