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“Trashy” Contest – And the Winner Is…

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Drum roll please… All of the people voting expressed the same sentiment – that this was an incredibly difficult choice and it was so very hard to pick just one. The artisans outdid themselves! By a slim, 2% margin, RiverRocksArts is the winner of $25 cash and a free shop for life on HandmadeArtists. Starting [...]

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Featured Artists Start’s Arts

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Clay, we play with it when we are little, squishing it around in our hands and creating fantasy worlds for hours at a time. Our mothers find globs of dried clay under the furniture embedded in her cookie cutters; but as we grow our clay becomes a thing of the past. Well, not for everyone! [...]

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Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC, The Beginning

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Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC began in 2008 when my wife purchased a parcel of gemstones from a television show. She brought them to me and said: “You’re the geologist, what are these?” Thus began my journey into gemmology. I queried the internet and found multiple textbooks and websites dedicated to gemmology. I purchased texts [...]

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Taking Your Online Store to the Street – Finding a Show

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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

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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!

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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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