Download or read book Making a Living in Crafts written by Donald A. Clark and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How to Make Money at Craft Shows written by Mallory Whitfield and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-02-22 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to sell your handmade crafts or artwork at local craft fairs, but have no idea where to start? Or maybe you've taken the first step and have tried selling your art at a craft show or two, but now you're looking for ideas on how to sell more, how to make your booth more appealing to customers and where to find more venues to sell your handmade goods? You've come to the right place! I've been selling my own handmade creations, as well as the work of other artists, at a variety of craft shows and other events since 2004. I've learned a lot of lessons the hard way, and now I'm sharing them here with you so that you can learn from my experiences! In this book, I'll cover the basics of getting started selling at craft fairs, as well as how to design a great looking booth, how to give outstanding customer service & sell more and even how to find and create additional events at which to sell your handmade work. WHAT IT INCLUDES: - how to define your target market - where to find good shows - how much should I spend on a booth fee at a show? - how to make your booth look great - promoting your show & getting your customers there - my craft show tips & tricks - dealing with crazy weather & unexpected events - theft prevention - craft show supply checklist - how to give great customer service - how to use craft shows to create after-the-show sales - alternative venues to sell your work, beyond traditional craft shows - how to create your own events to sell at - tracking your inventory - how to create a personal & business spending plan - big hunkin' list of craft show resources WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR: This book will be most useful for someone new to selling at craft shows. I do cover more advanced topics as well though, including how to define your target market, visual merchandising, inventory tracking, and creating a business spending plan. The book includes worksheets along the way to help you. The information in this book is based on my experiences, selling in the United States, mostly in Louisiana. However, most of the information contained here is useful to anyone around the world who is interested in setting up a booth at craft shows, festivals or conventions. WHY I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT: I did my first craft show in 2004. It was the Alternative Media Expo, put on by Antigravity Magazine here in New Orleans. I sold a few things, and learned a LOT of things. And I haven't looked back! I've done all sorts of events since then. I have sold regularly at the Frenchmen Art Market, and have done festivals around the New Orleans area including Bayou Boogaloo, Gretna Heritage Festival, Freret Market, New Orleans Earth Day Festival, and many, many more. As one of the founding members of the New Orleans Craft Mafia, I've even organized a variety of events, both with the group and on my own. As a group, we've created a monthly art market and the annual Last Stop Shop holiday market. On my own, I've also hosted home shopping parties, trunk shows and pop-up shops. In 2007, as one of the winners of Etsy's Upcycling contest, I even traveled cross-country to San Francisco to participate in Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire!

Download or read book Crafting written by Stephanie Ennis and published by Zen Mastery Srl. This book was released on 2021-02-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crafting: The Ultimate Guide on How to Make a Living From Crafting, Learn Different Arts and Crafts That Can Help You Earn Cash Are you a crafty person? Are you into making different arts and crafts projects for fun? How about making some money out of all these arts and crafts projects? You might have noticed that craft shows are everywhere nowadays and if you are a serious crafter, you can take this as an opportunity to earn some serious money. Before turning your hobby into a money-making business, you need to make sure you arm yourself with all the essential information you need so that you have a perfect idea of what you're getting into before you start. This book will teach you everything you need to know when you want to make money from your arts and crafts projects. You will learn the do's and don't, and the ins and outs on how to do business using your hobby. You will discover the ways on how you can turn your crafting hobby into a business that can earn you good money. This book will discuss the following topics: Arts and Crafts Basics Main Types of Crafts Creating a Concept Supplies and Skills Marketing For an Arts and Crafts Business Arts and Crafts Fairs Successful Business Mindset If you've been crafting for years and have even sold some pieces here or there, it can be time to seriously consider making a full-fledged business out of it. It can be a sideline for you or a main source of income. The decision is up to you but the market is there and you have an opportunity to make some serious money from it. If you want to learn more about how you can earn money from your crafting business, scroll up and click "add to cart" now.

