I have been running Butterfly Crafts for a little over three months now and I have never regretted a single minute! Artfire is an amazing site to have a store on, the staff are brilliant, the other sellers are my online "friends" and I feel a valued member of the gang!

But, after these three months I feel it is time for the butterfly to get a new set of wings! On Saturday 4th July, I will be having a mini relaunch of Butterfly Crafts. This will include

• A new banner and avatar,


• A whole new blog with a different layout and features


• An artisan of the fortnight feature on the blog (If you wish to take part leave me a comment)


• A mailing list which you can sign up to and receive an email every 4-6 weeks with news of special offers, new items and general news


• A better utilised Facebook site


• An up-to-date Flickr site


• A more up-to-date byhand.me site


• A new style of picture in the store listings,


• A whole big bunch of listings to fill up the virtual shelves


• And hopefully some well placed adverts to get my brand 'out there'

• A written blog series on turning your craft into your business.

Here is a sneaky peak at my avatar:

Make sure you check back on 4th July for an overview of what has happened!

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