Etsy : Is it on the slippery slope from handmade to manufacture?

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 {all images are linked to their respective shops} There has been been a debate raging ever since Etsy decided to change its policies on what constituted ‘handmade’ late last year. Those policies now allow designers and makers to outsource a substantial...

Small Biz : 7 tips for using Pinterest effectively

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TIPS FOR USING PINTEREST EFFECTIVELY Visit tractorgirl’s profile on Pinterest. {my latest pins}   Pinterest is a great business tool! It’s useful for driving traffic (about 1/3 of my blog’s total traffic), for spreading the word about special...

Small biz how-to : HTML basics ~ 5 commands you should know

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HTML BASICS {here}   Do you look at other people’s blogs and sites and sigh wistfully at how fab they look and wonder how they get it looking like that? Are you scared witless by all the techy stuff, and just go with whatever the program spits out for you?...

My 4 most powerful takeaways from the Artful Business Conference

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My head has pretty much exploded from all the INCREDIBLE (and that is an understatement) information that I heard when I attended The Artful Business Conference last week. OH! I was a bit sad that I could only attend virtually this year, plugged into my computer at my...

Small biz how-to : meet Uncommon Goods

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How did I not know of Uncommon Goods before now? I am so very glad they contacted me, as I love finding new ways to help artists and designers to sell their work! Uncommon Goods is a platform for artists and designers from around the world to sell their work through,...

Small biz how to : Starting in surface design Part 3 – designing repeats

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Designing repeats for surface patterns: Hi there! And welcome to part 3 in this series on getting started in surface design (find part 1 here – it’s all the basics of editing your images ready for uploading, and part 2 here – it’s all about how...