This weeks theme is sunflowers, inspired by a commission and the fact that I’ve grown some from seed. Last year I had a monster sunflower: As you can imagine this produced a lot of seed. Some went to the birds and I planted a few seeds but to my dismay 3 of the young plants …
Love these BT boxes, such a great idea.
So that I don’t miss my target of 2-3 blogs a week here is a short one. I’ve called this post ‘Crafty ups and downs’ because there are bound to be some! Since my last blog I’ve made new listings on both Folksy (made to order hand painted photo frames) and Etsy (flower champagne glasses), …
This will be my first blog in ‘real time’! I have just set up an Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/arpglassdesigns, which I naively thought wouldn’t take too long as I’d already opened a shop on Folksy. It took most of yesterday and into the evening! First up is entering your profile and policies. I spent quite a …
All the advice is you must have an on-line presence these days. I’m quite good with computers but they do seem to take up so much time without you realising! I had a personal face-book profile, so a face-book business page was the obvious place to start. I had already decided on my business name …
I continued to do two mini markets a month and with the run up to Christmas increased my sales month on month. With this boost in confidence I got into my first shop. It actually happened in a spontaneous, unplanned way. I went into an independent shop that sold handmade glass coasters and enquired if …
My first mini market experience was not overly successful. After a sleepless night I set off in plenty of time equipped with table cloth and 3 storage boxes. Located in a village hall there were a range of stalls from handmade cards to fruit and veg. The other stall holders were lovely and complimented my …
I’ve always been artistic and at school would do great drawings, which I then managed to ruin when painted! However I was more successful with crafts making items out of clay, designing rugs etc. So you could say I’m a late bloomer as a professional artist, now in my 40’s. Expanding beyond a hobby came …
