Introduction
Do you have a love of painting or arts and crafts? Have you ever considered creating your own website? By developing your own website, you can combine your hobby with an entirely new technical learning process. Creating a website requires both technical and creative skills and it can be so rewarding to develop both skills to produce an engaging website to showcase your interests. There are so many options available online now that, with a little research and technical learning, it is so easy to set up and run your own website. Once your website is established you can further develop your site to offer affiliate marketing, this is a great way to monetise the traffic to your website and to enable you to make supplemental income!
Below you will find a case study of a website which is tailored towards providing simple arts and crafts, and educational projects for young children.
Paint Craft Play
Paintcraftplay.com is an online resource of ideas for creative arts and crafts projects for children. The focus of each project is to provide ideas which enable children to develop creative and problem-solving skills through a supportive and educational environment. The goal is not to follow exact steps and detailed instructions, but rather to adopt an approach which guides the project from initiation through a creative process. The finished project will be uniquely aligned to each child, allowing them to develop their own sense of accomplishment and artistic expression.
Software used to Build Website
| Website Feature | Software Provider | Provider Website | |
| Logo Design | Canva | canva.com | |
| Photograph Enhancement | Adobe Photoshop | adobe.com | |
| Hosting Provider | Bluehost | bluehost.com | |
| Website Content Software | WordPress | wordpress.com | |
| Website Theme | Genesis Themes | studiopress.com | |
| Online Shop | WooCommerce and WZone | woocommerce.com | |
| Website Security | Jetpack | jetpack.com |
Note that the above is only an example of the software that can be used to create a website, there are endless choices and options. For alternative website theme options check out our case study for Time for Goldens which uses the Astra theme software and Elementor website builder.
Affiliate Marketing
Paint Craft Play provides an online shop which offers a wide variety of products which have been chosen from Amazon and are tailored towards arts and crafts projects and gift ideas for young children. Paint Craft Play is an Amazon Associate and receives a commission for products purchase through paintcraftplay.com, at no extra cost to the buyer.
Next Steps
If you are considering setting up your own website the first step is to carry out research and to identify the steps and process you will need to follow in order to create a website. Check out our article Learn How to Build Websites which brings you through all the information you need to know to get started!
