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Crop for a Cause Charity and Scrapbooking Giveaway
We wanted to take a little time out to talk to you today about Crop for a Cause, a local MS charity here in Illinois that holds a yearly scrapbooking crop to help raise money to fun MS research. One...
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The Art of Working from Home
It’s 1pm and you realize you haven’t showered yet today, you’ve been wearing the same yoga pants for 3 days and you aren’t even sure you brushed your teeth. You only vaguely remember feeding the cat...
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The Shipping Game
Do you have an online shop? If you sell any of your handmade goods online chances are you care playing the shipping game. Here’s the thing. It’s kind of a crap shoot – a crap shoot that can cost you...
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I Want To Start a Blog but I’m Not a Writer
Who says? You? Let me ask you this. What is the difference between you and a writer? Does a writer go to college to learn how to write? Some do but plenty don’t. Does a writer have a published book?...
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10 Tips for Saving Money in Your Home Business
Running your own business can be really rewarding. However, if you’re not careful, it can also start to get really expensive. Vicki O’Dell gives us a round up of her best tips for saving money while...
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Tips for Reversing a Slump in Your Creative Business
In some businesses slumps are expected. Take a landscaping business for example. Landscapers expect a slump in work during the winter months so they plan ahead and also offer snow removal to keep their...
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10 Ways to Boost Your Own Morale
Working from home on your own business may be a dream you’ve had for years. While you love what you do and things are going well you may find that excitement has worn off. Days of work, work and more...
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Real Life Sales: Getting Your Crafts Into a Shop
I know that many of us sell the crafts we make primarily online or in our home town craft fairs, which is a fantastic things to continue doing, but how can you expand your sales and even keep them...
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Overlooked Local Markets for Your Creative Business
Sometimes we get into a rut when it comes to selling our handmade goods. We sign up for the same art/craft fairs for several years in a row, have a steady following of friends and family that purchase...
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Time Management Worksheet
How much time can you devote to your business a day? A week? A month? Time management is something that is talked about all the time on blogs because creative business owners are all such busy people!...
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Crop for a Cause Swag Bag Giveaway Winner!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered our last giveaway! Unfortunately, we only have one Crop for a Cause swag bag to giveaway and we had to pick our winner. Congratulations to Bethany! She told us...
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Are You a Hobbyist or Business Owner?
There is a difference between a hobbyist and a business owner. Yes, a creative business owner still pursues their hobbies but they also have to have to do what needs done in order to sell the items...
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SEO Basics: Why Keywords Are Important
SEO stands for “search engine optimization,” and it is the process of making your blog or website more search engine friendly. There are a variety of things that you can do to your site to help the...
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SEO Basics: Using Keywords With Your Photos
In a recent post, I explained how keywords are the foundation of search engine optimization, also known as “SEO.” You can read that here, if you missed it. To give you a quick refresher, when you use...
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Making the Most of a Slow Craft Show
Sometimes it just happens. The slow craft show. Even if it’s a show that has done well for you in the past, even if the weather is nice, and even if you have all of your best inventory on display....
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Shipping Tips for Online Handmade Sellers
So you’ve started selling handmade goods online and need to figure out how to ship them to customers. Developing a system for packing and shipping craft items is a must, but can be pretty intimidating...
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New Ideas: Craft Activism
Crafting is a hobby that never dies. It only grows in cycles and waves. It’s one of the few hobbies that becomes more popular in times of depression. With the internet being more and more accessible to...
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Craft Fair Booth Ideas: Get Inspired
With all the paperwork and deposits in for your latest round of craft fairs, now is the time to start planning and creating your booth displays! If you’ve had the same craft fair booth display for the...
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Craft Activism Book Giveaway
If you caught our review of Craft Activism, you’re probably thinking that you should pick yourself up a copy. Well if you are the lucky winner picked from this giveaway, you won’t have to! We’ll ship...
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Designer Interview: Stacey Caron of Spellbinders Paper Arts
If you’re a papercrafter, you’re probably familiar with Spellbinders Paper Arts – the producers of great die cutting machines and dies. And if you’re a fan of Spellbinders, we have a treat for you...
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