The Crafts Blog

This is a craft blog, but it’s a business blog too - in fact the whole reason I do it is to help you build your craft business. If the money isn’t important to you that’s fine, but what you have is a craft hobby, not a craft business.
So assuming you’re looking at your craft [...]

Lot’s of crafts people are very good designers. With some crafts, creativity is inherent - if you make your own patterns for example, whether that’s knitting, sewing, leathercraft, woodwork, whatever.
Others are just naturally creative people - even if their craft doesn’t require any particular creativity directly.
However, there’s one area where I see that creativity fail [...]

A big decision when you start selling your crafts online is how you’re going to take your customers’ money. It needs to be fast and it needs to be easy. If you start making your customer jump through hoops just as they’re about to pay they’ll simply abandon their cart.
What’s more, they won’t be back. [...]

Not too long ago writing a craft book was a distant dream for many of us. You might have a good idea but finding a publisher and convincing them to invest in you was a bit of a struggle to say the least!
Now there’s nothing to stop you doing it yourself. Write your craft book, [...]

How to sell your crafts online is a complex question and one I’m going to spend a lot of time looking into.
Another one that comes up a lot is where to sell your crafts online.
For me, the answer is one of two places: your own craft website or your own craft blog. In my opinion [...]

If you’re looking for the secret to success with selling crafts online I’m afraid you’re in for a bit of a disappointment. There are no “secrets”. There’s some stuff that maybe you don’t know yet but if you’re looking for instant riches, go buy a lottery ticket.
On the other hand, if you’re looking at what [...]