The Economics Of eBooks

Whether you want to write and sell an ebook on crafts or you just want to buy one, you simply must read Sister Diane’s Things to consider before you price your crafty ebook.
And do follow the links in her post; they are awesome!

Creatively Organize Your Workspace

At Design Sponge, Haylie Waring shares her creative solution for storing, organizing and displaying sewing notions:
Due to the lack of space in my studio, I am constantly forgetting what notions I have packed away in my organizer containers that I keep hidden in a storage closet, or up on my highest shelf. When you don’t [...]

No Excuses!

So, how does the average or budding zine scribbler get through one of these fests in one piece? How do you guarantee that a vibrant day out with your creative peers doesn’t descend into an adrenaline-soaked nightmare of knotted pulp? Well, here’s some advice that I’ve found quite useful – hopefully it might help you [...]

Doodle Week: Horse

Horses are not as easy to draw as you may think. There is a slim line between a horse and a donkey or a mule. Add a few stripes and it can look like a zebra. Extend the neck and you’ve got a giraffe. Here are two horses I have tried to draw.

Doodle Week: Bug

I’ve caught some kind of a bug. Here is a drawing of the little beastie. Let’s see your own version of nasty little viral bugs.

Doodle Week: Cars

This week for Doodle Week try to draw a car. Any style, any price range, any colour.
For inspiration have a look at the Flickr groups for Car Cartoons and Cars that never made it.
Doodle Week is open all week. Drive right on up!

Antique Painting On Glass DIY

From the March 1831 issue of Atkinson’s Casket (aka The Casket), tips and information on the art of painting on glass:

Found after reading this post at A Tad Too Tan For Taupe.

Doodle Week, March 6 – 7th: Cityscapes

This week it’s cityscapes. You can do some extra work, a little research and draw your own cityscape. Or make one up. Kind of nice to think of a unique way to present it. I drew this one on a big blue marble, representing the planet. Not quite to scale.
Want to know what [...]

Doodle Week, February 27 – 28th – Toadstools

Welcome to Doodle Week. You have a week to try the doodle challenge. This week it’s a toadstool, a fairy mushroom. Highly suggest you draw them and do not ever snack on them. Add a fairy, a gnome or just some every garden insects to your toadstool. Colour them, the traditional look is red with [...]

Doodle Week, February 20 – 21st

This week it’s gargoyles. I’m about to catch the bus so I can attend a neighbourhood strategy session about saving some of the old buildings in my town. Will see how it goes. I love the old places and would like to see some of them refurbished if they can be saved from demolition. Anyway, [...]

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