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Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Written by Beadthing Here at Handmadeartists.com many of us feel that it is not just a place to sell your wares, but that it is a community. I know that I certainly do. I have never been involved with a site that shows such a community spirit as the Handmade Artists. I truly feel that [...]

Tags: buy handmade, Community, Creative Handmade Artisans, friendship, Handmade Artists, handmade community, Handmade Products, love, promoting, sell handmade, sharing

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Social Media Marketing

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Written by Beadthing Social media sites are a very important part of online marketing. Most likely the most important because we all have free access to most of them. Facebook, Twitter, RebelMouse, Hometalk, and Pinterest have no charges for posting your work or the work of others as we all know. So why don’t more [...]

Tags: Community, free promotion, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade venue, handmadeartists, promote handmade, sell handmade, social networking

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What is Mixed Media

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Mixed Media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. There is an important distinction between “mixed-media” artworks and “multimedia art”. Mixed Media.tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media. For example, a work on [...]

Tags: art, artists, create handmade, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade mixed media, mixed media

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Gemstones — The Big Four

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

In the beginning, before modern gemology, there were only four gemstones and they were named for their color. White (clear) were diamonds, red were rubies, blue were sapphires and green were emeralds. Then man became a little more educated and he found that all stones of the same color were not the same crystal shape [...]

Tags: diamonds, emeralds, hand cut gemstones, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade journals, rubies, rubiy, saphires

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Truth in Advertising

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

When we represent our products it is imperative that the artist portrays the product correctly and accurately. The picture to the right is a retail package from a large international company that sells many different items including food. What is being portrayed are “large” shrimp (kind of an oxymoron), and in large print highlighted in [...]

Tags: buy handmade, buying tips, Handmade, Handmade Artists, Handmade Products, honesty, product descriptions, sell handmade, selling tips

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New Year, New Attitude

Monday, December 31st, 2012

Approaching us is a new year. Of course this is a “calendar” year. During the coming year, I am going to make a very concerted effort to refine my art, design, and fabrication. In so doing, I will use all my ability to improve. This is an ideal for all of us to attempt. This [...]

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The Gift of Giving

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

As I got my art work packaged I started to think about the wonderful opportunity I have been given. A gift, a way to help through my art. A gift as a gift, an offering of love ! I find it wonderful when a person reaches down deep inside to share and show compassion to [...]

Tags: charity artwork, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade artwork, handmade charity, hanmdade

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Finnell Fine Art

Saturday, November 24th, 2012

I just love Carolyn’s work, this piece entitled “Symphony” is just amazing. Just love how the colors bounce off each other. This triptych consists of two 30×20 inch canvases, one on each side of a 30×40 inch gallery wrap canvas. Though the total size is 30×80, when hung with an inch or more between the [...]

Tags: amazing handmade, artwork, finnellfineart, gallery art, hand painted, handmade art, Handmade Artists, office art

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Cari from Crochet Hooked

Saturday, November 24th, 2012

Spreading the love Handmade Style to Crochethooked! Cari is just a wonderfully talented artist that does some just amazing wire crochet work. I just love this Violet Multi Strand Crystal Pearl Bracelet made with Swarovski: Pearls Mauve, Violet AB and Violet Crystals. This beautiful violet colored pearl and crystal bracelet is made by crocheting the [...]

Tags: braidlets, crochethooked, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade jewelry, handmde wire crochet jewelry, wire crochet

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Happy Feet!

Monday, November 12th, 2012

Make your Feet Happy Feet this Fall! Got to Have Happy Feet so … We must not forget to keep our toes all compfy warm this fall and winter! You can do that in style too! So many handmade creations to choose from and the styles and colors are “to die for”! Socks, Slippers, [...]

Tags: felting, hand knit, Handmade, Handmade Artists, handmade shoes, happy feet

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Spread the Love

What is Mixed Media

Gemstones — The Big Four

Truth in Advertising

New Year, New Attitude

The Gift of Giving

Finnell Fine Art

Cari from Crochet Hooked

Happy Feet!

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