All Blog Posts Tagged 'crafts' (11)

Creative Membership Sites for Crafts People I know a few AHC and other people who have thought about creating a membership site for crafts people, with a view to earning regular income or as many term, passive income. When I say 'passive' it doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of work involved in using a membership site path as your business model. This model works well in a tightly focused niche, where your members are going to be very interested in learning more about that specific crafts t… Continue

A little about my crafting: I've been painting as a hobby since '02, and more recently got into jewelry making, stained glass work and scrap booking just about 2 years ago. I enjoy painting landscapes, animals, flowers, and colorful abstracts in acrylic and watercolor. Nature inspires me and I like to get outside, takes some pics. and then use them as studies. I've taken art classes in high school but am pretty much self taught. I consider myself a beginning beader. I like to make earrings and… Continue

Hello, My name is Doris Anne Beaulieu and I’d like to this time to talk to mail order companies and parents. To parents I have a wonderful craft book for your child to give his or her teacher at the end of the school year. My Easy and Inexpensive Holiday Classroom Crafts for Teachers book is truly a gift that will forever keep giving from year to year, holiday after holiday. It’s a craft book for developing creative minds. This book will tell you what items you will need for each craft along wit… Continue

This tip refers primarily to Acrylic Paint but the following idea can be used for watercolour pigment from a tube, water-based oil paints, acrylic inks and possibly other types of paint and dyes. As soon as paint is squeezed out onto a palette, it starts to dry. If left unattended, acrylic paint will dry hard very quickly and so will watercolour pigment although with the latter that doesn't really matter. Water based oil paints will lose their flexibility too within a couple of days. Inks and d… Continue

I was wondering if anyone has any experience in making gift baskets. I'm looking into starting a gift basket business, and am getting so very excited at the idea. But I have so many questions and don't really want to rely on internet based articles for advice, but people that have actually done it. If you've had experience, can anyone tell me what your first products were? Did you go all out with gourmet everything or start small? Also what was your start up cost? I'm planning on really getting… Continue

Don't you love hearing about someone's success? I do hope Dawn doesn't mind me adding this, however, she has just finished a very successful year at Uni with great results. Suffice to say, she has worked really hard with determination and focus on her goals, I hope you will join me in sending her congratulations on her Arts & Crafts Success. Well done Dawn regards Di Continue

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We popped along to our local craft shop yesterday and, as added in the Air Drying Clay Group here, we came across a similar product to that recommended by member Ron - soft clay. It's lovely and light, can be pinched & rolled thin for realistic flower making, or left quite chunky to create cute characters. It's an ideal kid crafts medium, comes in a range of colors and can be kneaded together to blend the colors. Their site has this cute creative tips tutorial : A great kid crafts ideas… Continue

I love making handmade paper and I also love playing with paper and glue to make paper mache (papier mache). I'm just finishing off a paper mache garden ornament in between other things of course. Anyway, I digress, I came across this fabulous video demonstrating how easy and how creative paper mache craft can be. I really must get my creative imagination activated to come up with something a little more exciting: Check this out and see what you may be inspired to create with paper mache:… Continue

We have now added the Private Members Area and a couple of posts already up for reading. Members, please join the private group where you can read and add discussions that are excluded from the public areas. Thanks all for your positive feedback and I trust this private area will be helpful to all. Thanks Di Continue

I'm having a play with color today and redesigning the logo for the site, so please be warned that things may change several times - don't want to get you too confused about where you are when you login, should make for a fun day. Di Continue