Are you a “starving artist”? In today’s economy that phrase has taken on a whole new meaning. With the immense number of retail outlets, internet sites, and “cheap” mass-produced items, selling your lovingly, and expertly, created items can be overwhelming, if not almost impossible. Add to the needs of creating, listing, and selling, we each […]
Sometime you just need to say what you want and stick by it. We had a theme a while back and a whole bunch or highlights came out about what they wanted. This is a pretty cool collection of treasures! I just love this eclectic collection of Highlights, they make me just want to go […]
It’s Better Handmade (IBH) is dedicated to Artisan Success! You can promote your products for free to IBH and you work is automatically promoted to the IBH twitter account, IBH Facebook Page, and the IBH Facebook group. Handmade is something that will last forever. It seems that the world is constantly moving fast and looking […]
Those of us who are lovers of Handmade truly look at them as Treasures! Each item that is created by an artisan is truly a piece of them and is much like “birth”. The art starts as an idea and then becomes a living being in a sense! I know when I am creating, each […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our friend Tim Adams at Handmadeology has been kind enough to host a Free Shop for Life giveaway for Handmade Artists’. Tim has a wonderful site call Handmadeolgy and we have been a huge fan of their work and expertise helping handmade sellers from everywhere. Take a stroll through the Handmadeology site and you’ll find […]
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 […]
By Beverley Start August 2012 This is one member’s account of what being part of the Handmade Artists community is like and why I think artists and crafts people should consider membership not only to boost their online presence but to be a part of something great! Let’s begin with the Handmade Artists Blog I’m […]
A story of a Carpenter, keep”handmade” in mind. An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer/contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. […]
