Hi everyone.When I first opened my Melissa Lawrence Creative Etsy Shop in 2020, after two years, I'd only sold four items. As all my products are digital downloads and sell for around £2.20, minus all the fees that Etsy takes, I wasn't exactly hopeful that I'd ever make a success of it.However, I...

Hi everyone. It can't possibly be October already. This year seems to have flown by and certainly here in the UK, summer is well and truly over with Autumn definitely upon us. But October has one big thing to look forward to and I'm not just talking about Chocolate Week (14-20 October 2024)...

Hi everyone. Why do we design digital products? As a graphic designer who mainly designs digital items, it's a question I've asked myself many times, especially when I see the amazing items in the Real World that my fellow designers have created. Everthing from cushions to coffee mugs, pottery to...

Hi everyone. It’s almost the end of March and Spring has sprung although with the amount of rain and gale force winds we are having here in the UK, it’s not quite living up to the hype! But hopefully better weather and lighter nights are on the way which means you might be hoping to get into...

Hi everyone. No sooner is Christmas over, then it's Easter! Well, not quite yet but it's really early this year with Easter Sunday falling on 31 March, less than four weeks away. So if you're still looking for Easter card ideas, I have some "egg-citing" news for you. You can now download for FREE...

Hi everyone. So that’s Christmas and New Year done then, and if you're a crafter who sells their cards or makes them for charity, you probably finished your Valentine’s Day cards on Christmas Eve! But if you like to craft just for your own pleasure, or if there is a special someone who...

Hi everyone. Happy New Year! I hope that 2024 has started well for you. If you take a look at a blog post I wrote for my “other” blog (yes, there are two of you), you’ll discover that unlike Christmas, I love New Year. One of the things I like about it is that whatever sort of year you’ve...

Hi everyone. It's that time of year again. Christmas is over, Easter eggs are already in the shops and you're wondering how many more games of Monopoly you'll have to endure before the kids go back to school.  It's also the time of year when you're probably thinking about your hopes and...

Hi everyone.  I'm sure by now you've finished making all your Christmas cards and are already onto Easter! But if you still have one or two special ones left to make, or you just feel like some extra Christmas cardmaking now that the festive season is in full swing, I thought I'd show you how...

Hi everyone. I don’t want to alarm you but as I write this, there are less than four weeks left until Christmas. So if you haven’t opened any doors on your Advent calendar yet, you’re already several chocolates behind. Of course, as a highly organised and dedicated crafter,...

Hi everyone. What do you do with your Christmas wall art once Christmas is over? Do you take it off the wall and put it away with the decorations? Do you keep it in the frame but put an unseasonal picture over it? Do you keep it up all year round? Or, like your Christmas tree (unless it's an...