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Ring Size Calculator, this is really cool!
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Laura Shaffer Mills has created a really cool tool: select the ring size that you want to make, select the type/brand of metal clay and bingo! it tells you …
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Fair Use Law and Art from Chicago Artists Resource
Here’s a helpful article on the concept of fair use,over at the Chicago Artist Resource site: http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/articles/law-artists-fair-use And while we’re thinking about legal issues,this post, Protecting Your Art Images Online, covers some excellent territory:http://www.creativetexturetools.com/news/2013/06/21/protecting-your-art-images-online
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Weekly Reader: Good reads on art & biz from around the interwebs this week
Let’s start with some recipes, shall we? It’s the holidays, after all. Lazy, Degenerate Brownies caught my eye. Haven’t made those (yet), but I did make Figgy Pudding! It was pretty good, though the children who requested it in the first place didn’t like it, …
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How to Get Started Selling Jewelry and What to Do
If you’re just getting started in selling jewelry, what are your choices? Etsy is in some ways the easiest — the barrier to entry is low — you just have to be able to take pictures and do some simple uploading and typing. On the …
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The Blog is Now on Facebook
As a service to readers, the blog has its own facebook page again! I know some people like to use facebook to be notified of new blog posts, so I’ve set that up for you. You can find the link by scrolling down on this …
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Some terrific resources on grant writing
I was working on a grant application when a tweet came through, telling me about a new recording on grant writing tips. The recording, from a live webinar from the Chicago Artists Coalition, features Allyson Esposito, a City of Chicago staffer in the grant making …
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Weekly Round-up: Social Media, Where to Sell
On Pinterest from Joan Stewart, 50 Tips for Free Publicity. From SMedio.com, Are You Wasting Time with Social Media Strategies? I recently bought a zine by Chicago artist Caro Griffin and she uses Gumroad to mange the payment and downloading of the file. Gumroad …
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How Much Do Other Craftspeople Make? Read this Report to Find Out
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund has published the results of their study on craftspeople’s incomes, you can find the link in their press release, here. Illustration from the stock.xchng user McGoo84.
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My new Ebook
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