• CRAFTSTEADING - Use Plants to Make Anything

  • By: Sally Gardens
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CRAFTSTEADING - Use Plants to Make Anything

By: Sally Gardens
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  • Save money, get happy, and expand your creativity by making stuff out of plants you grow, forage or buy. And even monetize your hobbies! Craftsteading is about self-sufficiency and traditional skills. It’s about prepping for survival or enjoying calming handicrafts. Grow your own brooms, cordage, dyes, baskets, containers and more. Each month we’ll bring you a new podcast, so be sure to “follow” us. Website: www.craftsteading.com YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/craftsteading Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftsteading/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/craftsteading
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  • 17. CHRISTMAS TREES. Did you know that they have a surprising range of uses? How do people use them as food and medicine? And what has turpentine got to do with Christmas trees?

    17. CHRISTMAS TREES. Did you know that they have a surprising range of uses? How do people use them as food and medicine? And what has turpentine got to do with Christmas trees?
    Dec 21 2022
    When you think of plants that are associated with Christmas, what do you think of first? For most people it’s the Christmas Tree that probably comes to mind. The tradition of Christmas Trees probably began with the ancient Romans. They had an annual feast called Saturnalia, which they celebrated in December. They would bring evergreen trees into their temples. Saturnalia involved a lot of feasting, wine drinking, and the exchanging of gifts. As often happens when a new religion enters a society, Saturnalian traditions became incorporated into Christmas. German born Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is usually said to have introduced the Christmas Tree into Britain in 1840. In reality, back in December 1800 it was George III’s German wife Queen Charlotte who brought the first Christmas Tree to England. These days the Christmas Tree can be a completely secular symbol of Christmas celebrations. The tradition is so popular that it has spread around the globe. In the southern hemispheres, where December brings hot weather, people still bring evergreen trees into their homes and decorate them, and lay gifts at their feet. These days Christmas Trees are usually species of evergreen coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae. In this family are cone-bearing  trees or shrubs such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. In this episode I talk about five species of trees that are commonly used as Christmas Trees: Silver Fir Abies alba Veitch Fir Abies veitchii Norway Spruce Picea abies Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii Monterey Pine Pinus radiata You can grow these evergreen Christmas trees in your garden, but make sure you have plenty of space. Mature trees can be truly enormous. Happy holidays to all Craftsteaders.  - - - - - - - - - - - See our photos on Instagram at Mill Cottage, the Little House on the Peninsula Watch our videos on YouTube at Craftsteading Visit our website at www.craftsteading.com - - - - - - - - - - - With thanks to freesound.org, Pixabay and YouTube Audio Library for their wonderful free music and FX. Special thanks to Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum for their cool bluegrass music. 
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    29 mins
  • 16. Part 2 MONETIZING YOUR CRAFTSTEADING HOBBIES. Where can you sell your Craftsteading products and skills online? What about packaging supplies and freight shipping calculators?

    16. Part 2 MONETIZING YOUR CRAFTSTEADING HOBBIES. Where can you sell your Craftsteading products and skills online? What about packaging supplies and freight shipping calculators?
    Nov 23 2022
    You can sell handmade products online with very little expense in at least 5 ways: * your own store built with a platform such as Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, BigCommerce, Weebly, Ecwid or Shift4Shop. * your own WordPress website with Paypal buttons or the Woo Commerce plugin * third-party marketplaces like Amazon and eBay *social media sites like Instagram and Facebook. * niche sites like Etsy and Big Cartel, Amazon Handmade (US), and more. Here's a list of some more useful online craft sales websites: ArtFire (US), eCrater, Handmade Artists’ Shop (US),  Folksy (US), Misi (US), Dawanda, Zibbet (US), iCraft (Canada), Bonanza, Made It Myself,  LocalHarvest (an online directory for organic and local food providers),  Meylah, Indiecart (US), CrateJoy, HyeanaCart Sourcing Handmade (It helps independent makers find places to sell their products wholesale),  GLC Arts and Crafts Mall,  Madeit (Australia)  Felt (New Zealand)  AFTCRA (US) is the only marketplace dedicated to handmade, and the only marketplace featuring goods made in America http://www.aftcra.com.).  A list of freight shipping calculators in some countries around the world: USA USPS (United States Postal Service) Use the USPS Shipping Calculator to compare rates for sending parcels. https://postcalc.usps.com/ UPS USA https://www.ups.com/us/en/Home.page CANADA Canada Post https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en UPS Canada https://www.theupsstore.ca/shipping-cost-calculator/ UK The Royal Mail https://www.royalmail.com/ Shipping Calculator/price finder https://www.royalmail.com/price-finder AUSTRALIA Australia Post https://auspost.com.au/ Shipping Calculator https://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/calculate-postage-delivery-times/#/ NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Post https://www.nzpost.co.nz/ Rate Finder https://www.nzpost.co.nz/tools/rate-finder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - See our photos on Instagram at Mill Cottage, the Little House on the Peninsula Watch our videos on YouTube at Craftsteading Visit our website at www.craftsteading.com
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    11 mins
  • 15. Part 1 MONETIZING YOUR CRAFTSTEADING HOBBIES. What products or skills can Craftsteaders sell? Where can you sell them in the real world? And how do you set your prices?

    15. Part 1 MONETIZING YOUR CRAFTSTEADING HOBBIES. What products or skills can Craftsteaders sell? Where can you sell them in the real world? And how do you set your prices?
    Oct 19 2022
    Whether you’ve grown your own gourds and decorated them, grown your own broomcorn and made artisan brooms, grown your own Jobs Tears and made botanical jewellery, grown your own willow or bamboo and made baskets, grown your own wax myrtles and made fragrant candles, or simply grown your own Craftsteading materials ready for others to use in their crafts, you could end up with a wide range of unique and gorgeous products to sell, as well as some skills that you can teach others. What products or skills can Craftsteaders sell? Where can you sell them in the real world? And how do you set your prices? I'll answer these questions in this episode. Remember to tune in next time, to Part 2 of MONETIZING YOUR CRAFTSTEADING HOBBIES to hear the answers to more questions:  Where can you sell your Craftsteading products and skills online?  How do you use Paypal buttons?  What about packaging supplies and freight shipping calculators? Happy Craftsteading! See our photos on Instagram at Mill Cottage, the Little House on the Peninsula Watch our videos on YouTube at Craftsteading Visit our website at www.craftsteading.com
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    11 mins
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