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How to turn your unused craft supplies into cash

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

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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Creative Ways To Maximize Workspace Storage

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

When I decided to pursue being a full-time handmade artist, I started planning my projects. As I began acquiring supplies, one of the things that quickly became apparent was that I needed to decide on the most efficient way to maximize workspace storage. We all have different needs and different types work spaces. Since I [...]

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Handmade Inventory Tracking Part 2

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

A little ways back I wrote a posting entitled, “Handmade Inventory Tracking-Part 1“. The focus was on tracking your supplies. For part 2, I wanted to focus on tracking the finished product. For many artists, this is not something we think too much about when we first begin. Once we have a few things created [...]

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Handmade Inventory Tracking – Part 1

Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

Supply Inventory Spreadsheet When we as artists see a design or pattern that we decide inspires us, one of things that come to mind is, “Do I have the supplies to create this?” There are many options for tracking what you have on hand. Some people prefer a manual method and some prefer an [...]

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