Tips & techniques on how to sell your handmade crafts easily, confidently & successfully : Using patterned paper only when creating a card

Hello blog friends, how are you doing today? We're heading off to gay Paris for today's création ....

No stamping! Quoi! Désolé ;) Just Fan Fair designer series paper today - paper piecing I think it's called. I like it - what do you think?

Bidding bonjour to the following challenge blogs Divas by design - add a number, Sketch file April, Catch the Bug- Anything Goes, Cutie Pie Challenge - lots of layers, Fashionista wk 2 - vintage/shabby, OLLCB- wk 2 - vintage, Simon says stamp & show - inspired by vintage, There she goes-paper piecing, Mojo Monday #292, The Shabby Tea Room - photo inspiration.

Back tomorrow with a little treat for the men in our lives & plenty of die cutting :)

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You really have become my guiding light and I've shared your page several times with my fellow Etsians. Sound and smart advice and guidance! Know you are appreciated.

- Paula Wasiluck Doan, BeDotted

Just popping over to say a huge thank you for all your tips recently. I've picked up loads of things that have been very handy. Big, big, thank you.

- Kate Moore, The Literate Stitch

A couple of months ago I asked you about increasing interaction on my page & you gave me advice around engagement and asking questions to my customers building up trust. Since doing this I have noticed that my interaction talked about figures have gone up people are engaging more in my posts and we are building up trust which had resulted in a few more sales!

- Vaishali Mcmillan, The Little Treehouse Children's Boutique

I started to make jewellery as a hobby in 2010 since then i have gathered various skills, which has caused customers at work, friends and family to say "oooh you should sell your creations". I fumbled around with advertising, a single fair and a couple of car boots. I found i wasn't doing very well and started to get frustrated and looked for help. I immediately found Marketing Creatively and since then everything has changed for my business and I! Using the 50 "cardinal rules" (as i call them) and every single piece of information i can suck from your blog, I am starting to expand my reach ten fold, i am finding networking much easier and much more focused, I am now blogging, which to my surprise is a big hit, and i am also planning to do tutorial videos and contact my local newspapers and such to get a bit of coverage. All in all I can't thank you enough. You have been such a great inspiration and help and I know I couldn't have done it without your support, and the support.

- Freya Lucy Elizabeth, Serendipity Jewelery

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