BUSINESS: How to Organise a Successful Craft Fair
Craft fairs have become increasingly popular in recent years and most of them are organised by crafters themselves. With so much competition it is...
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REVIEW: all sewn up by Chloe Owens
 Chloe Owens is a textile designer, illustrator and fabric horder from London, with a passion for recycling vintage fabrics into gorgeous...
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BUSINESS: Why Buy Local?
Since the UK plunged into recession, it's perhaps more important than ever to buy from local suppliers and makers to ensure that our local businesses...
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BUSINESS: The Real Value of Handmade
Many designers and makers struggle to value their work and set prices that truly reflect their time and talent that go beyond the intrinsic cost of...
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REVIEW: Hand Spun - New Spins On Traditional Techniques
Lexi Boeger is a spinner and an artist, as well as the author of two previous books, Handspun Revolution, Pluckyfluff, and Intert
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BUSINESS: Retailers Running British Design Open Door Event to Discover Emerging Talent
Most designer-makers will have heard of the much-attended Liberty Open Call events, held annually at Liberty department store in London, where...
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REVIEW: Homespun Style
Homespun Style feels like a bumper issue, of the home style section, of your favourite magazine.
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BUSINESS: Facebook E-Commerce Trends
It appears that an increasing number of designer-makers are selling their wares via Facebook Shops.
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BUSINESS: Web fuelled Business Bootcamp
Emma Allnutt of Sugar Cane attended the School for Startups free Web Fuelled Business bootcamp at Leeds on the 21st March 2012.
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REVIEW: Pop Party - 40 Fabulous Cake Pops, Props & Cakes
This book is simply gorgeous, as soon as you are presented with the sugary, sweet, pastel cover, it is screaming
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BUSINESS: Say Hello To Your Local Network
We're all so familiar with online social networking its easy to forget that there are real people just beyond our front door! But what's the purpose...
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BUSINESS: How to Create your own Advertising Materials
There are many quick and simple ways of creating effective marketing materials from your product images and many excellent graphic designers in the...
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REVIEW: The New Artisans by Olivier Dupon
Review by Moira Fuller of Hunt and Gather Design 
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REVIEW: The Craft Business Handbook and Craft Business Heroes by Alison McNicol
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REVIEW: Turn Your Talent into a Business - A guide to earning a living from your hobby by Emma Jones
This guide was created in partnership, by Country Living Magazine and Emma Jones.
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BUSINESS: How to sell your products, a maker's tale.
Andy Driscoll is the owner, designer and maker of Andycrafts, a small company specialising in handmade gifts. Here he shares his experiences in...
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