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Back to Business Week – 11-15 September 2023

Join our Back to Business Week – in partnership with Hobbycraft, Pedddle and Untld Project – designed to help you reset and recharge, get your creative juices flowing, spark ideas, motivate your selling mojo and get you on track for bumper Christmas sales!

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Product Shot Tips – How to take awesome lifestyle photos in your own home

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Meet the Maker – Max Pring Jewellery

Meet Max Pring, a jeweller and metalwork artist based in Wales. Originally self-taught, Max has been honing her craft over the last 14 years, working with silver, copper and brass, and more recently, incorporating her own glass work into her pieces.

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My Creative Life in Five: Eiderglass

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Meet the Maker – Eiderglass

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Craft Fair Secrets

A guide to selling at online markets

What exactly is an online market – and what do you need to do as a stallholder at an online craft fair?

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Craft Fair Secrets – How to choose the right craft fair

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How to get noticed at craft fairs – five tips to help you stand out

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Craft Fair Secrets: Not sold much? Here’s why and what to do!

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Product Shot Tips – How to take awesome lifestyle photos in your own home

Professional photographer Diana Stainton spills the beans on how to capture stunning lifestyle photographs of your handmade products in your own home.

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How to create white background cut-out shots – and why you need them in your shop

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How to photograph craft: handmade glass, glass art and fused glass

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You can now add 10 photos to every listing – here’s how to make the most of your extra pictures

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How to create white background cut-out shots for your Folksy shop – and why you need them. Including a list of apps that can make them for you!

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Product Listing Review No. 2 – Hand-knitted striped cushion cover

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We round up our favourite accounts on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube for craft tutorials, tips and techniques.

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