Some people are born to create, and as Nancy Pace says, she always had on foot in a fairytale world where veggies became animal sculptures and sand paintings were great works of art. Nancy grew up in a relatively poor family where the emphasis was not on art; but she was fortunate enough to have [...]
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Well we’ve made a few announcements in the forum and some of the groups around the IBHnetwork. We just wanted to officially announce to the public that we now own the It’s better Handmade Network! Kimberly who we all know is the Co-Founder of Handmade Artists’ will be running the It’s Better Handmade (IBH) movement. [...]
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Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES) are surfactants, enhancing the spread of water over surfaces. In basic terms, they’re what makes detergents lather. The inclusion of SLS and SLES as cleansing agents in detergents means that consumer use of these products may result in contact with the general body surface, hair, nails, [...]
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I often hear about people that found their passion early in life and dove in with no looking back, but there are others that find their loves quite by accident! Such is the story of a lovely lady from Dublin Ireland and her love of beads. Annette was innocently waiting on a bus and had [...]
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In recent years paypal has rather decided to give a buyer their money back regardless of the what the real situation is. Buyer’s remorse? Sure, file a claim, check item not as described, provide paypal with tracking number of buyer sending it back – and the buyer has their money back. No questions asked by [...]
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You got that email/letter/phone call, and WHOO-HOO, you’ve been accepted to that perfect-fit show! And then panic sets in… Not to worry! You should have some time between now and then to get organized. You’ll need to remodel your business into a whole new venue. A good place to start is to take a [...]
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