smart goal setting
Growing up in Maine I was raised on Yankee ingenuity and work ethic. The idea that I always need to be striving towards something is deep within my cultural make up. However, drive, motivation and hard work are important when…
Taking risks in business, life and creativity
I fear snakes. I fear airplanes and being buried alive. And yes, even in my late thirties I have an intense fear of being kidnapped. My mother instilled these fears in me. Nowhere is safe. Not even your own home….
five tips for using pinterest for your business
five Tips for Using Pinterest for Your Business *editor’s note: dear handmade life is happy to welcome guest contributor andreea ayers. she’s an indie entrepreneurial powerhouse with a marketing degree and tons of first hand experience running her own business….
ten tips for craft fair booth design
*Editor’s note: We’re so happy to have this guest post by Janie of Janie XY on Dear Handmade Life today. She is one of the queens of booth display and we were overjoyed when she asked us if she could…
how to stay true to yourself in your business
the worst business mistake Iāve ever madeā¦twice or how to stay true to yourself in your business by Jeanette champion-fanning of sweet perversion *editors note: for those of you that donāt know Jeanette and her business sweet perversion, you should….
Envision Success: Where do you want your handmade business to go?
Envision Success: Where do you want your handmade business to go? Grow Your DIY Business with Eleanor whitney Iāve just come back from a summer spent traveling all over the United States and connecting with creatives of all kinds to…
eight product packaging tips + all my ex’s
8 things your product packaging should be: if all my ex’s were in room together and a stranger walked in and was asked, “what do all these people have in common?” chances are the stranger would run through a hundred…
marketing on a budget and growing your business
When I first started my clothing line, Random Nicole over a decade ago the internet was hardly a marketing tool for entrepreneurs the way it is now. There were no creative small business conferences like Craftcation. I built my business…
