Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome our new marketing maven Katie MacAvoy to the Dear Handmade Life team! We met Katie when she attended our Craftcation: Business & Maker’s Conference a few years ago and have been getting to know…

Editor’s Note: We recently surveyed our Patchwork Show vendors about the areas of their business that they had the most difficulty with and (no surprise to us) one of the highest scores was finance. If you’re having trouble with something,…

How to Get Reorders from Your Stockists By: Emily Kerr-Finell of Wholesale in a Box Editor’s Note: This post was shared with us by Etan and Emily from Wholesale In a Box. They offer makers a method to get into stores…

Editor’s Note: This post was shared with us by Etan and Emily from Wholesale In a Box. They offer makers a method to get into stores — and tools to make growth easier and faster. You can sign up for…

How many goals and resolutions did you promise to yourself this year? If you’re like most go-getter business owners, you most likely kicked off 2018 with a list of things you want to achieve in 2018. I bet you were…

Editor’s Note: This post was shared with us by Etan and Emily from Wholesale In a Box. They offer makers a method to get into stores — and tools to make growth easier and faster. You can sign up for…

As creative business owners we’re continually mixing things up in our marketing to see what delivers. Experimenting to see what works and what doesn’t. It’s a constant rinse and repeat cycle. And it’s something that we’re always looking to refine…

Editor’s note: We’re excited to welcome Janet LeBlanc (an accountant and the founder of Paper + Spark) to the Dear Handmade Life blog. Check out Janet’s other posts: Income and Sales Tax Guide for Makers and Why Your Business Needs its own Bank Account…

If you’re a regular here at Dear Handmade Life then likely you already know about our annual: Craftcation Business and Makers Conference where you can join us for four life-changing days of making, meeting and learning at the beach in California and have…

When I hear the word self-care, I’m immediately transported back to my childhood bedroom in the early 80s. In that room with a full wall of collaged magazine images of River Phoenix, I spent countless hours teasing my bangs and…