Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking to designer, metalsmith, educator, and entrepreneur Megan Auman about getting and maintaining control over your marketing efforts through multi-avenue marketing. I talk to Megan about what people say you should be doing with your marketing vs. what is actually giving you a return on your investment, […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking about Legacy and Estate Planning for Creatives with lawyers, crafters and Craftcation Conference Alums Allysia Holland & Jill Bates-Moore who run Dahlia Law Group LLP. We break down exactly what estate and legacy planning is, talk about their belief that everyone has a legacy to plan for, the […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we talk with Jennifer Priest who owns digital marketing consultant brand Smart Creative Social and the blog Smart Fun DIY about creating a winning Pinterest Strategy. We chat with Jennifer about using Pinterest as a market research tool, to forecast trends and as the ultimate search engine to drive traffic to your […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking to printmaker, surface designer, textile artist, author and teacher Jen Hewett about the asserting your boundaries and voice on social media. I talk with Jen about figuring out where your boundaries are and sticking to them, accepting that you won’t be everything to everyone, finding and […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking to beauty and wellness expert/owner of natural skincare line Dame Body Butters and Scrubs Sannae Hopson about the importance of health and wellness for you and your business. We chat with Sannae about why we should aim to build work-life harmony (instead of balance), how to […]

Welcome back from our extended summer break. While we were away we finished our spring event season for our Patchwork Show and our annual Craftcation: Business & Makers Conference. We’re also going through some changes here at Dear Handmade Life which is why the break was a bit longer than we anticipated. Delilah, my business […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking to fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon about prioritizing yourself in your business. We chat about busyness, being a workaholic, the process of relearning how to relax, the value of meditation in the journey to balance and presence, the signs that it’s time to make a change, […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking about discovering your dream business with Michelle Ward the When I Grow Up Coach. We discuss how to recognize the signs that you’re not in your dream job or business, how to figure out if your standards aren’t high enough ie: when “fine” and “good enough” […]

Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re talking to Linsi Brownson of Spark Collaborative. We talk about Linsi’s belief that everyone is born creative, how to tap into that natural creativity if you’ve lost your connection to it, what types of questions to ask yourself to see where you are, where you want to be […]