Download or read book Make and Give written by Steph Hung and published by Roost Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents step-by-step, illustrated instructions for thirty-five simple projects covering a wide range of techniques, from sewing to paper cutting to painting, including candy board games, nickname handkerchiefs, and hand-drawn pillows.

Download or read book The Craft Business Handbook written by Alison McNicol and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wish you could turn your talent for making lovely things into cash? Bored of the 9 to 5 and dreaming of starting your own crafty business, but not sure where to start? Then this is the book for you ! The Craft Business Handbook has ALL the information you need to get started making money from your crafts - NOW ! From setting up as a proper business, producing and pricing your goods for maximum sales and profit, to the various options for selling online, at craft fairs, trade shows and getting your products into retailers, right through to gaining magazine coverage, promoting your business online and managing your business as it grows, this is THE essential guide for any would-be crafty entrepreneur! Whether you're just considering getting started with a crafty business idea, or already selling your wares and looking for ways to grow your business ( think sales reps, fulfillment houses and more!), this handy book - written by craft business expert Alison McNicol - shares tons of insider tips, practical information, and shows how you too can achieve Craft Business success! PLUS - some of the most successful crafty business people around share their stories - how they started and grew their successful craft businesses - prepare to be inspired with in-depth interviews from some of your favorite crafty entrepreneurs around! About The Author Alison McNicol is a serial crafty entrepreneur who has launched several successful craft businesses, selling her products in stores worldwide. She is also the author of several successful craft and craft business books, and founder of The Craft Business Community.com, an online community that provides resources and networking opportunities for crafty entrepreneurs from all over the world. Alison is also author of Craft Business Heroes: How We Did It ( 30 Creative Entrepreneurs Share the Secrets of Their Success)- a companion book to the Craft Business Handbook, featuring 30 more interviews from leading craft entrrepreneurs - Amy Butler, Amy Karol, Sublime Stitching's Jenny Hart, Subversive Cross Stitch founder Julie Jackson and tons more !

Download or read book Making a Living in Crafts written by Donald A. Clark and published by Lark Books (NC). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide on crafting as a business, from developing a product to drafting a business plan, from sales and marketing to gallery exhibitions.

Download or read book How to Start Making Money with Your Crafts written by Kathryn Caputo and published by Betterway Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the basics and exploring all the exciting possibilities, this friendly guide helps hobbyists launch a successful and rewarding crafts business. Professional crafter and crafts show producer Caputo shares her first-hand experience on creating a unique and marketable line of products, taking care of business, and much more.

Download or read book Handmade to Sell written by Kelly Rand and published by Potter Craft. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business advice for enterprising crafters, by crafters No one knows more about helping handmade businesses than Hello Craft, the nonprofit trade association for crafty entrepreneurs. Written by the directors of Hello Craft, Handmade to Sell is the most complete, up-to-date, and authoritative guide for DIYers seeking to learn every aspect of selling, marketing, and branding. Based on the Summit of Awesome, Hello Craft’s annual business conference, this book covers topics including: • Developing successful product lines • Copyrights and trademarks • Taking perfect product shots • Using analytics to boost your online sales • Selling at fairs, shows, and other retail outlets • Diversifying income through licensing and teaching • Hiring and outsourcing Throughout, you’ll find expert tips and invaluable strategies and advice from some of the most successful indie crafters and artisans. Whether you’ve only contemplated selling your crafts or want to grow an existing handmade business, Handmade to Sell offers essential guidance for anyone who has ever dreamed of making a living from what they create.

Download or read book Making a Living from Crafts Thoughts and Considerations written by Circle Craft (Association) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crafting with Flannel written by Sarah Ramberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add a flannel flair to every corner of your life with this creative collection of DIY crafts: pillow covers, tote bags, fabric pumpkins, coasters, bookmarks, and more! Very few fabrics elicit such a cozy feeling as flannel. With its universal appeal and inexpensive cost, flannel is a terrific medium to create new décor for your home, a unique accessory to wear, or a thoughtful gift to give. Featuring more than fifty easy-to-follow tutorials, Crafting with Flannel is full of creative and inspired crafts appropriate for all ages and skill levels. From quick and easy projects that take just minutes to make, to more robust ideas on a larger scale, the step-by-step instructions inside this book will help you create: Handmade gifts Personalized accessories Cozy home décor Festive holiday trimmings And so much more! Plaid never goes out of style, so channel the flannel and start crafting with it!

