YOUR money: THE BIG PICTURE.Byline: BIZ BUREAUDear BIZ I'VE set up a do-it-yourself art website, www.diyart.co.uk where people can create their own painting or drawing from any image they want. I wanted to let your readers know that with determination and a bit of hard graft hard graft hard n by sheer hard graft → durch harte Arbeit hard graft n by sheer hard graft → lavorando da matti it is possible to get a product out there. It's taken me three years of hard slog to get there but I'm now selling online and have my product in shops. Any further tips you could offer on getting a few more hits would be appreciated. Mike Edwards, by email BIZ Says: IT sounds like a great idea - giving picture power to the people. Arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. are back in fashion and people want handmade hand·made adj. Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine. handmade Adjective made by hand, not by machine Adj. 1. items. Now you need to keep pushing and getting your idea known to the masses on and off-line. There's lots of publications aimed at people who like to make things and you should look into advertising your website and product there. Shops such as HobbyCraft, WHSmith, The Works and Lakeland stock huge amounts of clever products for diy ideas. These may be ideal outlets to sell your product. Need help getting an idea off the ground or with running a business? Let the Biz Bureau set you right. Email bizbureau@mirror.co.uk or write to: Biz Bureau, Your Money, Daily Mirror, 1 Canada Square
Canada Square is a public square at Canary Wharf, on the Isle of Dogs in London's Docklands. , London E14 5AP CAPTION(S): ART ATTACK: Mike Edwards' hard work has brought real success |
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