There are plenty of craft business tips that apply across the board no matter what type of media you work in. However, you'll find that there are also specific craft and home business ideas, opportunities and issues to consider that are very specific to different types of crafts and media that you may use.
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Whatever type of craft you sell, it will be important to choose a product and techniques that you love. When you have a home craft business, you spend hours
designing and producing your product. You'll need to ensure that you will be just as happy making your 100th necklace or purse or sweater as you were making your first one.
What is really important if you are a potter or a metalsmith? Are there special things to consider when you start a handmade soap business? What do you need to think about if you are a professional fiber artist?
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Selling Beaded Jewlery and Clocks
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I've been making and selling beaded jewelry and clocks for about 20 years. My clocks were a by-product of trying to make pins -- the pins were getting ...
Crafting is a Vocation
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That's not a spelling error in my title. I really believe that I have a calling to produce, market and sell crafts. I have made and sold all types of ...
Selling Hand Knit Items - Little Knits
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I began crafting small knitted items about 2-3 years ago when I found I was always sitting around waiting to pick up children from lessons and had time ...
Selling Handmade Soap and Candles - All Things Fragrant
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My crafting centers around the magickal world of fragrance. We started with selling handmade soap and candles in 1999 and have branched out into incense,...
Sewing From Home
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I am currently married to a man in the Navy, which means being moved across the country for his job. I planned on transferring where I worked, but got ...
Cutting the Apron Strings
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Starting with fun Christmas aprons, during July with fabric that I had purchased the day after Christmas my business in crafting was launched. Sewing ...
You Can Sell Crafts Online Even if You Only Make One Craft
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Some crafters, like me, only want to do something once! (I have sooo many ideas in my head, and only so much time in this lifetime to do them.... you ...
A road of successes and disappointments
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I have been trying to make it in the crafting business for 5 years now. It is a very difficult business to get into and can be heartbreaking at times....
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