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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 [...]

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Writing Winning Descriptions for your Handmade Listings

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Before the internet, I often shopped by catalogue and two of my favorites were Coldwater Creek and JPeterman’s. Were the clothes any more stylish or the price or fit better than other catalogues? Probably not but what sold me was the product description. My eye was drawn to the visual but the words used to [...]

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Posted in Selling Tips | 7 Comments »

Combining the Earth and the Sea, plus several continents

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

There are two things that please me when designing jewelry: 1) I like to combine components from the Earth and the Sea and 2) I like to use those that originate in differing parts of the world. In this necklace set, I got to indulge both ideals. The Peach Jade pillow beads are from Asia, [...]

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Herb and Dorothy 2008

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Filmmaker Megumi Sasaki’s-”Herb and Dorothy” 2008 An independent film review….. Meet The Vogel’s, an unassuming but inspiring couple who spent their lives obsessively and respectfully acquiring one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in New York City beginning in the 1960′s. Herbert and Dorothy Vogel began their relationship as wannabe artists living in [...]

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Posted in Handmade Mode, Information | 4 Comments »

Spring is Sprung

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

Thanks to Larissa of Fabric of My Mind for allowing me to use her photos to illustrate my blog today. Spring has certainly sprung in Florida. I thought that the last little cold snap was going to hurt the beautiful buds I see sprouting everywhere, but alas, not enough of the cold to stand in [...]

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Posted in Handmade | 6 Comments »

Shorty Award Nomination

Monday, February 4th, 2013

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 [...]

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Posted in Contests and Giveaways | 23 Comments »

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 [...]

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Posted in Handmade Artisans, Information, Selling Tips, Spread the Love | 2 Comments »

Underwater Worlds – colour inspiration

Monday, January 21st, 2013

Welcome to the second in my colour inspiration series of blog posts. I shot these pictures back on October when I took my little boy to London Zoo for his 2nd birthday. He definitely takes after Mummy because he was completely fascinated by the beautiful fish in the aquarium. This first image is of a [...]

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Posted in Creative Breakroom | 2 Comments »

Watches by Helen

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

I just love handmade items, and these watches are no exception. Watches by Helen does some wonderful work, with exceptional quality! Here is on of Helen’s creations. This is a beautiful handcrafted watch that is handmade by me for Watches by Helen. It is silver plated and has a lovely, fancy watch face. The oval [...]

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Posted in Featured Vendor | 4 Comments »

Memories of Christmas Past-Part 3

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

I hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous holiday season. As previously described in my postings, “Memories of Christmas Past-Part 1“, and Memories of Christmas Past -Part 2, the holidays are a wonderful time to make memories with friends and family. While decorating each year I think about the time and creativity that my mother [...]

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Posted in Creative Breakroom, Handmade, Handmade Artisans, Handmade Holiday | 5 Comments »

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Writing Winning Descriptions for your Handmade Listings

Combining the Earth and the Sea, plus several continents

Herb and Dorothy 2008

Spring is Sprung

Shorty Award Nomination

Truth in Advertising

Underwater Worlds – colour inspiration

Watches by Helen

Memories of Christmas Past-Part 3

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