I thought this was an interesting post over on The Crafty Chica about art licensing, by card artist Kate Harper, playfully titled “Want a Career Designing Greeting Cards? Quick! Grab the Nearest Artist and Start a Support Group.” We talk a lot about the business side of crafting, but licensing doesn’t always get much airtime. […]
There are few peeps in the crafting world who haven’t heard of the Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo. There could be no better way to describe Kathy because she is indeed one Crafty Chica! All that glitters may not be gold, but likely, it has Kathy’s stamp of approval, being as she’s the biggest glitter advocate […]
Crafting a Business By Jenny Hart The Money: You Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated! Oh yes, you better believe it. While everyone has been pacing nervously in circles over the economy, I am still gonna tell you to keep a sharp eye on your company’s finances. You do still have a company, don’t you? Even just […]
Craftster Community Manager, Jungrrl, shows you how to make a craft fair banner in this awesome tutorial featuring this felt banner for Craftster. From batgirl at Craftster: It made its debut at a very rainy Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago last summer, and it was hit! Most recently it was spotted at the Craftster/Standard Recording […]
Check out the 3 part series “Starting an Etsy Business” (part 1, part 2, part 3) over on Design Sponge. There’s a Q&A with White Elephant Vintage and Blue Bell Bazaar, as well as a write up on business tips, including a sample excel spreadsheet for tracking sales and inventory.
Ok, not really–he’s actually giving advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy, but I thought there were some wonderful insights about the creative process and collaboration that applied to crafting and all art, not just music … I love his line “Don’t play everything (or every time); let some thing just go by. Some music just imagined.” […]
Thanks to the incredible grassroots movement against the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which would have gone into effect on February 10, 2009, the commission that created the law has voted to stay the legislation for one year. “The stay of enforcement provides some temporary, limited relief to the crafters, children’s garment manufacturers and toy […]
