This tutorial shows you how to make a unique piece of jewellery with a hammered wire heart and an arrow pin. Great for Valentine's Day.
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Hammered Heart Brooch
This tutorial shows you how to make a unique piece of jewellery with a hammered wire heart and an arrow pin. Great for Valentine's Day.
Shortbread Buttons
These shortbread buttons are so cute, and you can make them in different colours too! Find the recipe here.Wednesday, 3 February 2010
T-Shirt Transformation
I'm into wearing tunics at the moment, and this tutorial is great for transforming an oversized t-shirt (that you can pick up very cheaply at your local charity/thrift shop), into a flattering tunic top. It's also a very good introduction to clothes making/sewing too. Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Cookie Stamps
I can't tell you how much I want this cookie stamp, it's so cute! You can use the cutter to create the desired cookie shape, and then stamp whatever message you want onto it - for truly personalised food...yummy! Operation Fancy Dress
This 'Operation' fancy dress is an amazingly fun costume design - and pretty unique too!Monday, 1 February 2010
How To Have A Successful Business
Whilst researching for my own online shop, I came across alot of excellent tips and tricks of the trade, plus what the most important factors are for running a successful business.
Alot of the links below are specific to Etsy businesses, but there are also ones for other selling businesses too. Hope you find this helpful!
Packaging 101
Lots of Useful Tool and Websites
Adding Items to Google
Increase Etsy Shop Traffic
Understanding Online Advertising
Graphic Design to Give Your Shop the Edge
Lots of Useful Tool and Websites
Adding Items to Google
Increase Etsy Shop Traffic
Understanding Online Advertising
Graphic Design to Give Your Shop the Edge
Importance of Packaging
Best of my tips: Concentrate on getting nice and clear photos, have some unique products (find a niche), create pretty but simple and consistent packaging, have a memorable name and logo, use Metatag Analyser on each website page to check your meta tags and descriptions are search-engine friendly, use Project Wonderful if you want to advertise on other sites, approach suitable blogs to try and get your shop featured, have regularly updated information and perhaps tutorials on your website to try and drive traffic to it, and lastly (if you have good photos) submit your products on Craft Gawker.
Best of my tips: Concentrate on getting nice and clear photos, have some unique products (find a niche), create pretty but simple and consistent packaging, have a memorable name and logo, use Metatag Analyser on each website page to check your meta tags and descriptions are search-engine friendly, use Project Wonderful if you want to advertise on other sites, approach suitable blogs to try and get your shop featured, have regularly updated information and perhaps tutorials on your website to try and drive traffic to it, and lastly (if you have good photos) submit your products on Craft Gawker.
Papercut Portrait
Paper cutting is a fantastic and super cheap craft, and this video shows you how to make an amazing paper portrait.Sunday, 31 January 2010
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Digital Photography Tutorials
Click here for 27 of the best tutorials on manipulating digital images - some of the effects are fantastic!
Friday, 29 January 2010
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Resin Pendants
Resin is a craft I really want to try (among many, many others), and this is a very useful tutorial showing you the art of embedding paper images in resin to create cabochons/pendants.Mirror Decoration
These instructions show you how to make a square mirror decoration, which is based on a $700 design.Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Letter Wreaths
I think these letter wreaths are very sweet and could be especially useful at weddings or Christmas - they could even be used to spell out a greeting on a wall garland for instance.The tutorial is here.
Stamp Glue
Go here to find the recipe for making stamp/sticker glue - to allow you to transform all sorts of paper shapes into no-mess stickers.Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Monday, 25 January 2010
Belt Cuff
This is a great idea for using old belts, and makes a groovy cuff for both guys and gals. Click here for the how-to.Sunday, 24 January 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Collage Crystals
I love this technique of adding text filled paper to a glass crystal - which would add an interesting and old fashioned style to any necklace/garland/chandelier.Friday, 22 January 2010
Faux Engraved Jewellery
This is one of the most original and effective techniques I've seen for a while. The rings above look amazing, and yet it's pretty straightforward to achieve. Find the project details here.Thursday, 21 January 2010
DIY Bounty Bar
This page provides a recipe for imitation Bounty bars so that you can make them yourself at home.Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Fabric Pom-Poms
I love these ruffled pom-poms as all-year-round decorations, and the colours are divine.The how-to can be found here.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Lightning Knit Jumpers
This project is very inspiring and makes me definitely want to transform some charity shop jumpers into snuggly lightning creations.Monday, 18 January 2010
Faux Metal Mirror
Click here to see how you can make a mirror frame with a faux metal effect - you can keep the frame grey like above or add rust for a more realistic effect.
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