April 2009

Where Do Blog Readers Come From?

I’m running a little experiment and I hope you’ll help me with it. I’d like to know how you found Scraps of Mind. Out of all the squillions of sites on the Internet, what brought you to Scraps of Mind? I’ve been using Entrecard for 9 months now and I know that it has brought [...]

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Turn your Craft into a Business

I’ve talked to you before about Yaro Starak (of Blog Mastermind fame). Well, now Yaro is teaching how to set up a membership site just like the Blog Mastermind teaching program so you can turn your own passion into a business. This is something that many people in the craft world dream of. Being able [...]

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Scrapbook a Patchwork Quilt

…With this Freebie Scrapbook Template My nephew celebrated his 21st birthday over the Easter Weekend and I made this patchwork style scrapbook layout with some of the photos. It’s a great way to make an interesting shaped scrapbook layout and use lots of photos at the same time. But why stop at one? How cool [...]

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Advertising on Blogs

Almost all craft blogs carry some sort of advertising, even if it’s just hosting banners and blinkies for friends. A couple of weeks ago we started to explore the world of advertising on craft blogs, and we took a look at direct advertising methods and affiliate promotions. In this article we’ll have a look at [...]

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Craft Survey

After writing my article last week about Doreen’s web site Rivendell Studios, and painting my face green with envy over her multitude of talents, I became curious about how many Scraps of Mind readers are ‘Multi-Crafters’. In the past I have played with several crafts like embroidery, needlepoint and cross-stitch before discovering my love for [...]

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Happy Scrappy Easter

Easter is many things. It is obviously a festival of Christian significance, celebrating the sacrifice and rebirth of Christ. It has long been a festival celebrating the new life and rebirth that is Spring (in the northern hemisphere that is. down here in Oz we’re in Autumn.) It is a welcome holiday break for those [...]

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Rivendell Studios – fantasy in craft

I love fantasy art. And I love the many forms it can take. I have talked to you previously about my friend Doreen and her incredible talent and I’ve shown you some examples of it. Well now she’s set up her own fantastic web site called Rivendell Studios to showcase all the amazing things she [...]

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