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    5 resolutions to kickstart your lampshade making year
    • Jan 4
    • 4 min

    5 resolutions to kickstart your lampshade making year

    Happy New Year! We’re finally in 2021 and we’re hoping it’s a better and brighter year for everyone. To celebrate our craft and your pass...
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    A Guide to Virtual Craft Fairs
    • Oct 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Guide to Virtual Craft Fairs

    Welcome to the world of Virtual Craft Fairs, which have fast become the way to buy and sell crafts. Read our guide over on the blog!
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    5 brilliant ways to make your retail lampshades look professional
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    5 brilliant ways to make your retail lampshades look professional

    Do you make and sell and your own lampshades? This week we’re sharing our tips on how to give your products the retail edge.
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    FREE promotion for your lampshade making workshop
    • Feb 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    FREE promotion for your lampshade making workshop

    Do you hold lampshade making workshops! If so we're happy to help you promote your lampshade making workshop for free!
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    Tips for starting a lampshade making business
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    Tips for starting a lampshade making business

    Looking to set up your own lampshade making business? Read our top tips on what you'll need to know to set off on the right foot.
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    Top tips for selling at Craft Fairs
    • Nov 5, 2019
    • 5 min

    Top tips for selling at Craft Fairs

    Selling at local craft fair can be a great step forward for your business. They’re a great way of boosting your revenue and as well as ma...
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    Meet the Maker – Jane Warren
    • Jul 23, 2019
    • 6 min

    Meet the Maker – Jane Warren

    This week we have the absolute pleasure of chatting to the doyenne of lampshade making, Jane Warren of The Lampshade Loft. Jane fell in l...
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    How to promote your lampshade making workshop
    • Jun 11, 2019
    • 5 min

    How to promote your lampshade making workshop

    If you’ve got the lampshade making bug and have mastered your craft, it might be time to start thinking how you can make money from your ...
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    Online Marketing For Your Craft Business – Book review
    • Feb 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    Online Marketing For Your Craft Business – Book review

    Want to know where to sell handmade craft online? Not sure if you need spiders? (or where to keep them if you do)? Don’t really know how ...
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    3 of our favourite blog posts on running your handmade business
    • Nov 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    3 of our favourite blog posts on running your handmade business

    With so much information out there it’s overwhelming! We’ve gathered three of our top posts offering invaluable advice on different aspec...
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    Apply these 6 tips to make your online craft business successful!
    • Aug 30, 2017
    • 4 min

    Apply these 6 tips to make your online craft business successful!

    How to start an online craft business Discover the top 6 tips from highly successful craft business owners, so that you can craft it your...
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    What are your business goals for 2016?
    • Jan 27, 2016
    • 2 min

    What are your business goals for 2016?

    What have you achieved in 2015 that you are proud of? I am proud to have set up (and now run) a professional diploma course in upholstery...
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    How to start you own lampshade business with Needcraft’s  ‘Business in a Box’
    • Aug 5, 2015
    • 2 min

    How to start you own lampshade business with Needcraft’s ‘Business in a Box’

    Lampshade business = EASY! 1- Buy a ‘Lampshade Business Starter Package‘ containing everything  you need to make small, medium and large ...
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