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Workshop for Handmade/Crafty Sellers – The Business of Craft – Sat. July 24

July 21, 2010 Lindsay

My booth and Crafts N'At Pittsburgh
Image by lazytcrochet via Flickr

One of the things that makes Pittsburgh great – is the affordable cost of living here.  In recent years, a number of groups have started to promote and support local crafters and artists. Now there are lots of festivals, some shops and websites where you can purchase interesting, one of a kind, handmade items from local artists and crafters.  Over the past few years the craft seen in Pittsburgh has flourished with a couple of different groups working to promote handmade businesses.  A few years ago, I had a ton of fun spending an afternoon with some of the crafters at the beehive talking blogs and business and I honored to be included on their panel on social media this weekend.  Not only is the crafting movement a good thing for the local economy but its great to see  a groups of passionate people supporting their businesses and creating a fun community in Pittsburgh.

BusinessofCraftLogoThe Business of Craft is a day long workshop this Saturday, hosted by the Pittsburgh Craft Collective.  This is a day of workshops and speakers focused on how to improve your crafting business.  While this is being organized by crafters – I think that many of the topics will also apply to small business as well and there will lots of info on using the internet to promote your business.

I will be one of the panelists talking about social media and small business.  I am looking forward to meeting these amazing other presenters Tara Gentile of Scoutiegirl.com, Carrie Nardini of I Made It! Market, Alissa Martin of Pavement, Michelle Hammons of Burgh Baby, Mundania Horvath of Steeltown Anthem.

The Business of Craft
Saturday, July 24, 2010 9am-4pm
@ The Union Project

Click Here for the complete schedule and details

The 3/50 Project
Image via Wikipedia

Local Business is Good Business for Pittsburgh

This is good for the local economy too – dollars spent locally have a greater impact on the local economy.  And it is just nice to meet the people who make things and to know where something comes from too.  From the 3/50 Project – which is a campaign about supporting local businesses:

For every $100 spent in locally owned, independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures.  If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here.

Here are some other blog posts about crafty things that might be of interest…
  • Get Crafty at Make:PGH (craftzine.com)
  • Craft website Etsy brings big sales to small businesses (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Crafting and Social Networks — For Fun and Profit! (blogher.com)
  • Urban Craft Uprising Arrives at Seattle Center (seattlest.com)
  • Book Review + Giveaway: The Handmade Marketplace (craftzine.com)
  • Crafting Community Helps The Gulf Coast (timesunion.com)
  • Hello Craft’s Summit of Awesome in Portland (craftzine.com)

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Filed Under: Crafts, Events, Shop PGH Tagged With: 3/50 Project, crafty, etsy, handmade, pcc, pittsburgh craft collective, small business, Social media

About Lindsay

Lindsay has been writing about Pittsburgh since 2005. She likes pretzels from the Pretzel Shop on Carson St., used book stores, her rollerblades and she hopes to learn to skateboard someday soon.

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Comments

  1. suburose says

    July 23, 2010 at 6:34 AM

    thanks for posting!! can't wait to hear what you have to share on the topic of social media!!

  2. Anonymous says

    July 23, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    thanks for posting!! can't wait to hear what you have to share on the topic of social media!!

  3. Anonymous says

    July 23, 2010 at 8:34 AM

    thanks for posting!! can’t wait to hear what you have to share on the topic of social media!!

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