Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome Sharon Fain (co-director of Academy of Handmade and Dear Handmade Life sponsorship manager) to our blog to share about the importance of diversifying your selling platforms. When I started my handmade business over a…

Editor’s Note: It’s the end of the year and that means it’s time to start thinking about our favorite season of all – tax season. *That was sarcasm.* Taxes are inevitable but they don’t have to be painful. Our friends at…

Editor’s Note: I met Lori at Craftcation in 2018 in a marketing class we were both attending. She raised her hand when the presenter, Mélissa Peng, asked for willing participants to get down to the nitty gritty of their marketing…

Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts (you can read the first on creating an authentic and engaged Instagram account here) that we’re be sharing from Craftcation Conference Alum Angie Chua of bobo design studio. Over the past few years I’ve…

Editor’s Note: I’ve been on both sides of the maker market scene. For six years I ran two Etsy shops with all the heart and hustle I could muster. I would schlep my wares, pitch my canopy and endure the…

Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome Rebecca Inkrote to our blog for this guest post on 9 must-haves for selling successfully on your own website. Rebecca is a web designer and teacher for handmade business owners with ten years of experience…

Editor’s Note : We are so excited to roll out our new blog series: Three Things. We’ve been interviewing amazing, inspiring people in the community for insight on their fields of expertise and are so excited to share their responses…