Judy's Corner

I was asked a question today that I could not answer. Why?

The question had to do with ceramics and what I thought would be good sellers. The problem is, for most of us working with a region, the region itself tells us that. Every area is different.

What sells really well in OK, may not see the light of day in WA. What I’m saying is this…every state and every area within a state, has it’s own flavor and tourism. Padre Island sells a lot of sea shell crafts, while Washington D.C. I’m sure sells a lot of crafts with historic flavor and San Antonio, designs that favor the Alamo.

Step outside of the regional flavors and you’ve got just plain old ‘art’. Either you follow the tourists or you develop your own taste and designs and take the chance that the public will see the artistic value as much as you do.

So in truth, that’s a hard question to answer. There are no hard and fast rules to follow.

It would be nice to have some comment here, telling us what is favorable in your neck of the woods.

I got this message through the website contact form, just today.
I am starting a retail/consignment store for women and children clothing, accessories, decor… I enjoy recycled or restored items…
New crafts are welcome too…if I have the space I will display what I can on consignment!It will be located in Valencia, California
If anybody is [...]

I’ve been with Yahoo for several years now and have no complaints. For $12.95 a month, it’s not a bad deal.
You get all this space to use, more than I’ve used up yet and believe me, I’ve been building on the same account all along.
What’s more, installing a Wordpress program is automatic. You could [...]

You will notice on your right, a sign in section named ‘Mingle’. This is an entirely new addition to this blog. Much like the facebook platform, you can add much more information about yourself and make connections with other members on the site.
As a registered user, I believe you can log in at either link [...]

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Due to a recent hack of this site, feeds are no longer offered. To keep up to date, you will need to update your subscription preferences in your profile, after signing up for membership.
I apologize for any inconvenience but evidently it’s a step I had to take in order to keep this site up [...]

Here is the post I just put up at the home and family blog. We have battled, for so long, against this trend to import instead of supporting our artisan’s at home. This should be our band wagon slogan and we need to keep pushing this idea.
Here is the post in its entirety.
So you’re thinking [...]

I realize there’s no way for my readers to know how it is, I bring traffic to our sites. Here’s a list of most of the places where I blog, network the sites or write articles with links back to the sites.
On this first one, you can see a list of pages I’ve built at [...]

Here’s another thought. Have you ever thought about going in the back door to find your buyers?
Check out this site. You have people looking for product as well as people offering product. You can search through your category and find all sorts of contacts. http://www.tradekey.com

Don’t let the heading fool you, I wrote this for WikiHow

How to Promote and Sell Crafts on the Internet
from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit
Just like any other business online, you have to build your own market.

Steps

Once you know what products you want to sell, you [...]

How to Write Your Own Crafts Instruction E Books
from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit
One of the best ways to get the word out about your own website or pages with your crafted products, is by publishing e-books.

Steps

If you know enough about your own craft, you [...]