Crafty Crap

Look! I made a craft exchange site! I used Ning to set it up, and let me tell you, it’s never been so easy. They really did a great job making it user friendly. And as far as I can tell, it looks the same across all browsers. And, THAT, my friends, is awesome.

So, go! Sign up! Let’s trade! (I don’t think I’ve ever used so many !!s as I have the past few days. It! Must! Stop!) Upload an image of the craft you want to trade and put the amount it is worth in the image description. Look at the example on my page if you want.

The basic rules are thus:

1. All crafts must be (mostly) homemade.

2. Be sure to give your handmade items a reasonable* worth.

3. No one has to trade if they don’t want to.

4. Play nice! Everyone has different taste. Remember the Golden Rule and don’t say anything if what you want to say is mean spirited.

5. If you are trying to sell your crafts, this is the wrong place for you. Check out Etsy.

6. Although some amount of creative overlap will naturally occur, please try your best not to steal someone else’s ideas. You’re creative! Come up with your own.

7. Have fun!

*Everyone has different ways to come up with the cost of their crafts. One good rule of thumb is to triple your materials cost. You could also look online and find what other people are selling their comparable craft for.

Since you guys are the test group, feel free to let me know here or there what doesn’t work for you. They have a lot of customization features so I might be able to change it ‘til we love it.

Stuff I like: I can feature images that you guys upload to show up in a slideshow on the front page. I can set the Flickr feature to upload all the images in your Flickr account that are tagged a certain thing. We can come up with that together. (Maybe something like leahpeahcraft?)