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Creative Clogs – Finding The Clogs and Creatively Unclogging Them

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

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Ever wonder how to unclog your creativity? Well I have and still do. I have found that over the last few months I have not been able to design a new piece of jewelry and therefore have just been doing some of the same things that I have done before. Which is great practice, don’t [...]

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Backlinks – DIY for SEO

Friday, March 29th, 2013

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I’ve been trying to spend a little time each day to learn something new about SEO (search engine optimization), tags, metatags, anything to help with getting my brand out there so people will love my shop, and more importantly, purchase from my shop. I have discovered, the hard way, that the phrase “if you build [...]

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Blue Buddha Boutique Giveaway Winner!!!

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

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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 [...]

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How to turn your unused craft supplies into cash

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

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Now that the holidays are over, you’re probably wondering how you can generate income in January. This is a great time to think about turning some of your excess craft supplies into cash so that you can pay off those holiday bills (or purchase more supplies.) We all have supplies and tools that we purchased [...]

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Memories of Christmas Past Part 1

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

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Every year during the Christmas holiday season, we go about decorating the outside of the house with all the wonderful lights and decorations. As I go about decorating the inside of the house, I reflect on memories of Christmas past. I open each box and begin going down memory lane and remembering the moments attached [...]

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Happy Handmade Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

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Thanksgiving is a time we stop and think about all our blessings and what better way to celebrate all that we are thankful for than with handmade! I am thankful for all the wonderfully creative talents we have on Handmade Artists that are happily using their gifts to create handmade treasures for the world! Thanksgiving [...]

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Comfort Zone or Passion?

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

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Have you ever asked yourself this question; “Am I working from a comfort zone or from my true passion?” I have before and because of the answer that I had to admit to myself, I now ask this question more and more often. Why? Well I find that the answer was too often, ‘comfort zone’. [...]

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Getting Your Handmade Crafts into Galleries and Shops

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

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It’s the beginning of October and this is actually a great time to get your work into shops and galleries. It’s been long enough since trade show season that retailers are ready for some fresh merchandise but they may be a little cash short if they are just now paying off the orders they received [...]

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Handmade Polymer Clay Pumpkin Tutorial

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

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Handmade Polymer Clay Pumpkin Tutorial by Beverley Start October 2012 I handmade these adorable polymer clay pumpkins today and really loved how they turned out so I thought I’d share the process with a tutorial. 1.Take equal parts of gold, yellow, and red and mix them together leaving them a bit streaky to create a [...]

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Get It In The Bag!

Thursday, September 20th, 2012

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So, you had an idea…… you made the item, you’ve listed the item for sale and nothing! Absoutely nothing happens, yes, you got views, people hearted the item, said they loved it, maybe even tried it on, but it still belongs to you and your bank account is feeling rather depleted! So how do you [...]

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