I know that when you’re already busy enough with the family, the housework, and making your handcraft items to sell the idea if of making time to socialize on top of all of the other stuff you have to do is perhaps less than appetizing. But marketing yourself is only one of the benefits [...]

There’s a very good chance that as a crafter you’re not a slavish follower of fashion – because one of the greatest things about craft is that we are not restricted by what we can buy in shops. That said, it is very important for most all business owners to keep abreast of trends [...]

The best thing you can do for your Craft Business (and any other business) before you make a single thing to sell is to do some research (and to keep on researching during the lifetime of your business).

Fore-warned is fore-armed. Do your research and you’ll stay one step ahead.
Here are some excellent web resources for [...]

Happiest New Year Everyone. I hope you all had lovely time with your family and friends over Xmas. I myself was really ill from the 22nd of Dec to…well…I’m still feeling a bit pants, but thankfully over the worst of it of now.
A new year brings the promise of a whole host [...]

The best way to get your name out there is to market yourself, and one of of the best ways to market yourself on the internet costs NOTHING! NADA! Ta dah! That’s right folks using social sites like Flickr costs a big fat ZERO. I am speaking from personal experience and Carrie Sommer, [...]

Not long ago I received an email from Myam who had an interesting question; she wanted to know how I went about naming my products and patterns in my shop. She asked: “Is it enough to describe what the thing (toy, dress, bag, etc) is for? Is this process actually easy…” she went to say: [...]