Download or read book How to Make a Living from Crafts written by Margo Price and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How to Make a Living from Crafts" provides a fundamental blueprint for anyone running, or thinking of running, their own craft business. It tackles the major dilemma faced by crafts people: how to convert infrequent craft sales into a regular income. By showing you how to create multiple income streams and pass on your skills and knowledge to others, the book explains how you really can turn your hobby into a paying job.In this book, Margo Price shares her tried-and-tested techniques, perfected from over ten-year's experience of running her own sewing business "Time4me Workshops". While sewing is used as the example, the practical ideas presented in this book make essential reading for anyone hoping to make a living from any type of craft.Find out how to turn your hobby into a businessConverting your hobby into a money-making operation isn't always a smooth transition. You will need to change your attitude, get serious and act professional. To make a living in a craft business you must adopt a business-like attitude, become more focused on money and profits, and take a objective look at what it is you produce, and why.Learn how to make crafts that will make you moneyIt's easy to get attached to your work and think everyone will have the same warm fuzzy feelings about your creations as you do. Think again. The biggest mistake is to make what you want rather than making what people want to buy. As with any new product or service, testing the market is key to your success.Discover how to make a fair profit for your creationsHow much should you charge? Most people can't tell you the cost, overhead, or the time put into a making a craft item. When pricing your crafts be sure you include your time and expenses and ask for a price that will make you a profit. This is crucial to your success.Learn how to advertise your craft and your businessWhile craft fairs are a good place to test and sell your wares, you must also have a presence on the internet. But, although it's tempting to think that once you are on the internet, people (and sales) will find you. They won't. You need to advertise yourself. There are numerous ways to do this and many are free.Find out whether you really need your own websiteHaving your own website can be expensive unless you (or a friend) have the skills and time to do it. There are ways to become part of an already established website, set-up your own online shop - and all for free. But don't think you won't have to promote it. Constant promotion, both online, using social media, and offline, is key.Discover how to get your own online shop - FOR FREETurning a seasonal craft business into a year-round stable income can be a difficult transition to make unless you get creative about how you are going to sell yourself and how you are going to get repeat business from your customers. A common mistake amongst crafters is failing to look after the needs of their existing customers.Learn how to create multiple income streamsDon't get locked into the thought that the only way you can make money in crafting is to sell the products you've made. Some of the most successful crafters also write, teach, sell their designs or publish their own books. Teaching is a great way to make money in the crafting field.Learn how to make teaching the bedrock of your businessIn addition to explaining the easiest way to run your craft business, this book explains the best way to organise and run your craft classes (or workshops), whether from your own home, the garden shed or some other local venue.Other books by this author include: "How to Sew with Confidence", "How to Get Started in Free-Machine Embroidery", "How to Dye Your Own Fabrics" and "How to Design & Make Fabulous Cushions".

