Tips For Crafters On The Web

A Little Downsizing Is Good For The Creative Soul

2018-03-16T00:00:00.000-04:00

Linda Walsh Originals Etsy Shop If you've been following along with my blogs and websites over the last fourteen years you know that the "dollies" and I have had quite a few websites and quite a few blogs. Fourteen years ago for a small business owner to have a website online that you had control over you basically had to either create your own using HTML or some comparable software that

I've Been Playing Again! This Time With Labeley.com

2016-10-31T01:00:00.000-04:00

If you're a reader of my Linda's Blog and have been following me and all my blogs (yes, I do have a few! LOL LOL) you are well aware that I love to play and experiment. Especially when it comes to interactive websites. Well, a couple of weeks ago I received an email from Ana Brady at Labeley.com (http://www.labeley.com) asking me if I'd like to try their "free online custom label creator

Some Of My Linda Walsh Originals Custom Fabric Designs Are Now Available At Sproutpatterns.com

2016-09-20T02:00:00.000-04:00

We have wonderful news. Some of my Linda Walsh Originals Custom Fabrics Victorian designs are available on the Archer Button Up Shirt project pattern design at my LWOriginals Sprout Patterns Projects page at Sproutpatterns.com . I'm listed under LWOriginals. According to the Sproutpatterns.com website: Sprout Patterns is a new service that offers public indie sewing patterns that you

Our New Linda Walsh Originals Custom Fabric Designs Product Line At Roostery.com

2016-09-20T01:30:00.000-04:00

We have wonderful news. Our Linda Walsh Originals Custom Fabrics designs are available on several different household products at our "Linda Walsh Originals" Roostery.com Shop. " According to the Roostery.com website: Founded in December 2015, Roostery is building a unique home décor marketplace where you'll be able to select from over 350,000 indie surface designs or upload your own

Who Are All These Social Networking, Social News Sharing, Social Cataloging, Social Shopping, and Social Bookmarking Services Websites? - Updated 1/6/2016

2016-01-07T03:00:00.000-05:00

Back in 2010 I wrote a post about all the social networking, news sharing, cataloging, social shopping, and bookmarking websites out there. Since then much has changed and social networking and social media has literally exploded online. It's everywhere. What hasn't changed is the Internet is still growing and adapting. What may have been in a few years, months, or even days ago might not be

I Finally Decided To Take Some Craftsy Online Classes - Here's What I Chose

2015-12-19T03:00:00.000-05:00

As a pattern designer I'm always on the look out for great websites to sell my e-patterns and have been a big fan of Craftsy since January 2012 when I wrote a Linda's Blog post entitled "CRAFTSY.com - A New Venue For Pattern Designers." I'm also a big fan of websites that offer online classes and have been eyeing Craftsy's online classes for quite some time. They have so many wonderful

DIY (Do-It-Yourself), Website and Blog Designers & Hosting Providers For Independent Small Business Artists and Crafters On The Web

2015-12-06T03:30:00.000-05:00

I often get asked by independent small business artists and crafters where to go to build a website. I usually tell them that depending on their requirements they probably don't need to hire a professional website designer. Depending on their needs if they are a small business owner most of the DIY websites and blogs will work just fine. To give you a little background on me I'm a doll

My Free Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Design A Print Pattern and E-Pattern E-Book and Where To Sell Them Has Been Revised

2015-10-18T03:00:00.000-04:00

I've decided to share my secrets of pattern designing. Now you might think that this wouldn't be something I should do and as a pattern designer this would be foolish as I'm basically giving away trade secrets to the competition. Actually, I'm happy to do this. It's kind of a "pay it forward" for all the help I received years ago when I was just starting out. I'm happy to do this and

Cut and Sew Ornaments Are A Great Idea For Craft Shows

2015-09-10T04:00:00.000-04:00

When I was designing my cut and sew dolls I wanted to create something that would be a great sewing tool for kids as well as something that would give them a more immediate feeling of achievement. I realized after creating all my cut and sew dols that they would also be a great ornament to sell at local church fairs and craft shows. I now have 88 different cut and sew doll and

For The Love Of Creative Embroidery, Crazy Quilting, and (SRE) Silk Ribbon Embroidery

2015-09-01T14:53:00.000-04:00

If you've been following along with all the posts on my Linda's Blog you know that back in 2012 I took my very first online class with Pat Winter on Artful Gathering. The class was called Crazy Quilting 101 and I LOVED every minute of the class. Pat was such a fantastic teacher. I only wished I had taken one of her classes years before. After that class my head was filled with all sorts of

It's Not That Much Longer Until Artful Gathering 2015

2015-04-13T04:00:00.000-04:00

It's always delightful when you get an email that brings an immediate smile to your face, takes you a long time to read, and is saved to be read again. Such was the case with the email from Zinnia Galliher with a link to the Artful Gathering 2015 Workshop Catalog. This will be my 4th year taking online classes at Artful Gathering and I can hardy wait. I have loved each and every class I've

I'm An Independent Crafts Pattern Designer - Where Can I Sell My E-Patterns?

