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january diy and business book club + book giveaway
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january diy and business book club + book giveaway

ByNicole Stevenson January 10, 2014July 28, 2014

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…

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how to make a quotable applique tote
DIY Projects

how to make a quotable applique tote

ByLisa Rios January 8, 2014July 27, 2014

If your 2014 New Year’s resolution is to craft more and tote around a super cute tote bag, you’re in luck! While I personally don’t make firm resolutions (I can never seem to keep them any longer than the time…

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how to make a needle felted mushroom terrarium
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how to make a needle felted mushroom terrarium

ByLisa Rios December 11, 2013July 27, 2014

The holidays are definitely in full swing at The Makery. Between teaching a series of handmade gift workshops, making and installing studio decor and creating and assembling a new line of studio craft kits, I have been putting in some…

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Confession time… 1. Most of my life I’ve had a Confession time… 1. Most of my life I’ve had a starving artist mentality. 2. I’ve been working hard through educating myself and self-work on improving my relationship with money. 3. I don’t feel like my finances are 100% in order. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Anyone out there relate? Or have your own financial baggage that you’re dealing with? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I grew up feeling like people with money with were sell-outs, wanting money meant you were shallow, talking about money was not cool and struggling financially was a badge of honor as a creative. Letting go of my scarcity thinking and the punk rock mindset of my youth has been rough but rewarding. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A few years ago, I started trying to improve my relationship with money. I’ve been reading books, working on my money mindset, cleaning up my credit score (I went from a 435 to a 805!) and taking other steps towards financial health. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One step was working with a bookkeeper. Previously, I’d been doing all of it myself and I wish I would have sought help organizing my finances earlier. Today on our podcast, I’m chatting with bookkeeper and financial coach Ean of @moxiebookkeeping about money mindset shifts and financial management techniques and actions we can take right now to improve our relationship with money and our bottom line. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We cover the cultural shame of money, shifting your mindset away from starving artist syndrome, one small thing you can fo right now to improve your finances, how much to pay yourself, the five bank accounts every business owner needs, how to figure out your real profit and more! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Listen on your favorite podcast app or by clicking the link in our bio.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice every “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ -Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Want to craft with us? TODAY is the day to join u Want to craft with us? TODAY is the day to join us for our free Virtual Craft Brunch with Natalie of @natterdoodles. This is the last event of our Community Over Competition Week in partnership with @ampjar ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🎨 💌Natalie is going to help us create beautiful embellished envelopes to send joy and encouragement to our fellow makers and community members. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ☕️🍾Bring a mimosa, coffee or your brunch beverage of choice as we craft along together! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Link to sign up is in our bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷: @natterdoodles
When I was a kid, I used to listen to the jazz rad When I was a kid, I used to listen to the jazz radio station. Yep, that was me, the odd little girl sitting in her room writing angsty diary entries, redecorating her bedroom for the umpteenth time and listening to jazz music. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On one of those afternoons, I heard Nina Simone sing for the first time. My nine year old mind basically exploded when her powerful and gorgeous voice busted through the speakers of my purple 80s boom box. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She immediately became my favorite singer and all the years later, she still is. I was lucky enough to see her sing in person with my dad in Hollywood a few years before she passed away. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I don't remember which songs she sang but I do remember standing there with tears streaming down my face. Even in the big concert venue, her emotion reached me. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Nina Simone (like all creatives) gave so much of herself to the world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I've started a series of illustrated quotes to celebrate the joy and awareness and pure poetry that artists have gifted to me (and all of us). Of course, I wanted to start with this incredible world-changing woman, Nina Simone. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Stay tuned, more to come!
Tomorrow's the day! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join us for our first ever Dear Handmade Life 2-day Share-a-Thon which is part of our Community Over Competition Week in partnership with @Ampjar.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ What’s a Share-a-Thon? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For 48 hours, we’re connecting the Dear Handmade Life community through Ampjar and encouraging everyone to share about each other over Instagram Stories to increase your exposure, widen your audience and lift each other up.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There’s no cost to take part, just sign up for a free Ampjar account (link in our bio) and then share your heart out about fellow small businesses in the Dear Handmade Life community on your IG stories on January 14 and 15, 2021.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We still have a few more FREE COC Week events, like our craft brunch on Saturday. RSVP via the link in our bio or by going to: https://bit.ly/COCWeek2020.
I was the girl at the slumber party who fell aslee I was the girl at the slumber party who fell asleep first and woke up to find her missing underwear stiff with water and toothpaste in the freezer. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I mean, I didn’t end up with frozen underwear at EVERY slumber party, just that one where some malicious girl decided I needed to be pranked right after our umpteenth round of light as a feather stiff as a board. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At other slumber parties, I got to experience that laughing until your belly aches and “deep talks” about unrequited love kind of bonding that gets harder to find with new people as you get older.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ At our Craftcation Conference, I get to witness authentic connections like the three incredible Craftcation alums pictured. There are so many stories of strangers becoming besties. So many businesses starting and growing not just because of the knowledge they get from the workshops but because of the support system they form with their fellow attendees. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is so awesome when this happens organically, like at Craftcation, but it’s not always easy to find your business besties, the ones that will hug you through your defeats and cheer you on through your wins, the ones who will shout out about your business and who you love to shout out about. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Craftcation 2020 was postponed last year so we’ve partnered with one of the conference sponsors @ampjar to help you connect with other small creative businesses so you can shout out about each other and lift each other up during our Community Over Competition Week (1/11-17/2021).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join me for tonight’s FREE COC Week activity, the @ampjar onboarding webinar where you’ll get a step-by-step guide to help you make the most of Ampjar and learn how easy it is to share and be shared by authentic, awesome brands.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ RSVP for this and the rest of the COC Week events in our bio link or here: https://bit.ly/COCWeek2020

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