Spiral Bead Ring
February 15, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Free Craft Patterns, Jewelry
Wire rings are hot this year! This is one of my favorites and is sure to attract attention. Bead Studio has a step-by-step picture tutorial for creating your own wire wrapped ring.
Click here to go to Bead Studio’s Spiral Bead Ring tutorial!
Sock Monkey
February 15, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Free Craft Patterns, Sewing
Craftbits has put together a wonderful tutorial on how to create a Sock Monkey. It has very clear pictures showing each step clearly. Click here to go to CraftBits Sock Monkey tutorial!
Pam from NewLifeDesigns
February 14, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Featured Crafter, Jewelry
My name is Pam & I live in Tyler, Texas. I’m a mother, wife, & a granny. I’ve been making jewelry about 4 years now, & I absolutely love it. I’ve been creative all my life, but I’ve never connected with anything like I have with making jewelry. My inspiration comes from life, culture,& nature. I love everything about it, from going to the bead store, being surrounded by all those gorgeous, shiny beads & finding that perfect bead or stone, to sitting down & creating something that’s a little part of me. I’ve finally found my bliss! I can really get lost in the process & time seems to just disappear. It’s also a wonderful way of sharing myself with others, as well as financing my habit! 
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Yarnbombing
February 12, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Current Craft Stories, General Crafts, Knitting
Hundreds of knitters around the world have begun wrapping their huge woolly creations around public property like trees, street signs and lampposts.
They then take photos of their colourful “art” and post them on internet sites for fellow knitters to view and comment on.
One of the most ambitious pieces of work saw a woman spend an entire week covering a disused single decker bus in colourful swatches.
The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen ‘tags’.
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Screen-printing and You
January 5, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Craft Videos, General Crafts, Screen-printing
Welcome to another Etsy how-to! Stinchcomb Matthews, Etsy Screenprinter and Historian, shows you how to set up a screen-printing press in your very own home using simple, inexpensive materials. Watch as Stinchcomb Matthews and his trusty assistant reveals the secrets of silk-screening.
How to Make a Ribbon Rose
January 5, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Craft Videos, General Crafts, Seasonal Crafts
This Valentine’s Day Special Show teaches you how to make a pretty Ribbon Rose. All you need are some nice wide ribbons, some metal wire, some green sticky tapes and a pair of scissors.
Finger Knitting
January 5, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under Craft Videos, Knitting
Step by step how to finger knit.
Plugboards
January 4, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under General Crafts
Plugboards are a quick way to get some free targeted advertiging to your website. Plugboards that are placed on website that your target market will visit offer you a way to place a banner for free.
To place a link on a plugboard, you must have a banner available and located somewhere on your website. If the banner is saved in your computer, you will not be able to use it.
Most plugboards are looking for tiny banners that are 88×31. Some plugboards do accept 125×125 banners, and I have also seen some that will accept 468×60. Since these are all standard website banner sizes, it is a good idea to have some of each available.
Plugging your website is easy. Simply visit the website with the plugboard and look for the form below the board. This form witll ask for the web address of your banner and the address for your website.
Enter this information, click “PLUG”. and your banner will appear in seconds!
Many plugboards do have restrictions for the types of websites they will allow to be plugged. Be sure to follow these guidelines to avoid a website owner deleting your banners.
Here is a listing of several craft related plugboards that receive great traffic.
White River Stencil Co.
Fine Country Living Primitives
Nothing Fancy But From The Heart
Forever and a Day Gift Boutique
Sell Your Crafts Online
January 3, 2009 by Dawn
Filed under General Crafts
Here’s a listing of different places you can sell your crafted goods. I will continue to add to the list. The list was updated in December 2008.
ArtFire.com
They have two membership levels. The basic is free with a 10 item limit. The verified account is currently running a special of $7/month with no item fee. No commissions or fees with either level.
ArtseFest.com
Artsefest.com brings together Artisans, Crafters and Shoppers from all over the USA to create a craft-show style atmosphere on the Web. Pricing varies, if you build a website through artsefest.com, it will range from $14 – $18 per month. If you already have a website it is $8 per month.
Buysellcommunity.com
Free venue to exchange goods and services. You can sell more than arts and crafts.
CraftersBuzz.com
If you have a website, you can post unlimited ads for your first year. Or you can build a website through craftersbuzz.com for $9.99 a month.
CraftMall.com
No listing fee or commission of sale. The basic account ranges from $7.95 to list up to 15 products to $47.95 to list up to 500 products and there are multiple levels in between.
Craigslist.org
Local classifieds and forums for more than 550 cities in over 50 countries worldwide – community moderated, and largely free.
Dawanda.com
Listing your items is currently free but they are planning to introduce a small listing fee per item in the future. They do take a 5% commission. Pricing in Euros.
eCrater.com
100% free marketplace and a free e-commerce website builder.
Etsy.com
Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade. $.20 listing fee and 3.5% transaction fee. Also has a huge virtual community to help with various craft business topics.
HandMadeCatalog.com
Pay $4.95 per month or $40.00 per year for a Basic Membership; or $7.95 per month or $60.00 per year for a Standard Membership or $12.95 per month or $100 per year for a Professional Membership.
HyenaCart.com
$10 setup fee, and then $5 per month after that. You can let the payment lapse whenever you want and then pick up the payments again at any time.
InetFlea.com
Standard membership is $19.95 per month and allows the Seller to list an unlimited number of items and one photo per item.
LillysPlace.net
$30 set-up fee and $10.00 per month. No other fees. Unlimited product listings.
ProfessionalCrafters.com
$6.50 per “booth†and $10 per webpage.
UnderTheRainbow.us
No monthly fees and a 15% commission.
UsFreeAds.com
Free-2 ads at a time; Gold Membership-$10/year, 25 ads; Premium Membership-$9.99/month, unlimited ads.
uShops.com
Free to setup a shop, list, and sell. There is currently no limit to the number of items you can display in your shop
Yessy.com
14-day free trial, after the trial there is an annual fee of $59. 10% processing fee if processed the Yessy ordering system. Unlimited listings.
