Support your local crafter
Jan 6th, 2009 by admin
HELP STIMULATE CRAFTING IN AMERICAN
All who love crafting are asked to join in the
“COALITION dedicated in STIMULATING the CRAFT MARKET“!
Back in the day of a successful craft market there were flourishing
- Small Craft Shops in every town,
- New and Exciting Products on the shelf,
- Stimulating Projects in books, project sheets and consumer magazines,
- Crowded Craft Shows with rows and rows of booths and fun.
Today’s market does not reflect a successful market. In fact, it is in need of YOUR HELP to rebuild it.
We have lost the Small Craft Shop and are seeing Manufacturers, Distributors and Trade and Consumer Publications cutting back on new product, technique and design support or worse, closing their doors. Our local Craft Shows and Craft Classes are almost extinct.
We have lost the Small Craft Shop and are seeing Manufacturers, Distributors and Trade and Consumer Publications cutting back on new product, technique and design support or worse, closing their doors. Our local Craft Shows and Craft Classes are almost extinct.
They are all the very heartbeat of our market and if we lose them we lose the market.
We are asking all to participate in a Simple Solution to help
Strengthen the Craft Market once again.
Your participation IS NEEDED to help STIMULATE AND STRENGTHEN CRAFTING
Take our craft challenge and….
SUPPORT YOUR SMALL LOCAL AND ONLINE CRAFT BUSINESS OWNERS and ORGANIZATIONS: Shop their local businesses and or websites for your home decor and or gift items before you buy an import. Join national or local craft organizations whose mission is to strengthen their field of crafting.
SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNERS: Shop professional designers who offer new and exciting projects in either, book, CD or E-Books. Start a NEW project today!
SUPPORT CRAFT CLASSES: Begin to teach others your talents by teaching in your home, your community center, church or online or take a craft class yourself.
SUPPORT CONSUMER PUBLICATIONS: Subscribe to or pick up an issue of a craft consumer magazine.
SUPPORT MANUFACTURERS and DISTRIBUTORS: When
- shopping the Small Local and Online Craft Business Owners,
- joining a National or Local Craft Organization,
- buying designs/projects from Professional Designers,
- taking or teaching Classes,
- purchasing a copy of or subscribing to a Craft Consumer Publication,
- and Starting New Projects
you are stimulating product sales, which sustains the manufacturer and distributor.