The Stitchers Library

Sandra Monley

Co-ordinator, Information and Learning

Brisbane City Council Libraries

Creative women + digital skills training

Crafters sell their work online establishing a home based, micro-business.

Digital literacy

Economic development

Brisbane crafters

Etsy social media

1,097,849 LIKES

1,887,735 FOLLOWERS

242,430 FOLLOWERS

Brisbane markets

From the collection…

Ambition!

• “I want to sell my craft”.

• “I want to make money from selling my craft”.• “I want to set up a small home based business”.

Felt rabbits from Hut up Berlin

The handmade market:

how to sell your craft online

Topics

• Getting started with market research online• Sourcing supplies online• Connecting with other crafters online• Photographing products for the web• Setting up an online shop • Social networking and your business• Keeping statistics with easy online apps.

Map & Hatch: Business Planning for CraftersThis workshop will teach you the process of mapping out your hobby to turn it into a micro business. Participants will learn to apply business planning tools and capture their ideas to hatch their creative goals giving them a plan to make their craft/hobby into a successful business venture. Presented by Sally Flynn from Flight Industries.

Map and hatch: business planning for crafters

Map and Hatch

intensive

Marta and Maciek first market stall Friday 22 February, 2013

Life-centred skills