Editor’s Note: We are so excited to welcome our newest Dear Handmade Life contributor Rebecca Pitts the founder and owner of Hudson + Daughter. Her first topic, taking your business to the next level with a mastermind group is right up our alley since we got a preview of how awesome a mastermind could be […]
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10 WAYS TO ASSESS IF AN OPPORTUNITY IS RIGHT FOR YOU + YOUR BUSINESS
“I’m pretty sure my eyeball is about to fall out,” my husband said last week. It was our day off and we were shuttling between Costco, the grocery store and the hardware shop, prepping up for the week, like real grown-ups. Reason number 1,000 of how I know I’m deeply embedded in middle age… I […]
The Best of Seattle
Welcome to Part Three of our Pacific Northwest tour – The Best of Seattle. Delilah and I had so much fun in Portland, as you know, if you’ve been keeping up with our posts about the trip. Here’s the best of Portland Part One and Part Two. It was hard to hit the road and […]
The Best of Portland, Oregon – Part One
It’s a pretty awesome feeling to be on a road trip with someone you’ve known since the day you were born and realize that after 10 hours of driving you haven’t even thought about putting on music or one of the podcasts you had bookmarked, because the whole time you were engrossed in conversation. That’s […]
The Truth About Vision Boards
If I hadn’t gotten a really bad case of the flu five years ago I probably wouldn’t have heard the term vision board until a few years later. I’d been living out of my parent’s house for well over a decade but found myself snuggled in their bed watching back-to-back episodes of horrible sitcoms, drinking […]
Printing the perfect business card + an Oubly giveaway
I remember my mother sitting at the kitchen table clipping coupons for hours when I was a kid. I’d be in the living room half-watching one of my favorite shows like Three’s Company or Punky Brewster while I agonized over my math homework. I hated math and always saved it for the end of the […]
how to make an embroidered wood circle necklace
Wood is one of my all-time favorite materials to use in my diy craft projects. My love affair with wood started with the little side table my dad made in wood shop when he was in high school. This obsession may have started many years ago but it hasn’t wavered. A few weeks ago I […]
the benefits of having an accountability partner
My long held desire for complete freedom has served me well. I’ll be the first person to admit that taking the less chosen road almost every single time, left me with some, um… bad habits. I’m the kind of girl who does what she wants, when she wants. I’m willing to have less to feel […]
how to set intentions and accomplish your goals
Editor’s note: We are so happy to welcome Kari Chapin to Dear Handmade Life. I read Kari’s book: The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally and On-line after I’d already been running my crafty business Random Nicole for many years. Even though I considered myself well-versed in the art of selling my […]
january diy and business book club + book giveaway
I am an avid list maker. The first thing I do in the morning is make a list of all the things I hope to accomplish that day. It’s rare I get them all done but while I’m writing the list, this wonderful optimistic notion that I will be getting things done fills me. January […]
