Mad about arts and crafts that you think of starting your own small business? It’s a new season, and maybe now is the perfect time to start something new, something different, and yes, maybe something you never even thought of before.

Let’s inspire you with the top arts and crafts trends for 2022 that’ll motivate you as an entrepreneur to take your innovativeness further with purchased supplies from your local PNA store.

Resin & Polymer Clay Jewellery

Even though this trend started a couple of years ago, it’s still something to consider. These DIY crafts are very versatile, and you can add your own personality to them, just like Suzanne Blignaut’s statement polymer clay earrings. Polymer clay earrings are usually opaque geometric shapes in bold colours, while resin jewellery is characterised by items preserved in a hard, clear substance.

 Tufted Rugs & Mats

Using a hooking or tufting method, rug-making is another trend in the art and craft world. Unique mats, rugs and textile wall art are created whether using a hand-based punch needle or a tufting gun. There’s much revenue involved when you first find your niche.

Tie-dyed Goods

The popularity of tie-dye is back and can be seen in sneakers to underwear. It’s easy to make and sell from home with a few basic skills and an all-in-one fabric dye kit from PNA. Depending on your skill level, you can decide to either do t-shirts, rugs or different types of fabrics to sew together for a bedroom comforter. The best part is that you don’t have to stick to the three common colours, but you can also experiment with avocado skins, turmeric, or teas.

Paper Flowers

This can be a fruitful business idea because paper flowers are simple to create. You can make paper flowers custom to different occasions and customer needs – birthdays, weddings, baby showers, etc. as a decoration element. The internet is booming with tutorials and templates. There’s also the choice of offering customers a home-assembly package, mainly to keep the kids busy.

Sustainable Upcycle

Have you considered vintage upcycle? You use vintage clothing and repurpose parts of them into new products. You don’t need sewing skills to distress denim or crop shirts quickly. But if you have sewing skills, you could turn an old leather jacket into a tote bag. Fashion trends never go out of style, so you can basically make anything! Just keep an eye on what’s in demand.

There’s also the upcycling of other pre-used items to craft –

• A bamboo stick container
• Used can planter
• An upcycled jar container
• Old baking pan to-do lists
• Empty wine bottle vase

Macramé Home Décor

Woven and knotted textile art is a huge décor trend at the moment, and there are various skill set levels. Find some inspiration online for spring macramé trends because it’s easy, and you need little to no equipment. Hanging wall art can be made with a few easy knots. Also, consider placemats, bathmats, soft baskets, jewellery, or garden accessories.

You don’t have to spend years in formal art school to learn how to make crafts. Just choose the one thing that interests you and go for it. If you don’t try, you’ll never know…

Have fun!