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“Trashy” Contest – And the Winner Is…

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

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

Monday, April 30th, 2012

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

Monday, April 30th, 2012

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

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

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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Tags: application, art festival, arts, arts and crafts show, Handmade, search, show

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Descriptions Matter

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

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!

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

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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Handmade

“Trashy” Contest – And the Winner Is…

Featured Artists Start’s Arts

Rasmussen Gems and Jewelry LLC, The Beginning

Taking Your Online Store to the Street – Finding a Show

Descriptions Matter

“Trashy” Contest – You Pick the Winner!

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