We Need a New Keyword (Tag) For Artisan Handmade on eBay

When I started selling my handmade photo albums, scrapbooks and journals online, I started on eBay. It was the easiest place to start and at the time, the only game in town. Now I sell on my website and on Etsy too, but I do still sell on eBay and I have to admit, when [...]

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Selling crafts on eBay or Etsy? Don’t miss this promotional opportunity!

About a month ago, I sent out an order to a repeat customer (my favorite kind!) While she loved the album as always, this one was a rush order for her, and I made the mistake of throwing the album into a plain plastic bag and just sending it. She was very disappointed that it [...]

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My Very First Album Blog Review!

I’m so excited! I’ve gotten my very first blog review, on The Bathrobe Bride.
You can see it here: http://bathrobebride.com/blog/91.html
And while you’re looking, check out all the other great bridal advice Crystal is giving out too!
Getting your brand name and pictures out on the Internet through review blogs, forums and social networking now will make the [...]

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Indiepublic.com and other Crafty Social Networking Sites

So in my search to find out all that I can about Etsy.com, I began searching forums this week. And while finding out cool etsy stuff, I also found some great crafty social networking sites.
I joined Facebook a while back, and I’ve been building my friend’s list there and playing Scrabble with one of my [...]

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I Created This Easy Custom WordPress Header!

So yesterday, I decided it was time to get this blog rolling but I didn’t want to use just the regular headers that were available from wordpress. Not that they aren’t great, they are. And wordpress makes this process so turnkey, it’s amazing. But when I was tooling around the designs, I realized that some [...]

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