2015-04-12T05:00:00.000-04:00

I often get asked by independent crafts pattern designers where they can sell their e-patterns so I thought it might be helpful to create a blog post about this. To give you a little background on me I'm a doll maker and doll pattern designer and have had websites for over 10 years. I created two of my own websites that I updated to Godaddy via FTP and also managed and maintained two websites

Fast and Easy Cut and Sew Dolls Is A Great Way To Teach Kids How To Sew

2014-07-25T05:30:00.000-04:00

When I was designing my cut and sew dolls I couldn't help but think about my own experiences as a child learning how to sew and thought that cut and sew dolls would not only be a good way to teach a young child how to hand sew but also how to teach them how to machine sew as they could be put together either way. Plus, they quickly see the results of their efforts. My mother and her best

My New Linda Walsh Originals Shop

2014-06-12T05:00:00.000-04:00

At my new Linda Walsh Originals Etsy Shop you can buy my handmade doll and craft decorations and my instant download digital goods/products e-patterns, e-printables, and e-books. You can also buy my print patterns, printed printables sets, party decorations, fabric fat quarter sets, doll supplies and so much more.

Time For A Little Downsizing At Linda Walsh Originals

2014-06-04T05:00:00.000-04:00

If you've been following along with my blogs and websites over the last ten years you know that the "dollies" and I have had quite a few websites and quite a few blogs. Ten years ago for a small business owner to have a website online that you had control over you basically had to either create your own using HTML or some comparable software that could publish to the web and then FTP (file

GREAT NEWS From ETSY - New Digital Goods Delivery Process

2013-04-19T06:56:00.000-04:00

If you are an e-pattern e-book, e-printable, and e-tutorial crafts seller like I am you'll be happy to know that Etsy just announced that they have a new delivery process for digital goods. What this means is that if you sell downloadable items (like, e-patterns,e-books,e-printables, e-tutorials, etc.) then you can now upload your digital file(s) to the your listing whereby your buyer will

I Just LOVE Designing Fabric

2013-03-26T05:04:00.000-04:00

I really do need to get more focused and stop playing. I just can't help myself when I'm having so much fun. Of course, nothing else gets done when I'm having fun, but life isn't all about work - now is it? Have I got you wondering what I've been doing that's so much fun? Well, I've been designing new fabrics for my Linda Walsh Originals Spoonflower Custom Fabric Store. I've been

If You Don't Want Anyone Pinning Your Website Or Blog

2012-04-16T05:50:00.000-04:00

I LOVE Pinterest.com, but that's me. You might not like it and might not want anyone pinning your website or blog. If that's the case there is a very easy coding fix to handle that. Just add the following line of code before the bracket: ***meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" In order to get the code to show up here I had to add the ***. When you add the code to your website or

I Just LOVE Pinterest! You Will, Too!

2012-04-15T04:12:00.000-04:00

I know I'm always telling you that I need help. Well, this time I definitely need help! You see - I have become a "pinning" addict. Now, if you're wondering what "pinning" is I have to tell you that it's not a new craft that I just learned. It's a very, very addictive, popular, fast growing internet activity - a "visual" pin-board. One which seems to have control over me the last few

A Win-Win For E-Pattern Sellers - CRAFTSY.com

2012-01-31T05:12:00.002-05:00

If you're a pattern designer, like me, you might want to visit Craftsy.com as they are adding a FREE PATTERN sales service for Indie Designers to their website that is set to launch in February 2011. It's a win-win for pattern designers as right now it's totally FREE for pattern designers to upload and sell their e-patterns on Craftsy.com. Here's what they had to say about selling patterns

New Items For My Linda Walsh Originals Etsy Shoppe

2011-11-08T04:21:00.004-05:00

After thinking about this for quite a while I decided to re-stock my Linda Walsh Originals Handmade Dolls & Crafts Shop on Etsy in time for the holidays. I've been a little delinquent in re-stocking my shop there. I set up my Etsy shop in March of 2008 but I haven't added anything since 2009. It's not because I didn't have the time - well, that could be part of the reason. It's because I

I'm Playing Again, This Time With OpenOffice.org

2011-11-04T05:28:00.003-04:00

I've been playing, yet again. This time it's with OpenOffice.org and I have to tell you I'm loving it. Just writing that my computer shook. My Microsoft Publisher program doesn't like that comment one bit. It's getting nervous thinking I'm about to abandon ship. Hold on to your hats "Publisher" I'm just playing. You know I just LOVE to play and recommend things I find to my readers.

GoogleDocs For Creating and Displaying .PDF's

2011-11-03T05:18:00.001-04:00

I've been playing again testing a few different avenues for small business crafters who have .PDF free e-patterns, e-tutorials, e-projects, and e-articles that they have created and want to display on their websites or blogs. I recently posted about Scribd.com which is a document hosting website in a Linda's Blog post entitled "I Decided To Try Scribd For Some Of My Free E-Books and E-Patterns

An Example Of The Power Of Facebook With Corporate America

2011-02-15T06:05:00.003-05:00

I thought you all might be interested in the following story which is just a simple illustration of the power of Facebook with corporate America. It's in regards to a cross-stitch kit that I finished from Dimensions (aka EK Success Brands). Last December 2010 after I finished my "M'Lady's Chateau - Dimensions Gold Collection Cross-Stitch Kit" I decided to tell Dimensions about my review

I Just Love InLinkZ.com and Our Doll Hops

2010-12-01T05:55:00.037-05:00

I'm sure by now you've seen many websites and blogs featuring blog hops. If you have then you know that InLinkz.com helps you to set-up a matrix (i.e. collections) for blog hops, contests, giveaways, and challenges where users can add their thumbnail to the matrix and a link. The thumbnail can be any picture or banner and the link can be back to the main page of a blog or website, or even