Preparing Your Crafts for Christmas
October 14, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
When I awoke to snow on the ground this morning and more falling from the sky to coat the trees, I fully realized we are making our way toward winter. That means the holiday season isn’t far away and making crafts for gift giving should be underway.
If you’re making crafts for your own gift giving or for sale in stores and over the Internet, you’ve probably begun already. Now’s the time, too, to develop your promotions, check out craft fairs, make your gift list to prepare for the holiday season. Also, you won’t be so rushed, if you prepare ahead.
What are …read more
Promoting Art Work With Postcards
May 27, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Artists, authors and craftspeople often utilize postcards of their work for promotion. When you send a letter or note in an envelope, only you and that person usually will see the item. When you send a postcard, multiple people will glimpse it, and perhaps notice your work, as it makes it’s way from you to the recipient.
This is easier nowadays with the use of scanning and printing programs, whereby you can create postcards individually, as needed, instead of getting several hundred printed at one time.
You can utilize places like Café Press for printing cards on demand and paying only for those you …read more




