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Eileen Bergen has been crafting all her life. She was a school teacher, who later obtained an MBA in Finance. After being downsized, she returned to crafting and also started The Artful Crafter. Here you will learn how to make original craftsa and also how to start and run a successful craft business.

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Crafting is Therapeutic
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Therapy can be defined as an act, hobby, task, or program which relieves tension. It is also something that has a curative power or quality. Crafting is all of these things and more.

Homecoming Mums: A Southwestern Dream
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The history of a sothwestern football tradition

Wine Bottle Mood Light
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] A sophisticated mood light to set a gentle atmosphere

Put Stars in Their Eyes with Glow-in-the-Dark Star Gift Bag
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] A pattern for a shimmering, starry holiday gift bag.

How to Cut Down Your Competition When Selling Your Crafts
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Ways to think outside the box when selling your crafts.

Advanced Selling Tips for Crafters
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] How to make you craft stand out and sell more profitably.

The Ancient Art of Origami
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Once you master origami, you can make fantastic figures from a single sheet of paper.

Need Help to Make Your Jewelry Sell?
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Ideas and tips to help you make and sell original jewelry pieces.

Putting Patterns on Porcelain
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Simple ways of decorating porcelain pieces.

Start a Work at Home Jewelry Business
[Home-Based-Business] If you would like to supplement your income, a work at home craft business can be a good start.

Getting Started Selling Your Crafts
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Until recently crafts were usually sold locally or, at best, regionally. Now you literally have the whole world at your fingertips! Some of you may choose a gradual progression from selling to friends, to selling at fairs and shows, to retail selling … and so on. Others may decide to jump directly from selling within their circle of friends to the worldwide Internet market – the costs are low enough that this is surprisingly doable.

Find the Artist Within
[Self-Improvement:Creativity] Can anyone be an artist? People admiring my work often say, “I could never do that!” I say, “Yes, you can!” Boost your creativity by looking within yourself.