There actually are hand-crafters who make their living doing art festivals and shows year-round. Then there are others who do a combination of online/in-person. Whether shows generate all or part of sales is up to each individual artist/crafter. But there are lots of them that make shows work, even under the most horrible conditions….rain, poor […]
March 2013 Not only do crafters like to craft, they like to help other crafters craft. They even enjoy encouraging non-crafters to craft. They’re crafty like that. I consider myself pretty crafty but I’ve never tried my hand at chainmaille. I love it and marvel at it frequently but had never actually tried it until…I […]
Highlight Challenge Winner Bethie’s Cards is our On Fire for Handmade Highlight Challenge Winner from last weeks Some Like it Hot Challenge! Beth has a wonderful card shop here on Handmade Artists! Darling creations for all occasions! Bethie’s Cards was started in Feb. of 2012. In the beginning, I concentrated on butterflies, so almost […]
Well Handmade Artists’ has been nominated for a Shorty Award for #smallbusiness! We typically do not go after this sort of thing, but we thought that it would be good promotion for all of our members. Who knows maybe some national publicity! Anyway we would be very grateful to get the support of our members […]
This Promotion Has Expired In the spirit of the Holidays, Handmade Artists’ has decided to give away one free month to all new vendors that sign up in the month of December 2012. This promotion is only available to new vendors that sign up for a monthly subscription, new annual subscribers are not eligible. This […]
We always like to take an opportunity to help out our loyal friends and long time members of Handmade Artists’! Rebeca of Blue Buddha has been with us since we first started this site, her support has been wonderful and we love to return the favor! It has been almost 2 years since we have […]
Our friend Anne over at On Fire for Handmade is sponsoring a free shop for life giveaway for Handmade Artists’. The winner also receives a free year on her gift guide. To enter all you have to do is comment on her post here and share and you will be automatically entered. The contest ends […]
A while back Nancy Pace put out the challenge to create a highlight with what type of animal or critter you would like to be. So here are the Handmade morphs that people would like to change into. I just like the imagination that went into these highlights. It has become a very fun feature […]
Our friend Tim Adams at Handmadeology has been kind enough to host a Free Shop for Life giveaway for Handmade Artists’. Tim has a wonderful site call Handmadeolgy and we have been a huge fan of their work and expertise helping handmade sellers from everywhere. Take a stroll through the Handmadeology site and you’ll find […]
This substantial and collectable glass art bead was originally my entry for the HAF spring trashy contest earlier in the year and I am really pleased to be able to offer it up as a giveaway prize on here on the Handmade Artists blog. I bought the cutest box of watch parts a couple of […]
