New Create and Craft Disney Range – Yesterday, the tv shopping channel, Create and Craft, proudly released the first parts of their new Disney crafting products. There are dies, stamps, embossing folders, paper pads and even themed die-cutting machines. The
This morning 52% of the UK voted to leave the European Union. This has caused the pound sterling to fall rapidly. I previously had my Tin Teddy Etsy shop set to US dollars. I have now changed it to Pounds
It is very striking to see how many adult colouring books are available for sale right now. My local newsagents have many titles (of varying qualities), and online shopping sites such as Amazon have many thousands of options available. Colouring
During April this year I took part in Camp NaNoWriMo. This is a month-long challenge to encourage budding authors to get started on their literary masterpieces. My target for the month was 50,000 words, which is considered by many to
Out Now! You have read that having a blog will help you sell the handmade items in your online store. You created a blog, or are about to, but have hit a stumbling block. What on earth should you actually
Starting out on Etsy can seem very much an uphill struggle, and every day there is more competition to contend with. Etsy Rank is a very useful free-to-use website that can help even the most experienced sellers polish their shop.
This week Etsy rolled out a significant new look for seller’s shops. Now my Tin Teddy shop on Etsy looks like this… Previously it looked like this. The biggest differences are that the product pictures are bigger (a good
For this month’s Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 I thought I would take a break from the usual large tags I have made. So I made a short, fat butterfly tag instead. I used the “Love From” Tag Die
A fantastic introduction to the history of typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest It took him an amazing 140 hours of work. Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest © Forrest Media – 2013 http://www.forrestmedia.org http://www.facebook.com/forrestmedia http://twitter.com/benbf
Here are ten tips for getting more out of your Silhouette cutting machine, whether the Cameo, Portrait or Curio. 1 Pesky Little Leftovers A Silhouette cutting machine is brilliant at cutting very intricate designs. But removing all the teeny