March 2009 – PlanetJune by June Gilbank: Blog

Help me choose my card designs

March 31, 2009 @ 3:15 pm · Filed under: My Craft Business

I’ve been thinking about what kind of promotional items I can give away at next month’s Creativ Festival. I was debating buying some Moo cards, but they are so small I’m not sure that my photos would be clear enough. So, I thought I would get my own business card-sized Moo-type cards printed. I hope […]

catching up

March 26, 2009 @ 10:27 am · Filed under: General

Hi guys, I’m back from the UK – did you miss me? If you want to keep up with more of my day-to-day life (both crafty and more personal), you can follow me on Twitter. Send me a direct message if you do, so I know who you are and can follow you back! Now […]

creativity can’t be forced

March 16, 2009 @ 11:54 am · Filed under: Crochet

I thought I’d try writing a different kind of post today: an insight into my design process, and what happens when things don’t work out as planned. Remember this picture? This is the orang utan I started crocheting at last spring’s Creativ Festival. My goal was to make a life-sized, realistic baby orang. After the […]

Alpaca & Easter PocketAmi patterns

March 12, 2009 @ 2:07 pm · Filed under: Crochet, Patterns

Thank you all for the book congratulations! I’m sorry I didn’t have any real photos of it to share – the book is still in layout, so there’s nothing finished to show you yet. But soon, I promise! Now, back to the crochet patterns. To make up (I hope) for my absence, I have two […]

the big reveal

March 11, 2009 @ 9:03 am · Filed under: My Craft Business, Paper Crafts

You may have noticed that 2009 began with my announcement that I am taking the leap into self-employment, and then… well, not a lot else. Two patterns in two months is hardly impressive, especially when I should have all this extra time available. But I haven’t just been lazing about; now I can (finally) reveal […]

natural fibre amigurumi

March 6, 2009 @ 2:32 pm · Filed under: Crochet

Did you know that 2009 is the International Year of Natural Fibres? Natural fibres include plants (cotton, flax, hemp, bamboo, etc) and animals (sheep, goat, alpaca, camel, angora rabbit, etc). This is perfect timing for me – I’ve been thinking for months of making a series of animals out of yarn made from their own […]

Artfire: an alternative to Etsy?

March 1, 2009 @ 11:57 am · Filed under: Craft Business Help, Reviews

If you buy or sell handmade goods, you may have already heard of Artfire.com, a new online marketplace. Artfire is similar to Etsy in many ways, but also has some interesting differences, especially in their fee structure. I’ve been investigating for a while, so I thought it might be useful if I summarised some of […]