Today they’re offering crafty ideas and business suggestions to inspire you.

Angels can be tiny
Noreen has designed some tiny spool knitted angels that are easy and charming.

Layers Upon Layers
Cyndi explores making small quilts from rusted fabric. 

Painted Hearts Champagne Flutes
Make two of these romantic flutes for a special couple. Add a bottle of bubbly for a complete gift!

Photo Phun!
Some photos to use for your journals any way you choose.

Should We Brand or Not Brand Our Quilting?
Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork discusses the latest buzz word in business…branding.

What to Do With Used Disposable Pens
Don’t send your old pens to the landfill. The Pen Guy wants them for his art cars and pentings!

What to do when your sewing machine says “no!”
Is your sewing machine acting up? Here are a few basic trouble-shooting tips to that can get you back sewing.

ENJOY!

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Crafty Ideas and Business Suggestions from the Arts Bloggers

Des Walsh, at Thinking Home Business, has a thought provoking post, Just How Valuable is Personal Branding.  Here Des differentiates between business and personal branding.  Is there a need for either?  When is one better than the other?

It got me thinking about the differences.  I recalled hearing that if you’re developing a business you may want to sell, don’t lock it in with your name.  That may be a disadvantage when selling.  Also, the new owners might take it in a direction you’d prefer not associated with your name.

When you’re an author, artist, designer, etc., your business generally would be associated only with your name since you’re the one who does the creating.  So, in that case, branding yourself and your name could be an advantage.

What have you done about branding and name recognition?

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Should We Brand or Not Brand Our Quilting?