Creative Packaging Ideas for 2021
A round up packaging options for your craft business for 2021.
Want to Make Money with Your Newsletter? Try Substack
Substack is a new email marketing service that allows content creators to directly monetize their newsletters. Could this be a good option for craft-based businesses?
Want to Make Money with Your Newsletter? Try Substack
Substack is a new email marketing service that allows content creators to directly monetize their newsletters. Could this be a good option for craft-based businesses?
WEBS Acquired by LoveCrafts
Kathy and Steve Elkins, owners of WEBS, announced today that they’ve sold the business to LoveCrafts, a UK-based venture-funded startup.
WEBS Acquired by LoveCrafts
Kathy and Steve Elkins, owners of WEBS, announced today that they’ve sold the business to LoveCrafts, a UK-based venture-funded startup.
How to Use Pantone’s Colors of the Year, Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow
Quilt designer and artist Andrea Tsang Jackson shares expert tips on how designers and crafters can incorporate Ultimate Grey and Illuminating Yellow, the Pantone Colors of the Year for 2021, into their work. Discover ways to use these trending colors in your craft business.
How to Use Pantone’s Colors of the Year, Ultimate Gray and Illuminating Yellow
Quilt designer and artist Andrea Tsang Jackson shares expert tips on how designers and crafters can incorporate Ultimate Grey and Illuminating Yellow, the Pantone Colors of the Year for 2021, into their work. Discover ways to use these trending colors in your craft business.
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Quilting teacher Mel Beach explains how taking comedy improv classes has helped her to develop public speaking skills, confidence, and the ability to think on her feet, all things she’s used in her creative business.
Craft Industry Trends for 2021
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International Quilt Association, Host of World of Beauty Show at Quilt Festival in Houston, to Shut Down
The International Quilt Association, the non-profit that runs the World of Beauty quilt show at International Quilt Festival in Houston each November, announced today that it will be closing down due to low membership numbers and the impact of COVID-19.
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Uncommon Goods is a catalog and website known for unique and quirky gifts. For makers, selling wholesale to Uncommon Goods can be a great opportunity to find a new, and large, audience.
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