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Related: Sell Your Art From Home All About “SpoonFlower” Founded in 2008, Spoonflower was created by Gart Davis and Stephen Fraser. Both of their wives are extremely creative and asked why there was not yet a company to design your own custom fabric (later referred to as “the question”). The idea was turned into the first of its kind out… Read More
All About Bucketfeet: All About a company called Bucketfeet, where shoes meet artists everywhere. Learn how to customize your shoes! This print on demand website has a true one of a kind story. The two founders, Raaja Nemani and Aaron Firestein met each other in a way that was no mistake. Raaja was in the middle of a… Read More
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Don’t have time to read the post now? Save and bookmark for later… ↓ Best Suppliers for Beading Crafts When it comes to finding the best suppliers for beading crafts, you want great prices, awesome style, and simplicity for ordering…. Read More
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Don’t have time to read the post now? Save and bookmark for later… ↓ Must-Have Affiliates For Artists Whether you have a blog or not, if you are an artist and thinking about selling your art from home OR you do have a blog and want to know how to monetize it,… Read More
Having Trouble Visualizing What You Want To Draw? 3 Books to help you draw ANYTHING. As an artist sometimes it can be difficult to translate the ideas we have in our head onto paper. Seriously some days I need some type of example or reference. If I want to draw a horse, I have a hard time getting… Read More
Book Review: “She Means Business”, by Carrie Green “She Means Business” by Carrie Green is a must read for all bloggers. No matter what your niche is, Carrie’s outlook on life and especially blogging is inspiring. This book review of “She Means Business” will just give you a brief overview of some of the topics she covers in her… Read More
Best Books For Jewelry Crafts : Resin, Polymer Clay, Wire Wrapped, and many more… If you are looking for DIY Arts & Crafts inspiration, you will find all kinds in the following books. I have really grown to love multi media crafting. Polymer clay is so much fun, but if you add Resin into the project it makes it… Read More
Best Books For Brush Lettering – for beginner or novice hand lettering. If you want to improve you hand lettering techniques or are trying to learn how to create beautiful messages with brush-lettering, these are my favorite books for brush lettering. 1.) The Calligrapher’s Bible– This one is great because it includes so many different styles, with step-by-step… Read More
Graphic Artist Guild Handbook Book Review: Graphic Artist Guild Handbook to Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. The guild handbooks are very useful guides to have at your fingertips to know how much to buy and sell graphic designs for. This book is an awesome buyer’s guide so you won’t ever be underpaid or overcharged! Also, the Graphic Artist… Read More
OR Here are some inspirational reads that will help your business by fueling your personal growth as well. 7 Books EVERY Entrepreneur Needs To Read 1.) Thank & Grow Rich, by Pam Grout– awesome Law Of Attraction type theories and experiments. Fun read! 2.) Unlimited Power, by Anthony Robbins– this might be one of… Read More
Don’t have time to read the post right now?! Click here to save the pdf version, OR Click here to save to your Pinterest account to read later:) Create pendents with Pebeo Prisme Fantasy Paint & Alcohol Inks: Found another way to use alcohol inks. Pebeo Prisme paints are really cool paints that will blend… Read More
Inspiration for art comes from everywhere…and this is one technique that just keeps on giving. First of all, if you have never used alcohol inks, they LOVE surfaces that are non-porous. So, we are talking glass, plastic, ceramic, metal, etc. The inks themselves are highly concentrated which makes the possibilities endless on what you can use them for. … Read More
Don’t have time to read the post now? Save and bookmark for later… ↓ Learn How To Make Money With Transcription Transcription is something you can do from home and there are always jobs available. If you are still unsure what transcription is…you see it all the time and don’t even know it. When you watch a movie and turn… Read More
For the past few months I have been experimenting with alcohol inks, and out of no where, I thought about adding another element to my alcohol ink pendent creations. Metal stamps! They are fairly cheap, very easy to use, but you must have the right tools to get the beautiful results you are looking for. Here is a sneak peak… Read More
If you don’t have time to read the post now save and bookmark to read later… ↓ Getting started: Acrylic pouring is incredibly messy but incredibly fun, even if you have never painted a day in your life. As long as you know some key methods and ingredients you will be able to consistently create beautiful pours. Since originally writing… Read More
Alcohol ink has been my obsession for the last few months because there are SO many projects you can do with them. They are a bit more expensive than say quality acrylics or oils, but they have way more versatility. If you are not familiar with alcohol inks and are wanting to experiment, just know that these inks work best… Read More
3 Ways To Deal With Blogging Overwhelm (for free AND immediately): Feeling overwhelmed?! Trying to start a blog?! Raising a two year old by myself while trying to get a blog going has had its challenges. Many MANY challenges. Some days all I want to do is cry and scream because I can’t own a train of thought… Read More
Affiliates for any niche: Using affiliate sales to monetize your blog is an acquired skill, and sometimes we all need some inspiration for new affiliates for your blog. Below is a collection of affiliate networks and independent affiliates that I have worked with at some point and are trustworthy affiliates with awesome payouts. My blog has been… Read More
