Book Review: Country Living: Crafting a Business

When I found out that Country Living had written a craft business book I just had to get my mitts on it. I was expecting a lot of dreamy eye candy, but I was curious to see what sort of practical advice would be on offer. So here is a peek inside Crafting a Business (with verdict at bottom of the post):

Front Cover

The first half of the book features profiles of 31 Crafting Heroes, most of which you’ll know (like this lovely lady…)

The Crafting Heroes profiles contain useful advice, experiences, and observations in their own words.

Gorgeous folk art by Lori Mitchell of La Dee Dah

Lisa Norris of Made by One Girl making her beautiful hand bound books.

The 2nd part of the book contains clearly written advice on the practicalities of starting and running a craft business…

Such as getting the finance to start-up

Verdict: To be honest I thought that this book was going to provide more eye-candy than advice, but on reading it I found the profiles to be so inspiring and each of them filled with great nuggets of advice and motivation. I found myself looking at my own business in new ways and it was encouraging to find that these women are just women who have followed a dream. The language is plain and non patronising, and the lay-out is good.  what is nice is that this book would make a lovely present because it is beautiful, but not at the expense of being useful.  If you haven’t started your own business you’ll find that this book inspires much envy, but you’ll find that it’s also full of practical help. It’s a wonderful book to read when things are slow and you need a bit of cheering up and motivation. The resources section has loads of helpful contacts too. Highly recommended!