It’s time for another week of Blog Handmade! What is that? It is a weekly feature I started here at Indie Crafts that will goes up every Friday!
Blog Handmade is a weekly link up by indiecrafts.craftgossip.com where handmade bloggers … Read More...
Day of the Dead Nicho Tutorial with Free Printables
This tutorial shows you how to make a Dia De Los Muertos/Day of the Dead Nicho, featuring free printables of Santa Muerte and a banner reading “siempre en mi corazon”.
I wanted to share this tutorial with you guys because … Read More...
How to Make Painted Mandalas using a Gelli Plate
For those of you who like to get a little messy with paint, I have a fun tutorial for you over on my craft blog, Punk Projects.
I created these painted mandalas using acrylic paints and 2 different sizes of … Read More...
DIY Sharpie Treat Bag Toppers
Guys, can you believe that Halloween is ONLY 3 days away? So close, but you still have a little bit of time for some last minute DIY’s. These treat bag toppers by Andrea at The Beautydojo look super easy and … Read More...
Product Photography Tips for Crafters + Paper Crafting giveaway
As I’m sure you know, photography plays a huge role for indie artists and businesses. Photography tips are always a good thing to read in my opinion so I definitely wanted to share these with you.
Candice Stringham of My … Read More...
Free Printable Halloween Jar Labels
Andrea, over on the blog The Beautydojo, is killing it with the free printables this season! She recently created these little black and white labels that are perfect for Halloween. they have fun phrases on them, like “It’s Pumpkin Time” … Read More...
7 Things You Didn’t Know About Handmade Jewelry
Here is a really interesting article by Tracy Matthews at the UncommonGoods Blog. She wrote up a list of 7 things you may not have realized about handmade jewelry. Tracy is a jewelry designer herself, so who better to write … Read More...
16 Tips for Getting Your Etsy Treasury on the Front Page
Alright Indie Business Owners, Have you ever wished one of theEtsy Treasuries you have made would make it to the etsy front page? Me too.
Why would you want that? Well for one thing, just to say “I made … Read More...
WINNER- Stamp Stencil Paint
Have you been wondering who the winner of Anna Joyce’s new book is? Congrats to Kim from Tangled Blue Rose! I’ll be sending you an email!
If you haven’t already be sure to check out the review I did of … Read More...
Shop Handmade Link Up
It’s time for another week of Shop handmade! What is it? It is a weekly feature here at Indie Crafts called Shop Handmade where you can link up your Etsy shops. These posts will go up every Monday!
Shop Handmade … Read More...
Free workshops for all ages at Jackalope Arts Fair
Hey Californians! I wanted to let you know about the 2nd Jackalope Art & Craft Fair that is coming up soon! The Jackalope Art and Craft Fair will be uniting 200+ indie artists and art enthusiasts for a weekend … Read More...
The Top 3 Facebook Mistakes That Hurt Your Indie Business
As an indie artist, do you have a facebook page for your business? I do, but I admittedly don’t do as much as I probably should with it.
Mei Pak is the creator behind the adorable clay jewelry company, Tiny … Read More...
DIY Halloween Spooky Lab Jars
Here is a great project if you are looking for some spooky and creepy Halloween decor! Sherry Nappa, from the blog Olives-n-Okra, created these with her kids and they look super easy.
She says all you need are a few … Read More...
How to Make Pumpkins from Old T-Shirts
Need a No-Carve, No-Mess Halloween decor idea??
Here is a fun tutorial on how to make some pumpkins out of old t-shirts! We all have old t-shirts laying around right? This is the perfect excuse to get them out, especially … Read More...
3D Printed Pumpkins
While this is not a tutorial, I really wanted to share it because I think it is a really neat idea!
Lorrie McCullers, from the blog Craftiprint, 3D printed a pumpkin patch! Pretty cool, right? Inluded in the post is … Read More...
DIY Paper Spiderwebs to Decorate Everything
Get in the spirit of Halloween and make this DIY Paper Spiderweb Decoration using a free printable template that Alison from the blog Adventures in Making shared!
Alison says:
… Read More...Step by step this house is getting properly October spooky. I’m
Make your own Wire Halloween Spider Webs
Halloween is only 8 days away! It has sneaked up so fast and I have really enjoyed decorating this year. Have you got your decorations up?
This Spooky but also cute spider web is so adorable and easy to make, … Read More...
Blog Handmade Link Up
It’s time for another week of Blog Handmade! What is that? It is a weekly feature I started here at Indie Crafts that will goes up every Friday!
Blog Handmade is a weekly link up by indiecrafts.craftgossip.com where handmade bloggers … Read More...
Metallic Sharpie Treat Bags + FREE Printable Geometric Halloween Labels
Make these easy metallic sharpie treat bags for Halloween. You just need black treat bags and metallic sharpies
(sharpies are my favorite!).
Andrea from The Beautydojo created these treat bags and she even created free printable geometric Halloween labels and … Read More...
5 easy tips to balance kids and being an Etsy shop owner.
Are you both a Mom and an Indie Artist trying to sell your work on Etsy? If so you may want to read these tips by Diana at MOGUL. She is sharing 5 easy ideas for balancing kids and … Read More...