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Jewelry, Craft, and Fashion in the NewsHow To Make a Beaded Necklace Young Adult Authors' Blog Today I'm going to talk a bit about How To Make a Beaded Necklace. This is something I started doing last year when the necklace I wanted was way too expensive for me to afford. I took a close look at it and decided to try and re-create it. Arts and Crafts Find New Life Online Business Week Web sites are building communities-and businesses-on the growing do-it-yourself craze. ...Corrie works in marketing for Etsy, an online marketplace where people sell their own handmade crafts. And this workshop is all about sharing the do-it-yourself (DIY) experience-an impulse that Etsy and a number of other companies, large and small, have converted into a sizable business. Etsy won't reveal its revenues but expects to turn a profit early next year on what it takes in from a 20 cents-per-item listing fee and the 3.5% commission on goods that merchants sell through the site. In 2007 those merchants sold 1.92 million items worth a total of $26.5 million, according to Etsy. The 2 1/2-year-old startup produces online videos, hosts virtual town halls, and runs workshops with the goal of persuading more folks to teach each other to create and sell crafts on Etsy. Since it's a sort of eBay (EBAY) for handmade crafts, the more people who sign up to sell their handiworks on the site, the better the company does. ... MY BUMBLE BEE With PAPER wonderdasher.blog A wonderful photo diary of the making of the most intricate of transormer style creatures. ... At the very beginning, I collected boxes which were used to save pencil-lead for it could be easily reached and adhibitted, and its suitable shape, transparency. I tried to make one. It was a racing car or other kind of toy. I cannot remember it exactly. It's not bad. Anyhow, it's a very important experience by which I become more confident. I have to choose other materials to make other toys, like Starscream, Grimlock, which have more arcs. Then I turn to use other materials. This time I use ordinary paper. It happens that there are many shell-paper on hands. Like any other hand-made activities, I image a picture body outspread, and then draw it on paper, and cut it down and paste it. Finally put all parts together. From which I get it more and more clear that thinking is prior to making. ... From Crafts to Career selfemployment.suite101.com / KC Morgan Sell That Art Project : In a mechanized, manufactured world, is there any need for crafting skills? There is actually a huge market for handmade goods - so turn that crafty hobby into a career. Lots of people like making things, and a few of these are very good at what they create. But then, craft projects get put away and itŐs time to get back to work. Why not sell that craft project instead of letting it sit in the closet? ... Green Crafting : Can It Make a Difference? crafts.suite101.com / Mary Welling-Bonney You have all heard of living "Green". It just means being more environmentally conscious in our everyday lives. Can we craft green? Yes we can and yes it can make a difference for the environment and our wallet. ... The information presented and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Jewelry-Making.com and/or its partners. |
