An evening with Jess Van Den - Come along to a FREE Session and start making social media work for your business!

Mini Creative Development Sessions

BrisStyle Inc. is once again partnering with Brisbane Library Services to bring you a series of Mini Creative Development Sessions  as part of the Libraries Stitchers Library Digital Literacy Project. These sessions are snapshots of our council supported I ♥ Craft  Creative Development Sessions and are aimed at crafters wanting to explore the viability of taking their hobby to the next level.

 To Book:

•To Book: Call the Brisbane Square Library directly on 3403 4166 (Please be patient with the Library staff who will book you in.)• Choose between the dates and topics below

Social media and your handmade business

Presented by: Jess Van Den 

How to turn your handmade hobby into a real business

Want to turn your handmade hobby into a real, profitable business? Learn the steps you need to take and the decisions you need to make in order to make it happen.
WHEN Friday 16 August
TIME 6pm - 7.30pm
WHERE Brisbane Square Library, 266 George Street Brisbane CityCOST FREE
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - Call the Brisbane Square Library directly on 3403 4166 (Please be patient with the Library staff who will book you in.) 

The three pillars of marketing your online handmade business

In this talk I'll be discussing the three pillars of online marketing for makers (social media, blogging, and a mailing list), and how you can combine and leverage them to grow your online handmade business.
WHEN Friday 6 September
TIME 6pm - 7.30pm
WHERE Brisbane Square Library, 266 George Street Brisbane CityCOST FREE
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - Call the Brisbane Square Library directly on 3403 4166 (Please be patient with the Library staff who will book you in.)  

Get started with blogging and grow your handmade business

An introduction into how to use blogging to build your brand and bring in new customers. Full of tips and ideas to get you blogging - and enjoying it!
WHEN Friday 27 September
TIME 6pm - 7.30pm
WHERE Brisbane Square Library, 266 George Street Brisbane CityCOST FREE
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - Call the Brisbane Square Library directly on 3403 4166 (Please be patient with the Library staff who will book you in.)  

PLACES ARE LIMITED SO BOOK NOW!

Jess Van Den is a successful designer, maker, and blogger. Jess runs her own full-time handmade jewellery business, and she also speaks and writes about how others can turn their handmade hobby into a successful online business.

Proudly Presented by BrisStyle Inc. and supported by Brisbane Library Services

Hello Sandwich: Artist, designer and blogger - Ebony Bizys is Coming to Brisbane!

That's right, Ebony will be coming to Brisbane in August to speak at the Brisbane Square library and you can  book a seat, and the best thing is its all FREE!

WHEN : Friday August 31st 2012
refreshments from 6pm. Ebony will speak from 6.30pm - 7.30pm

WHERE : Brisbane Square Library, 266 George Street, Brisbane

BOOKINGS ESSESENTIAL : Please phone (07) 3403 888 to reserve your seat

COST : FREE

MORE INFORMATION : Visit HERE

Ebony is a  Tokyo-based artist, designer, blogger, author and former VOGUE Living graphic designer will talk about her career in craft and design.

For 11 years, Australian-born Ebony worked for VOGUE magazines. Her work in Japan has included book art direction, fashion website design and collaboration with famous Japanese brand mt masking tape. Ebony currently blogs for VOGUE Japan, hosts craft workshops and has just released her first Hello Sandwich Craft Book. She records her daily life in Japan on her hit blog Hello Sandwich.

This is a unique opportunity for Brisbane's crafters to meet Ebony and take a look at her new book.

BrisStyle Indie Designers Exhibition and Website Launch

The BrisStyle Indie Designers are all set to exhibit an amazing array of handmade goods and artworks as part of a collaborative exhibition on Level 2 of the Brisbane Square Library during July and August.



We'll be kicking things off with an Exhibition Opening and Website Launch this Friday night for members and invited guests and you can find more details on our website.
The exhibition will be open to the public during Brisbane Square Library opening hours until the end of August and with the library open 7 days a week, there's plenty of opportunities to check the selection of jewellery, dolls, bags, brooches, artworks, embroideries, hats and heaps more.

Don't forget to check out what else is on on the BrisStyle Calender in the upcoming months on our website!