Have you ever been told you should sell your crafts? Are you looking to make extra money or even support yourself with an income from your crafting? Do you already have an etsy shop but are looking for ways to make it more successful? If so, then this class is for you!

During this 5 week course we will cover everything from choosing a shop name to having a grand opening. We will cover the material in a straight-forward way to help you take focused action to get your shop on the road to success. Similar courses online cost hundreds of dollars and require months of instruction. I have streamlined the process and distilled it down to what I have found to be most important and beneficial during my experience.

I have been successfully selling on etsy since 2007, doubling revenue each year since I started. I will share my story with you, tips and tricks I have learned along the way, and how to stay motivated through tough times. By the end of the course, you should be open for business and ready to make your first sale!

Syllabus

• Week One: What Do You Love to Make? Choose a Name, a Theme for the shop, create a graphic for the shop.
• Week Two: Setting Up Shop. Set policies, add the headers, set up shipping profiles, link to Paypal. Managing the Business Side – Taxes, Business Licenses, keeping track of money, customer service, how to use etsy’s billing system.*
• Week Three: Creating items, photographs, figuring out what to charge, how to package items, where to get shipping supplies.
• Week Four: Marketing – where, when, how, and why?
• Week Five: Go “live” and get your first sale — this week will include a blog hop or cross promo activity with all of the students who choose to participate.

INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Priest

COST: $50.00

START: 11th September 2012

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How many different bags, handbags, totes do you have? Do you ever feel incomplete without the perfect bag? The perfect bag can be a girl’s best friend. Have you ever thought of personalizing your most used accessory, by making your very own bag? Designer Amy Hall is here to show you that you can do it! In this class you’ll learn the basics of making a pattern, designing a bag, and then sewing it! You’ll learn to make a functional and stylish grocery tote and gain the confidence to move on to designing and making any bag you can dream of. It’s simple and fun to be a designer of such a functional item in your life. If you can sew a straight line on a sewing machine or if you can sew with a needle and thread, then you can create this fun bag!

By making your own bag, you just might surprise yourself with how creative you can be. It could be the start of you accessorizing your own style, making a statement with your eco tote, or simply appreciating handbag design and function. Making a handbag may be the ultimate way to creatively bring together all of the elements of your life and who you are!

INSTRUCTOR: Amy Hall

COST: $10.00 USD

START: Instant Download

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This course will introduce you to the practice of cultivating gratitude. You will learn the benefits of “thinking thankfully” as we create a gratitude journal from scratch and set up a variety of unique pages perfectly suited for daily recordings of your blessings.   As we cultivate a habit of recording our gratitude in our new journals, we will soon see that it’s hard to keep our new “attitudes of gratitude” all to ourselves. With this in mind, the course will also include quick projects that are perfect for sharing and letting others know how thankful we are for them.

INSTRUCTOR: Karen Hunter

COST: $25.00 USD

START DATE: March 30, 2012

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Join me this Spring(2012!) for a five week online course where you will learn to look past the technical aspects of your camera and see the world with a whole new intuitive eye!

For this class you will need

~ a digital camera (it doesn’t have to be fancy – you may use your phone if you wish!)
~ access to the internet

~ a journal + favorite pen

~ paper + markers + old magazines

~ a beginners mind + an open heart

Instructor:  Eileen Nishi
Cost:  $89.00 USD
Start:  April 2nd, 2012
Link:  www.eyewonderworkshops.com

The Indie Business: Compass e-course is the perfect starting point for your Indie Business journey. It takes students through eight chapters of teaching, prompts for journalling and self reflection that has been specifically developed for indieprenures both in the very first stages of starting a creative independent business, and those who are up and running and wanting to grow. The Compass is the foundation for understanding yourself, your motivation and how what you bring to the marketplace can make your business irresistible.

INSTRUCTOR: Leigh-Ann Keffer, Jill Munro & Kyla Roma

COST: $32.00 USD

START: Instant download

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In the 6 weeks we will dive into the following topics:

-storytelling through self-portraiture

-exploring your visual voice and creating a visual narrative of your life

-looking at light in a new way and allowing it to help us take gorgeous photos

-the art of the photo walk…getting brave taking photos outdoors

-letting ourselves into the picture and re-defining our relationship to beauty

-telling stories in ways that help us feel ‘seen’ as who we really are

-what happens after we take the photos: tips on post-production

-we will also explore polaroid and non-digital creative adventures in self-portraiture!

INSTRUCTOR: Vivienne McMaster

COST: $129.00 USD

START: 31st October 2011

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This online adventure will take you step-by-step on a path to discovering your true passion, and finding a way to make it a greater part of your everyday life.

In six weeks* you will expand your comfort zone, nurture your playful spirit and use this to feed your creative soul.

You will travel this path with a community of like-minded people from across the world, sharing your stories, forging new connections, and inspiring each other.

INSTRUCTOR: Beth Nicholls

COST: £79 (approx $125.00 USD)

START:  26th September 2011 (register before 10th September)

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In this class, Molly will show you how to create a happy little goal book filled with positive vibes, inspiring photos, progress notes, detailed steps to take and positive affirmations. It’s never too late to start focusing on your goals.

INSTRUCTOR: Molly Weight

COST: $10.00 USD

START:  self paced

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Guided Relaxation is quite simple. It’s taking a little time to yourself—just fifteen minutes—in a comfortable space and bringing awareness, attention and energy to focus on relaxing. In this class you will be given three different Guided Relaxation podcasts where Elizabeth Irvine guides you in a relaxation. Quiet space clears the clutter. Just as an orderly house can create a feeling of calm, a clear mind opens up a door to clear inner space. The beginning steps teach you how to enter into a space that’s the best part of you, a place perhaps that you didn’t even know existed. You’ll gain more energy, more creativity, more joy into more moments every day. At the end of your Guided Relaxation you will feel calmer, more grounded, and ready to face your day.

INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth Irvine

COST: $8.00 USD

START:  self paced

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This speedy workshop brims with techniques to help you create journaling that is small on time and big on impact. Learn how ten minutes a day can turn you into a journaling virtuoso. Gain access to journaling concepts, techniques and approaches that you can use on nearly any layout imaginable. Most important, discover a new aspect of your journaling self. Your confidence in your ability to write something meaningful will blossom. The tools and techniques you’ll learn will help make you a pro at the art of the quick write. You’ll end up with the ability to write something meaningful on all of your layouts, no matter how little time for journaling you have.

INSTRUCTOR: Amy Sorensen

COST: $25.00 USD

START:  4th August 2011

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