Make your Handmade Products Stand Out! Using Creative Packaging
How can you make your products look special?
There are some easy and creative ways to make your handmade products different from the rest at festivals or shows and make a special surprise for customers ordering your products. This lens is all about using creative packaging to make your creations stand out from the crowd and make them memorable for your customers. How much time and effort you want to put into your packaging is totally up to you. You can quickly create simple stylish packaging or spend more time creating something totall...

How To Make Your Own Business Cards
Let your business cards reflect how special your business is.
This lens is all about doing it yourself with business cards. Designing them and printing them, coming up with a card that is uniquely you. Even in this digital age the business card is still important. They can be left just about anywhere, tucked into orders, given out to potential customers or clients, etc. They are your advertising introduction to people you meet. So be creative with your business cards, design something special. Especially if you work in a creative business such as art,...

Selling Handmade Jewelry Online
The Internet is full of opportunities for jewelry artisans.
The internet gives jewelry artisans so many new opportunities to sell their work and reach a far larger number of people. This lens gives an overview of things to consider before selling your jewelry online. Selling online is both easy and difficult. Getting your shop set up and items listed for sale can be very simple but the fine points of writing good descriptions and bringing customers in takes time to learn.

Running a Handmade Business
Make your first steps as a handmade business count.
So you're an artist, designer, or craftsperson and want to take your first steps into making money from your talent and skills? This lens is full of advice for anyone starting a handmade business. This is only a starting point to learn, it's up to you to make it happen.

Get Customized Earring Cards on Zazzle
Show your earrings at their best
You can really make a statement at a craft show with beautiful earring cards. Customize one of the ones on this lens or use the template to create your own from scratch. Take a look around my earring card gallery: Earring Cards Designed by Noadi

Branding Your Handmade Products
Make your Handmade Business Memorable
Learn about building a brand as an indie artist or designer. Branding helps create an image for you and your business. It helps generate repeat business and word of mouth which is so important for small business.

Handmade Business Resources
Welcome to my Catalog of Handmade Business Lenses
Since I started with Squidoo I've created a number of lenses on how to run a small craft business. This lens is an index of all those lenses for easy reference. I've broken them down into several categories, General Information, Branding and Marketing, Etsy, eCrater, and Miscellaneous.

Running a Lean Handmade Business
Businesses Have a Lot of Expenses, Bring Them Down
Running a craft business has certain unavoidable expenses, supplies, postage, taxes, etc. but there ae ways to reduce your expenses and run a lean efficient business. Here are some of the ways I reduce my business expenses.

Selling Your Crafts - Both Online and Offline
How To Sell Your Crafts
Let's take a look at how you Sell Your Crafts and earn some extra money for those things in life that you would like or to raise money for good causes. If you enjoy creating and you constantly hear people telling you that you should sell your creations, it may be time to voyage into the world of selling your crafts for money. Like all things, entering the world of selling crafts should be carefully planned out. There are many websites and venues where you can Sell Your Crafts both online an...

Using Etsy Search Ads to Promote Your Shop
Etsy Launches Their New Search Ads
The handmade marketplace Etsy has launched a new advertising tool for their sellers. This advertising will allow sellers to boost their visibility and sales, if used right, for an affordable rate. Patterned after other search advertising, like Google Adwords, Etsy Search Ads place a row of 4 paid ads related to a search at the top of every search page. These ads look exactly like an ordinary Etsy item listed on a search page with the except that the bar is labeled as ads.