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November/December 2011 Crafts Giveaway - Kims Colourway

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT

November/December Giveaway - Win a pack of crocheted snowflakes!

Welcome to the final crafts giveaway of 2011! Thats right! We'll be taking a break from these giveaway posts during December, but we'll be back in January to resume business as ...

October 2011 Crafts Giveaway - Kooky Crafts

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

October Giveaway - Win a Cushion from Kooky Crafts!

With Halloween just around the corner, the clocks going back on Sunday and the nights drawing in, many people say that ...

Starting and running a Craft Magazine

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

A guest post by Kerry Wilkinson of Crafteroo

Running a craft magazine is totally different to running any other sort of craft business as it requires a la...

September 2011 Crafts Giveaway - Something Wonderful Design

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

'Icecream' - a stylish September give-away with Something Wonderful!

And into September! Vainly trying to ignore the signs of Christmas erupting in the high street, we've got a ...

Your top tips for starting a craft business!

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Handmade Crafts blog. Our grand plans to renovate a few bits of the site have temporarily fallen by the wayside, but we're determined to push ahead with the most important point - bringing some more life to the blog!

A while ago, we posted some of your top tips for people involved in craft fairs - a...

August 2011 Crafts Giveaway - Fluffy Cloud

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Peas in a Pod - a fabulous August give-away with Fluffy Cloud!

Well, here we are - August already and the weather simply can't decide if it's the end of summer or the start of Aut...

August 2011: Upcoming changes to handmade-crafts.co.uk

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Please excuse the dust!

Thats right! We're hard at work at the moment, making a number of improvements to handmade-crafts.co.uk, which we will be releasing over the next couple of weeks. Some of these are relatively trivial changes, others are more significant and many won't be visible, but will give us the ability to update the site much more easily and to build a far more active blog.

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July 2011 Crafts Giveaway - Artisan Silver

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Your chance to win a beautiful necklace from Artisan Silver!

So, it's July and (here at least), the sun is finally shining! We're back with another giveaway; this month s...

Your tips for craft fair organisers and stallholders!

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Craft Fair Tips: We asked, you answered, and here they are!

Some time ago, we ran a question on the Handmade Crafts Facebook Page asking our readers for their top tips for both Craft Fair Organisers and Stallholders. Some of the answers were brilliant and we're going to list some of our favourites here for you to read and comment on.

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June 2011 Crafts Giveaway - Spiral Soaps

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Juice up your June with a fruity treat from Spiral Soaps!

It's that time again - giveaway day! This month's sponsor is Emma from Spiral Soaps, who has kindly donated not one, but two lovely items from her range to the lucky winner.

The rules remain the same as ever - to enter, simply visit Spiral Soaps (links at the end of this post) and then come back and leave a comment here, telling u...