i had also been thinking of another way for people to make crafter friends. say you want to get a canvas robe made, but none are for sale in the wards and you cannot find anyone to make the item for you. allow the option for you to go and order it from the npc in the guild.

they could place the order and the crafters, when they come into the guild and check for orders, see someone wants the robe and who that person is. the npc could set the price it charges and set a price it'll pay the crafters to make the item. the crafters would gather the materials and make the item and turn it into the npc in the guild and a message would go to the person that ordered the item.

they could make it to where the crafters got guild marks or materials for the completion of the order as well as the fee for making the item. it seems like it would be an incentive for crafters to help others as well as a way for people to make friends that do craft.