I’m on maternity leave – but before I left, I spent some time surfing the web for some great art and craft entertainment – so here are some links I enjoyed, hope you’ll like them too!
Mixed media and paper craft tutorials:
Make an inspiration book from a paper bag
(and from the same blog, make paper bag [...]

Are you a blogger, and suffering from blogger’s block? In other words, can’t think of a topic for your next post? This list of possible blog topics might help.
If you are like me, you can use all the organizing help you can get. This article on organizing your supplies for crafting on the go has [...]

What is your favorite online resource for craft/art business owners? I personally read etsy’s blog, The Storque, pretty regularly, but it’s always fun to hear about other blogs and sites people find useful.
Drop a link to your go-to craft biz site in the comments! I’ll be updating this post with links periodically & hope to [...]

What a nice surprise to log in this morning and see this lovely feature about my jewelry on the JET team (jewelry on etsy) blog!
There are some amazing artists and designers in the JET team so be sure to poke around and look at previous artist features while you’re looking at the blog.

I just read a fantastic blog post from RikrakStudio about packaging and shipping holiday orders. If you have an etsy shop or other online business, I highly recommend reading it! Lots of good information and tips. It’s a long read, but well worth it.

I woke up to a nice surprise today – I’m the jet of the day for the Jewelry on Etsy team (JET)!
Thanks to Bob of Jewelry 24-7 for the write-up, and all my other JET teammates who tweeted, stumbled, and otherwise helped me promote today!

Was reading Modish BizTips and ran across a list of popular blogs related to indie crafts. This got me thinking, although I hate asking for press (so much so that I don’t really do it), I love getting comments on my own blog posts, so…why not check out all the blogs on that list and [...]

Are you an indie business owner, or someone considering starting your own art or craft business? Surfing the net recently, I found a couple of blogs with great information and tips for running and marketing a successful small business.
Piddix is the blog of the successful etsy seller with the same name. She sells primarily [...]

For the last day of August, here’s another addictive Youtube channel to browse through: Art Jewelry Magazine. If you make jewelry, you might be familiar with the magazine, which publishes jewelry techniques and projects using a variety of media.
Here’s a sample video to check out, on piercing (in non-metalsmith language, this means essentially drilling a [...]

You might recall that I’ve been working on organizing my craft office space…if you are interested in DIY organizing projects, you might like this tutorial to make a jewelry organizer, courtesy of Threadbanger:

Also – for those of you who have been enjoying the mixed media and art journal-themed tutorials, I found an interesting blog that [...]