May Craft Competition: Buttons

by Alison Wood on May 20, 2012

I just wanted to share with you today the competition that is currently running over at the Crafty Ambitions’ social networking site.

The site is completely FREE to join and the competition has some great prizes.

The theme of the competition is ‘Buttons’ and you can find out more, including how to enter and to view the entries that have already been submitted, at the link below.

The closing date is the 31st May 2012 so get your thinking hats on :-)

Crafty Ambitions May Buttons Craft Competition – Find Out More Here

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Crafty Ambitions & Craftsy: It’s Giveaway Time

by Alison Wood on May 10, 2012

Ever thought about learning a new craft in order to to grow your product range or just to brush up your skills in an existing craft that you love? Well then, I have a very exciting announcement for you today, as the lovely people over at Craftsy have given me 5 online craft courses to giveaway during May.

There will be 5 winners, each getting 1 online course of their choosing, up to the value of $59.99, which covers pretty much all the courses I believe. Craftsy has a huge range of courses available, from sewing, knitting, crochet, dressmaking, gardening, jewelry making, paper crafts, weaving, furniture upcycling, quilting, sugar flower classes to chocolate cake making, so there is going to be something for everyone to enjoy.

Please read through the Terms & Condition and then you can enter at the link below.

*   No purchase is necessary to enter the giveaway.

*   The five winners will be drawn randomly.

*   Odds of winnning are based on the number of entries.

*   You may enter from today and entries will be closed at 11.59 pm on the 31st May 2012.

*   Only one entry is allowed per person.

*   To enter you will need to  sign up for a free Craftsy account and will need to provide your name and email address. If you are already a Craftsy member then just sign in at the link below and you will be entered in the giveaway. Please note you must go through the link below for any entry to count.

*   Anyone 13 or over may enter from any country.

*   If you win you will be contacted via the e-mail address that you use to enter the giveaway. We will contact the winners by the 5th June 2012 and you will have 30 days to respond. If we do not hear from you within that time then another winner will be randomly drawn.

*   If you win you will be sent a ‘one-time link’ to select any Craftsy online course. This means that you can only select one course but you will be able to revisit the class whenever you want to and be permanently enrolled, this is the joy of Craftsy courses as you can work at your own pace.

To enter the giveaway please go to this link:

 Crafty Ambitions’ Craftsy Online Course Giveaway

 When you sign up, you should see this message come up in the middle of the screen. Good Luck Everyone!

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Craft Marketplace Review: Selling on Folksy

April 18, 2012
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The U.K. based website Folksy is taking the British craft world by storm by providing an online marketplace for artists to sell their goods and eager buyers to easily purchase the merchandise. Launched in 2008, Folksy aims to provide an arena for professional and amateur designers to sell their goods in an environment that is [...]

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Craft Marketplace Review: Selling on Artfire

April 11, 2012
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Another company has joined in on the e-commerce trend of selling handmade and vintage goods, and craft lovers are overjoyed to have yet another option for buying and selling these items. ArtFire, a U.S.-based company, is an online marketplace for buyers and sellers to do business. Artists and artisans are able to list and sell [...]

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Craft Marketplace Review: Selling on DaWanda

March 25, 2012
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The German website DaWanda is an online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage items sold by individual sellers and shops around the world. Sellers can log onto the site, create a shop and sell their items. Buyers, in turn, can search the site for unique items to purchase directly from the creators of said items. In [...]

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Handmade Marketplace Giveaway at The Crafty Ambitions Social Site

March 12, 2012

For anyone who hasn’t joined our totally FREE Crafty Ambitions social networking site, maybe I can entice you with a lovely giveaway, the first of many at the site. I am currently giving away a copy of the highly recommended  by Kari Chapin. The giveaway ends next Sunday, 18th March, so please pop over and [...]

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Creating A New Facebook Page

March 10, 2012

If you have any type of business then I would definitely recommend setting up a Facebook page for your brand. This page is separate to your Facebook profile and has many advantages including the fact that you can have an unlimited number of Likers of the page, that the page carries the name of your [...]

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Crafty Ambitions on Twitter: The Birds and the Bee

February 29, 2012

Just wanted to let you know that Crafty Ambitions now has its very own Twitter profile. I would love to link to you all there, if you have a Twitter profile, and if you don’t have one yet – why the heck not?! It’s the perfect place for promoting your business and interacting with other [...]

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Craft Marketplace Review: Selling On Etsy

February 23, 2012
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Etsy is an online marketplace where independent sellers can set up individual stores and sell a variety of handmade and vintage items. This online marketplace is home to some of the most unique items that you can find on the Internet. Some items are one of a kind, while others are mass-produced for a wider [...]

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Starting and Running A Craft Business: How Crafty Ambitions Can Help

February 5, 2012

If you love making handmade items and would like to turn your crafting into a business, then over the coming months this blog is going to help you explore the key elements of starting and running your new venture. I am very aware that people that are reading the blog, will be at very different [...]

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