Editor’s note: We are overjoyed to have guest contributor and craft show veteran Stacy Wong share her tips for vendors to evaluate craft fairs on Dear Handmade Life. Want more craft show tips? Check out our posts on: How to Submit a Successful Craft Show Application, Ten Tips on Craft Show Booth Design and How to be Better at […]
13 Business tools that help keep me from going berserk
You all know Delilah and I are busy gals. We each run our own businesses as well as three businesses together – Craftcation Conference, Patchwork Show and Dear Handmade Life. This past year we’ve gotten a lot more efficient by using business tools and services that help us make the most of our time. We […]
maker: rosalie of uglybaby shower art
I’ve heard that sometimes people have amazing epiphanies in the shower. I have never been one of those people. If I have a moment to think in the shower, it’s usually focused on trying to clear my mental fog so I can plot out my day. And if I do get that moment, it’s because […]
february diy + business book club + book giveaway
“I know Megan’s book is about cancer, but I swear it’s not depressing,” Alicia said. “Really?” I asked. “Yeah, it’s the funniest cancer book I’ve ever read. Megan is kinda the best,” Alicia responded. This was the introduction Alicia Dirago (Whimseybox) gave me to her roomie at Alt Summit Megan Silianoff (Greetings from Texas). Before […]
my first make out session + patchwork show santa ana fall 2013
My junior year in high school I started drawing. I did a series of nude female sketches that my art teacher liked enough to hang in the student show even though the subject matter was a little risqué for my all girls catholic high school. Maybe the nuns didn’t mind. These were the raddest group […]
patchwork oakland fall 2013
The night before I threw my first party I hardly slept. I was eighteen. I’d just moved to San Francisco and into my very own apartment. It was an 80s themed party and I’d planned every single detail including the perfect mix cd’s, mood lighting (cue the red light bulb in the bathroom and a […]
patchwork show long beach fall 2013
Last Sunday at Patchwork Show Long Beach a first time Patchwork vendor came up to me and thanked me for putting together the show. Moments like this mean so much to Delilah and me. Patchwork takes months of planning to put together, not to mention tons of physical labor the week and day of the […]