Download or read book Simple Times written by Amy Sedaris and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling craft guide that inspired the hit new TV show, At Home With Amy Sedaris It's often been said that ugly people craft and attractive people have sex. In Simple Times, Amy Sedaris sets the record straight and delivers a book that will forever change the world of crafting. Demonstrating that crafting is one of life's more pleasurable and constructive leisure activities, Sedaris shows that anyone with a couple of hours to kill and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters. You will discover how to make popular crafts such as Pompom Ringworms and Seashell Toilet Seat Covers, all while avoiding the most common crafting accidents (sawdust fires, feather asphyxia, pine cone lodged in throat). You will cook your own edible crafts, from a Crafty Candle Salad to Sugar Skulls, with many more recipes and craft ideas that will inspire you to create your very own hastily constructed obscure d'arts. Praise for Simple Times "Amy Sedaris is a kookier, kitschier version of Martha Stewart...Simple Times is an ideal gift for the crafter who has crafted everything." - Associated Press "A wildly cheeky guide." -- InStyle "For anyone who's ever collected hats crocheted together...or simply for fans of Amy Sedaris and her idiosyncratic sense of humor." -- New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Making Money At Craft Shows written by Lilliam Donar and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to sell your handmade crafts or artwork at craft shows, but have no idea where to start? Or maybe you've taken the first step, and have tried selling your art at a craft fair or two, but now you're looking for ideas on how to sell more, how to make your booth more appealing to customers, and where to find more venues to sell your handmade goods at? You've come to the right place! Comprehensive and indispensable, this book gives advice on everything needed to succeed in the craft-show marketplace. Easy-to-follow instructions make it a snap to select the best shows to attend, create an appealing booth, and offer good customer service. Each chapter in the top-selling guidebook has been completely updated to reflect recent changes in the craft world and the book includes new information on branding, creating products that can compete in today's marketplace, selling on the Internet, and taking promotional photos, as well as creating new marketing strategies for pricing and moving merchandise. -Easy to read, full of practical wisdom and entertaining stories -Up-to-the-minute information on internet marketing and branding -Proven advice

Download or read book Grow Your Handmade Business written by Kari Chapin and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses all aspects of turning a creative interest into a profitable business, covering business planning, licensing, budgeting, time management, and legal issues.

Download or read book The Repurposed Library written by Lisa Occhipinti and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “How-to instructions on crafting with books . . . will inspire you to think about creative ways to make new treasures out of old things” (The Virginian-Pilot). We all love to read and learn from books, but The Repurposed Library takes our passion even further, presenting us with thirty-three projects to make—quite literally—out of books. For these projects, Lisa Occhipinti rescues and repurposes orphaned and outdated books from flea markets and library sales and turns them into new art objects and practical items for the home. Her creations range from artfully constructed mobiles, wreaths, and vases, to functional items like shelves, storage boxes, and even a Kindle “keeper” for those who want to replicate the sensation of holding a “real” book while reading from an e-reader. Projects utilize every imaginable part of a book—from hardback cover to individual pages—and are a DIY celebration of a new way to view a book’s potential. “Occhipinti’s ‘repurposed’ books are truly beautiful art objects, and whether or not you’re crafty enough to give them a try yourself, her book is thoroughly enjoyable.” —Fine Books and Collections “She shows readers how to transform books into mobiles, lamp shades, even clocks.” —National Post

Download or read book Crafts and Craft Shows written by Philip Kadubec and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craftspeople and hobbyists will welcome this new edition of a popular book. Comprehensive and indispensable, Crafts and Crafts Shows gives advice on everything needed to succeed in the craft-show marketplace. Easy-to-follow instructions make it a snap to select the best shows to attend, create an appealing booth, and offer good customer service. Each chapter in the top-selling guidebook has been completely updated to reflect recent changes in the craft world and the book includes new information on branding, creating products that can compete in today’s marketplace, selling on the Internet, and taking promotional photos, as well as creating new marketing strategies for pricing and moving merchandise.• Easy to read, full of practical wisdom and entertaining stories • Up-to-the-minute information on internet marketing and branding • Proven advice—14,000 copies of the first edition sold! Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Download or read book How to Make Money Using Etsy written by Timothy Adam and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where most products are manufactured by machines, Etsy offers an online platform for makers of handmade products and crafts to market and sell their goods to a vast network of buyers who demand unique, genuine products. To date, the site has attracted over 400,000 sellers who collectively have sold over 30 million items, generating more than $180.6 million in revenue. The only resource of its kind, How to Make Money Using Etsy--written by Tim Adam who has successfully been selling his products all over the world through his Etsy shop since 2007--guides readers step-by-step through the many stages of selling online. How-to topics include: Establish your Etsy shop Effectively photograph your products Post your products to optimize visibility and increase sales Brand your business Use social media like blogs, Twitter, and Facebook to connect with buyers and grow your business