en-gbCopyright 2012, mattchedit.comecommerce_to@mattchedit.com (mattchedit.com)ecommerce_to@mattchedit.com (mattchedit.com)http://handmade-crafts.co.uk/http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Tue, 01 May 2012 14:41:52 +0100Tue, 01 May 2012 14:41:52 +0100http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=my-journey-so-far-gina-at-inkbison-guest-posthttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=my-journey-so-far-gina-at-inkbison-guest-postTue, 01 May 2012 14:41:52 +0100Today we're pleased to be presenting another guest post, from Gina at InkBison. I won't introduce her, as she's going to do that herself in just a moment - but do remember, if you'd like to share your experiences starting (or developing) your craft business, then get in touch - we'd love to hear from you! A New Adventure My name is Gina Andrews and in January 2012 I embarked on a new adventure, InkBison (unique creations in Indian ink). I love to paint in Indian ink and from my paintings I ...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=april-2012-crafts-giveaway-high-peak-designshttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=april-2012-crafts-giveaway-high-peak-designsWed, 18 Apr 2012 17:36:18 +0100April Giveaway - Win a beautiful, personalised cushion! Is it really only a month ago that we were commenting on the lovely, sunny spring day? Well, nothing could be further from the truth with todays weather - but never mind. Margaret from High Peak Designs has just the thing if you're stuck inside hiding from the rain, but more on that in just a moment. The rules remain as ever : to enter, visit our sponsor's links (at the end of the post) and post a comment here, telling us wh...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=a-few-little-changeshttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=a-few-little-changesThu, 12 Apr 2012 11:43:43 +0100It's been quite a while since we've made any changes here at HMC - and today we've released the latest version of our site. This includes a few fixes, newer bits of code and other internal things that aren't going to make a lot of difference to you.The main change is that we've moved the site onto our in-house CMS platform, Cloudeware. This means it'll be much easier for us to update the blog and to post news articles (previously we had to edit files by hand), so we should be able to be more ...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=march-2012-crafts-giveawayhttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=march-2012-crafts-giveawayFri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTMarch Giveaway - Fabulous Fused Glass! Well here we are on a lovely, sunny spring day - and what could be better than a nice giveaway to top it all off? Well, maybe a nice pimms in the beer garden, but we can't afford to take you all out for a drink - sorry! The rules are as follows: to enter, visit our sponsor's links (at the end of the post) and then post a comment here, telling us which of their items is your favourite. Entries are accepted at our discretion and...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=starting-jewellery-business-croatia-ruth-sebahttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=starting-jewellery-business-croatia-ruth-sebaTue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTAnd now for something a little bit different! One of our favourite topics is craft businesses - how they get started, stories people have from running them, etc. A few months ago, Ruth Seba from Seba Silver was kind enough to write us a guest blog with a different spin - we haven't been able to publish it until now, but better late than never! What makes Ruth's post so interesting is the fact that she and her husband weren't starting a business here - they were starting...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=february-2012-crafts-giveawayhttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=february-2012-crafts-giveawayWed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTFebruary Giveaway - Fascinating Fascinators! Welcome back to our blog - and our monthly giveaways! Due to our current work-load, we weren't able to organise anything in time for January, but happily, several kind people have offered to sponsor pots - and we're getting started with a bang this month! If you're interested in becoming a sponsor yourself, please get in touch - there are lots of spaces available in 2012, still. The rules are as follows: to enter, vi...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=november-december-2011-crafts-giveawayhttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=november-december-2011-crafts-giveawayThu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMTNovember/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 usual. If you'd be interested in sponsoring a giveaway from February onwards, please do get in touch with us as we need to build up a short list of volunteers for 2012. Our blog won't be desolate next month - we've got a g...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=october-2011-crafts-giveawayhttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=october-2011-crafts-giveawayWed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100October 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 they can find Autumn a little bit depressing. So just incase, we're here to bring you another wonderful giveaway, sponsored this month by Ali, aka Kooky Crafts. As ever, the rules are as follows. To enter, visit Ali's links (at the end of this post) and then come back here and leave a co...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=starting-and-running-a-craft-magazine-crafteroohttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=starting-and-running-a-craft-magazine-crafterooSat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100A 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 large team to work together to get a nice variety of content and also input- there’s nothing worse than doing something all yourself and being oblivious to an integral part being very wrong! Of course there are similarities too, in the need for a unique selling point and a profit margin to be successful. L...http://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=september-2011-crafts-giveawayhttp://www.handmade-crafts.co.uk/Blog.aspx?id=september-2011-crafts-giveawayFri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100'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 lovely give-away this month with a summery flavour (in name at least). So forget about the jingle bells for a month or two and hold on to the sunshine! Our sponsor this month is the lovely Kim at Something Wonderful Design, who is donating a rather fabulous limited edition linocut ...