Share ideas and making Money on your Craft Blog

If you enjoy making beautiful craft items and sharing your ideas with other crafting people, a craft blog may be just what you need. How would you also like to make money while you are journaling, or blogging, about your crafts? You can do that when you set up your blog using easy to learn, free applications such as Wordpress or Blogger.com. You'll choose a colorful template that you can adapt to your own personal tastes. You'll also design your template to help exhibit your crafts by using items such as:

Pictures: Post plenty of clear pictures of the items you made to show others what you can do. You may want to include before and after pictures if you are using common household items or if you are re-purposing other items to make your crafts. Take photos of each stage during the crafting process, and you'll get regular blog readers very quickly. Use a high quality digital camera to capture the true beauty of your crafts.

Describe the materials: When your readers look at the pictures of your crafts, they want to know exactly what materials they are looking at and where they can buy them. Be specific, using familiar names, even brand names, of the materials, specific colors, sizes, and shapes. The reader can then find the exact items they are looking for at their local craft stores or online. Detailed descriptions of materials used also helps by telling the internet search engines which items you're discussing on your blog. Google.com (tm) will then begin to send people to your blog when people search for items using words you mentioned in your description.

Crafting know how: Oftentimes, crafts include one or more basic crafting techniques that are popular, or perhaps, uniquely yours. If you have developed your own crafting technique, you may even want to patent it. If your readers can learn something from a particular craft idea, and personalize it for their own uses, they may be willing to purchase an inexpensive "lesson plan" to learn a new crafting method.

Materials: A list of materials should be simple, but concise. Your readers will want to know what was used to make your craft and where to find the materials. Describe the materials in as much detail as possible, including the amounts and sizes. Include any substitutions if possible. Your reader will want to have a thorough list when they shop for the items needed for your craft. When your readers re-create your project at home, and it turns out perfectly (just like yours) they'll be sure to tell their friends and family members all about your blog, which turns into free advertising for you.

Selling on your Blog: If you're looking for a return on your investment when you start your blog, you may want to consider selling your crafts directly from your blog. If you can customize your crafts, you most certainly will have a market. Even if you just offer special craft items over the Holidays, or offer a birthday only craft, you will find an audience. It's possible to sell your items directly off your blog, or you can set up a storefront on a site like eBay.com or Etsy.com. You may also wish to design and sell the patterns for your crafts, sell advertising on your blog, or look into other options for making money on your blog.

Taking the time to do crafting takes a lot of time, patience and talent. Blogging about your crafting ideas will help you take your art to the next level, by increasing awareness of your unique crafts. Start now to create a blog, let the rest of the world know about your talents, and make money in the process!

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