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Upcycle Gift Wrapping

Upcycle Gift Wrapping

By victoria on June 28, 2010

how to make a gift bag out of a food box

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Posted in recycle, Repurpose, Reuse, Tutorials | Tagged art, artist victoria o'neill, father's day gift bag, gift bag, handmade, how to, PA, recycle, tutorial, upcycle, victoria o'neill | 9 Responses

The Business Card Dance: It’s better to receive than to give

The Business Card Dance: It’s better to receive than to give

By nick on March 28, 2010

Guest blogger: Alyson B. Stanfield, author of I’d Rather Be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion. Alyson is teaching a fabulous marketing workshop in Pennsylvania on May 11 & 12. Are you one of those artists who passes out business cards willy-nilly? Stop it! In the case of business cards, it’s much [...]

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged community, handmade, lancaster, marketing, News, PA, tutorial | 3 Responses

i'll be at CAM, will you?

i’ll be at CAM, will you?

By tara on December 3, 2009

i’ll be at CAM on saturday morning, will you? this is a great indie craft event in downtown lancaster featuring many of handmade in pa’s favorites! see you there! and check out this ridiculously simple little tutorial I posted over at scoutie girl. i’m decorating on the theme “brown paper packages tied up with string” [...]

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Posted in Central PA, Events, Tutorials | Tagged christmas, craft fairs, Events, holiday, indie craft, lancaster, tutorial | 3 Responses

Handprint Embroidery Tutorial by thePoint

By tara on August 12, 2009

This Father’s Day was my husband’s second. For Mother’s Day we took our daughter to a paint your own pottery studio to make gifts for her Grandmothers. She painted two pieces, then at the end put her hand prints over her masterpieces. My husband loved it! So, when Father’s Day came around, I wanted to [...]

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Posted in Tutorials | Tagged craft, embroidery, gift, handmade, tutorial | 1 Response

Wet Felting Tutorial from Like Clochework

Wet Felting Tutorial from Like Clochework

By tara on June 29, 2009

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Posted in Eastern PA, Tutorials | Tagged boyertown, craft, crochet, felt, fiber, handmade, PA, tutorial | 1 Response

the HiP blog challenge - episode 1

the HiP blog challenge – episode 1

By tara on April 4, 2009

Welcome to the HiP blog challenge! This is the first part in a four part series – with a new post every Saturday in April. I want to thank ETSYmarketing.org for cross-posting this series – and give a special welcome to any of you joining the challenge from there! While this blog may be geared [...]

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Posted in Challenge | Tagged advice, blog, craft, handmade, marketing, mission, PA, tutorial | 26 Responses

Friday Favorites

By tara on February 20, 2009

I’m going to keep this Friday Favorites quite short as I’ve been working on new & exciting things this week at HiP HQ! I know many of you are interested in learning how to take better pictures. Etsy’s currented featured seller, Yasha Butler – from Philly – just wrote a quick & easy tutorial on [...]

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Posted in Friday Roll Call, Tips | Tagged craft, etsy, handmade, PA, tutorial | 1 Response

Tutorial: Greeting Card Garland

Tutorial: Greeting Card Garland

By tara on January 24, 2009

Congratulations to the winners of Monday’s giveaway – Margaret from Nutmeg Designs & Erin from Ruju! Shoot me an email (tara AT handmadeinpa DOT net) and I’ll let you know how to claim your prize! Are you looking for a way to recycle greeting cards, create a Valentine’s Day decoration with some meaning, or use [...]

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Posted in Tutorials | Tagged banner, craft, garland, how to, tutorial, valentine's day, wedding | 3 Responses

Friday Roll Call

By tara on January 16, 2009

new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(6671010, ‘favorites’,'thumbnail’,4,4).renderIframe(); Here’s this week’s Friday Roll Call: Tax tips for artisans. What does your organizing system look like? Craft Tutorials. I would love to publish some simple tutorials on different kinds of crafts. Perhaps a pattern you’d like to share? Or some photos of your creative process? Spring Crafts Fairs. What shows are [...]

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