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  • Taking Your Online Store to the Street – You’ve Been Accepted! Now What?

    Taking Your Online Store to the Street - You've Been Accepted! Now What?

      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 mental tour of your inventory. What is it that you sell and how do you display it in person?  In cyberspace, your 'display' is single-item photos. In ...

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  • My European Touch

    My European Touch

    Born and raised in Germany, I have been an artist all my life and worked with a lot of different mediums; been a mosaic artist for 9 years now. I specialize in doing mosaics using a style referred to as "Pique Assiette or Tesserae" This process involves transforming vintage china/porcelain plates into artistic designs that are always one of a kind and my own. About me, the Artist: Growing up in Germany shortly after WWII; watching my parents re-use, re-cycle, ...

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  • Featured Artist ColettesBoutique

    Featured Artist ColettesBoutique

    There is a special gift that allows some people to combine different types of gemstones and silver in a way that is absolute perfection in every way, jewelry that does not scream look at me! Yet you can not help but notice because of the intricate elegance. Colette is one of those special people who have managed to work within this delicate balance of intricacy and style to create a line of jewelry that any woman would be proud to ...

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  • Featured Artist Eryka Garbutt

    Featured Artist Eryka Garbutt

      Eryka describes her work as Pappier Cole, which means using paper in other ways than the usual. This term was new to me and I had to really stop and think about how we use paper and what else could you do with it? Nothing like meeting an artist that really makes you think for a second about such a common item. Eryka admits her heart races a bit faster when she plays with the colors and textures of paper ...

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  • Featured Artist Blue Highways

    Featured Artist Blue Highways

    There are many passions in the world, but for Andrea, fabric and books make her go weak in the knees; or, according to her friends, her drug of choice! So, what does one do with such an addiction? Well, create of course! Andrea started off right with an extremely creative mother that had to try her hand at everything once; and always with a faithful Andrea standing by to help.  This creative encouragement has followed Andrea and encouraged her to try ...

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Taking Your Online Store to the Street – Finding a Show

Posted on April 23, 2012 by iKnitQuiltSew

Tempe-Arts-Festival

Now that you’ve determined how much you’re willing to pay for a booth fee, what your target market is, how far or if you can travel, and how much of a show you want to do, it’s time to find that perfect-fit show! There is absolutely nothing wrong with your first show being “tiny.” For [...]

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Descriptions Matter

Posted on April 17, 2012 by MakinTheBestOfIt

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You have come up with an amazing work of handmade art, if you do say so yourself, and taken wonderful product pictures that rival those in a gallery. You have chosen your venue to feature your creations and are ready to roll…well almost! An amazing product and bright, clear pictures are just not enough for [...]

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“Trashy” Contest – You Pick the Winner!

Posted on April 17, 2012 by iKnitQuiltSew

Necklace

Our latest contest here on HandmadeArtists is a ‘trashy contest” in name only. The rules were simple: Your entry must be made by you. Your entry must include something that would be considered trash. The goal is to make something out of trash and turn it into a treasure! To enter, you need to post [...]

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Why Aren’t You Getting Sales?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by ReefBotanicals

tree of life

Are you concerned that you’re not getting sales? Wondering why you get views but no one seems interested? I may be able to tell you why. I went to the Jewelry section of the Handmade Artists’ Shop and perused the first 12 or 13 pages of photos. Just for kicks, I decided to show some [...]

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Featured Artist Presents Frans Homemade Wonders

Posted on April 16, 2012 by MakinTheBestOfIt

Handmade cake topper cow

Every so often you will run into a person that inspires you beyond words, no, not because of their world renowned talent but because of the strength that they have in themselves. Fran, of Fran’s Handmade Wonders is just such a lady. Fran was always a creative soul, learning to crochet from her Grandmother at [...]

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The History of Mosaic Art

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Myeuropeantouch

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In its modern form, mosaic means a mixture or montage, a design created by a composite of shapes; but its ancient beginnings are of function and design. Around 3000 B.C., mosaic designs were created with clay cones imbedded, point first, into columns of the Stone Cone Temple in Urak, in Mesopotamia. This ancient cone mosaic [...]

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