Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business. This item is unavailable.Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business

"Craft, Inc." is the ultimate guide to turning an artistic hobby - from knitting and sewing to beading and making soap - into a viable business. Deciphering topics such as copyright law and sales tax, this accessible handbook translates business basics for the person who would rather wield a crochet hook than a calculator. Lessons on developing and pricing products, sales and marketing, hiring help, and the world of trade shows round out the book. Throughout, interviews with such craft superstars as Jonathan Adler, Lotta Jansdotter, Denyse Schmidt, and Jill Bliss offer inspiration and real-world advice. Upbeat, practical, and easy to use, "Craft, Inc." is an essential tool of the trade for crafters.

Meg Mateo Ilasco is a designer, writer, and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was in grad school when she started designing wedding invitations for extra money, but the demand for her distinctive designs was so great that she eventually made the business full-time. Her company then expanded into stationery and accessories, and was featured on NBC's Today and in publications such as The Knot and Islands: Weddings and Honeymoons. She has since sold that business and is launching an eponymous housewares and gift company, Mateo Ilasco (www.mateoilasco.com). Meg is the author of You Can Wear It Again and The Space Planner, both published by Chronicle Books.