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A guide for experienced crafters explains how to transform their unique talents and designs into a profitable career by revealing how to make a living at making, selling, and teaching their crafts, with pertinent information on how to build a craft business, how to sell one's designs, how to develop classes, and how to write regularly for craft and home publications. Original. 10,000 first printing.
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Take your crafts out of your workshop - and into the spotlight.Do you dream of making money with your art but feel unsure of how to begin? With The Savvy Crafter's Guide to Success, turning your hobby into a career is easier than you think.Leave the boring business books to the white-collar set! In these pages filled with plenty of artwork for inspiration, renowned rubber-stamp and polymer-clay artist Sandra McCall teaches you everything you need to know about successfully marketing and selling your work. She shares personal insights from some of the industry's top crafters, including Traci Bautista, Claudine Hellmuth, Michael Jacobs, Catherine Moore and Stephanie Olin.With sound advice, valuable do's and don'ts, and plenty of encouragement, you'll learn to:Become a regular contributor to craft publicationsStart teaching workshops at stores, retreats and craft showsAssert yourself as an "expert" in your fieldTurn your dreams into reality. Turn your crafts into a career!
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