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Giveaway: Crafter’s Market 2016: How to Sell Your Crafts and Make a Living

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Giveaway: Crafter’s Market 2016: How to Sell Your Crafts and Make a Living

Leave a comment in today’s post by March 10, 2016 and you are in the running for this great crafter’s resource.

Open to U. S. residents only please.

More about the book from the publisher:

“The single resource to make your craft your career!

Crafter’s Market 2016 is the perfect start to your crafting career. This comprehensive guide will introduce you to a whole new world of possibilities for marketing your craft. Editor Kerry Bogert, author of Totally Twisted and Rustic Wrappings and knitting, crochet and jewelry acquisitions editor for Interweave, will help you start or expand your business with completely updated resources, such as:

  • More than 400 new listings for complete, up-to-date contacts and guidelines for submissions for a total of more than 1,400 craft market resources, including craft shows, magazines, book publishers, online marketplaces and more!
  • Markets for a variety of crafts, including quilting, sewing, knitting, crochet, papercraft and jewelry making.
  • Informative, inspirational articles on hosting creative retreats, managing your time on the internet, growing your business through Pinterest, how to handle custom orders and setting up and utilizing e-Newsletters.
  • Interview with successful craft professional Carter Seibels Singh on establishing her successful small business, Woman Shops World, on Etsy.

Whether you’re looking to expand your online presence or you’re just beginning to think about how to turn your weekend hobby into a side business, Crafter’s Market 2016 is the complete resource for crafting professionals.”

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Comments

  10. The business part is the area I need to give much more attention. I would love the support this book offers! Thank you in advance!

  11. I would love this book. It would come in handy as I start my business for the fall season!

  14. Ooh, I would love to win a copy of Crafters Market 2016. Both of my daughters and myself like to create items and this book looks like it would help us tremendously as we try to sell some of our pieces of art.

  16. This book sounds like a dream come true for me. I have a terminally ill husband at home, on hospice, so I do not get out much at all. I have been making jewelry and other things until it is in every nook and cranny of my place because I do not know the first thing on how to go about selling it. This would be a WONDERFUL thing for me to have.

  20. Hope to start my craft business within the next year. This book would come in very handy!

  24. Sheri in MN says ,

    This book sounds exactly what I’ve been searching for. Health caused me to let. A lucrative craft business shut down. ,2 yrs later I am bouncing back and want to get my crafts going and out there to the public.

  28. I just started selling my crafts and this book looks like it would help me get on the right track. Thanks so much for the chance to win!

  30. Would love a chance to win this book. I am in the crafting business and have been for some time!

  35. I have so many great ideas, but seem to fail every time I try to sell them. I would love to have this book!

    Thank you for offering it for all of us to hope to receive it.

  36. It’s been my dream to turn my crafting into a business for so long now! This would be an amazing book to read, thanks for the giveaway!!!!

  37. I would love to win a copy of Crafters Market 2016! I have a 7 month old and another on the way…. I could use the money!

  42. Adding to the list of hopeful winners. I am newly retired and getting back into my needlework and crafting I did before I started working full time 23 yrs ago. This would be a nice addition to my knowledge of selling my creations.

  44. What a neat book! We’ve been looking to expand our craft business, so this would help immensely!

  47. I have just started a business selling stick ponies. They originally started as a fundraiser and I consigned the left over ones so I didn’t have to store them. Then the store that I consigned with asked if I would keep a steady supply and now I have begun my own business. It is o exciting and am also so lost. I would love this book.

  48. I would love to have this book. I’ve been crafting for years and would like to turn it into a business.

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If you love a good wine and a stylish cheese platter, then this recycled flat wine bottle cheese board will be your new best friend. Not only does it combine two of life’s greatest pleasures, but it also gives a second life to old wine bottles, turning them into something functional and chic.

I stumbled across a similar piece at a friend’s gathering last year, and I couldn’t stop admiring it. The wine bottle was almost unrecognizable—transformed into a sleek, modern board for snacks and small bites. It’s the perfect conversation starter, and honestly, it brings a certain wow factor to any dinner party or casual gathering.

This cheese board isn’t just pretty; it’s practical too. The smooth surface is ideal for serving everything from crackers to fruit to your favorite cheeses. Plus, it’s an awesome example of recycling and upcycling, keeping those old bottles out of landfills while elevating your entertaining game.

Why we love it:

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Not only does this board make for a stylish and sustainable addition to your kitchen, but it also makes for an awesome gift for those who love eco-friendly entertaining.