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What would you win the gold for? Tell me in the co

What would you win the gold for? Tell me in the comments!

P.S. - If you’re looking for other craft obsessed creatives?

🌊🏖️ Join me and fellow creative misfits at Craftcation 2025 (April 23-27) in Ventura, CA!

🎟️ Important:
• Early bird registration is open—limited tickets available.
• We’ve sold out every year for 12 years. 🏅
• Flexible payment plans available. 💸🗓️

Craftcation offers:
• Five days of 200+ craft classes, business workshops, and wellness activities.

🤗 Can’t wait to welcome you!

📩 DM with questions or register via our bio 🔗.

#craftcation #earlybird #craftersofinstagram #makersofinstagram #explorepage #discoverla #discoverventura #makersgonnamake #fyp #olympics

🌟READ THIS ⤵️ to bust through negative self

🌟READ THIS ⤵️ to bust through negative self-talk...🌟

Five steps to keep making, sharing your art, and building your creative business:

🧠 Step 1: Notice when old, unhelpful stories arise. This is mindfulness—being aware of your self-talk.

🌍 Step 2: Ask where these stories came from—cultural norms or past experiences? Recognizing the source takes away its power.

📝 Step 3: Flip the script. Write a new, positive story about possibility and abundance.

🔄 Step 4: Repeat your new story until it feels true. The more you tell it, the stronger it becomes.

Watch your inner critic’s power to try to stop you get weaker. 💪✨

Looking for more support & mentorship to deal with your inner critic? Join the waiting list for Dear Handmade Life: The Club (via our bio 🔗 or DM me MENTOR. Membership only opens a few times a year.

✨The Club gives creative small business owners exclusive access to a supportive space to sharpen skills, achieve goals, shift mindsets, and get the support and accountability to grow.

Membership includes:
💻 Expert-led classes
🥅 Group coaching with mentorship
👯‍♀️ Unlimited support in our member and accountability groups

An attendee got super real with me and told me som

An attendee got super real with me and told me something on the last day of Craftcation last year that made me weep 😢.

First off, it was so incredible that she felt comfortable to come up to me (we’d never met before) and share so honestly and openly. She told me about the difficulties she’d had recently in her life (they’d aligned to something I talked about in my keynote) and said that on her way to Craftcation she’d pulled off the freeway and almost turned around and went home because of anxiety coupled with a sense that she didn’t deserve to indulge herself.

Her husband listened to her and then convinced her to keep going 🚗. He told her that she deserved it. She deserved this time for herself, her creativity, her business... her.

I hear this time and time again. This idea that we have to deserve the good things in our lives or to give ourselves something we want or need. I struggle with this too and when I do, I think of this quote from @luvvie:

“By being here on this earth, you have done enough.”

If there’s something you want, don’t wait for someone to give you permission. Give yourself permission to take care of yourself. Just by being you, you deserve it 🌟.

And, if that thing is Craftcation, grab your ticket while we still have discounted early bird ones 🎟️. Check out our pay-as-you-want payment plan which gives you a custom link to share with friends and family to help you treat yourself! Register to join us via our bio link or DM me BESTIE and I’ll send you a link 💌.

#craftcation #westcoastmakers #westcoastcrafty #creativeprenuer #craftbusinessowner #calledtobecreative #communityovercompetition #makersgonnamake #makermovement #explore #fyp

Looking for the people who not only get this strug

Looking for the people who not only get this struggle but want to share tips and resources to make the business side of a creative business less painful?

Join us at Craftcation! Discounted early bird registration is open now and tickets are limited. Get tickets & info via our bio 🔗.

We also have a PAYMENT PLAN where you choose the amount and timing of your payments! You’ll have until February 1, 2024 and you’ll even be able to let family, friends or your community contribute to your ticket through your own link (perfect for holidays or birthdays!).

Have questions? Send me a DM!

#craftcation #craftbusiness #makerbusiness #crafters #makers

Combining two of our favorite things... Thrift sto

Combining two of our favorite things...
Thrift store shopping + Sewing supplies = @lucky.deluxe.fabrics

If you’re in Orange County check out their fabrics, notions, patterns and more. They even have classes including some taught by Craftcation alum @breaknremake. BTW -> At the last Craftcation attendees got to sew with Lucky Deluxe Fabrics to create their own pet collars and leashes with @sewveryfaye.

Thanks to @wastingthyme for visiting Lucky Deluxe and capturing her experience there.

#thrifting #sewing #handmade #sewingproject #fabric #sewsewsew #sewinglove #sewist #isew #handmadewithlove #memade #makersgonnamake #crafters

Even if you haven’t written them down, I bet you

Even if you haven’t written them down, I bet you have dreams for your creative business.

The truth is that you get from where you are now to there alone.

When you’re wearing ALL the hats in your creative business you need support. We can’t all afford a one-on-one business coach to get us through the rough spots. Not everyone has a mastermind group to run ideas by, get advice from and cry to to when things go wrong. We don’t all have access to creative business owners who have been where we want to be and are excited to share what they learned.

You know who does get all of that and MORE?

The members of our community for creatives and passionate small business owners, Dear Handmade Life: The Club.

👩🏾‍💼👩🏻‍🎤👨🏾‍🎤👨‍🎨👩🏽‍💻The Club is our members-only community for creative small business owners to get the tools, mindset, accountability, and support to take your next big leap.

Membership is open through 7.31.24. 🗝️ Don’t miss out – we only open the doors a few times a year!

Curious if The Club is your next move? Slide into my DMs, and let’s chat! 📩 I’ll give you the lowdown with no sugar coating. 🍬 Let’s make your creative journey a smoother ride! 🌟

#dhltheclub #mentorship #smallbusiness #smallbiz #smallbizowner #smallbusinessowner #craftersofinstagram #makersofinstagram

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