This weekend I came across the best craft book full of great felt projects - “The Cute Book” by Aranzi Aranzo (who also has a ”Bad Book” - for when you’re cute-d out).  It’s full of the coolest (and yes, they really are the cutest) patterns for all sorts of creatures.
So my six-year-old daughter and I did [...]

I just have to give some link love to what I believe to be not only the best orgami site out there, but one of the best, most creative and informative sites, period. 
It’s OriLand - here you can learn to make some great origami pieces, and then look into their products if you want to get [...]

I’ve been making little origami things out of post-it notes for little breaks at work lately, so I’ve been searching for some good origami how-to videos and found this one on You-Tube - it goes a bit fast, but it was the prettiest origami rose on there - and I like the background music (Postal [...]

No matter how you look at it, the appearance of a product counts for a great deal. Companies spend millions of dollars a year trying to make their products as appealing to the eye as possible because they know that nice packaging encourages more customers to buy their products. The same is true in the [...]

Crafts Beautiful just posted an introductory demonstration on some braiding crafts including the ancient Japanese art of kumihimo braiding - if you ever wondered what many braiding crafts entail, and some different things you can do with braiding, then check it out ~

Knitting, like snowboard sales, is pretty typically a seasonal business. The season for successful knitting sales takes up about half a year. The autumn months as well as the winter months predominantly compose the bulk of the demand for knitted merchandise. Depending on the area of the country you are in, this season can either [...]

Computers are everywhere lately.  They can be used for almost anything.  And now, with digitizing, you can use an automated embroidery machine to create your finished product.  This will create a product in less time with a more finished appearance – and less work on your part when it comes to the actual stitching.
To do [...]

If you are in the craft business, incorporating a knitting class into your life can be a big boost to business.  Here are some of the reasons why.
Knitting classes can offer a variety of skills to knitters of all levels.  They can teach the craft to beginners, or complicated stitches to the experienced.  They can [...]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a touchable sample worth?  In short, for advertising it is priceless!  If you are in the knitting or embroidery business, wearing your wares may be the perfect solution to you for finding new clients.
First of all, consider where you have been today.  Maybe [...]

If you are going to be successful knitting crafts for a living it may be best for you to start out with one or two of your best knitting designs and work from there. It could be a piece you have one in a craft contest, or one that you have received quite a bit [...]