25 Ways to recharge creativity & de-stress
You know that feeling when your TO-DO list seems better suited to being written on an extra long roll of paper towels than on a Post-it? It seems like for every thing you cross off, a new thing (or two…
DIY Ceramic Abstract-painted Necklace
Last summer I completed one of my long-time goals of taking a pottery class. I wrote about the top three lessons I learned during the process of finally checking something off my bucket list that had been on it for…
The reality of running your own creative business
There’s a lot of talk about “making it happen”. It seems so easy when you see the words in a brushstroke font on Pinterest or Instagram.* You click ‘like’ or you pin it. You feel inspired for a few seconds…
How I’m keeping up with my daily sketchbook practice
I’ve been keeping a sketchbook off and on for over 20 years. In that time my sketchbook has been home to working through ideas for my former clothing line, too many to-do and bucket lists to count, whole sections of…
Fall in love with Creativebug
Editor’s Note: This is the time of year when I get really jealous of people who don’t work for themselves. You know, people with health benefits and 401k’s… the kind of people who actually leave work at pretty much the…
4 Must-Know Rules for Making the Leap to Wholesale
Editor’s Note: If you’re a regular Dear Handmade Life reader then you know that I had a clothing line for nearly a decade. The first few years that I had my business I sold at craft shows and markets. I paid…
March Diy + Business Book Club 2016
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the word ‘yes’. It seems like a few years ago it was all about the word ‘no’. Collectively it felt like we were all feeling overwhelmed balancing our work, creative pursuits, family…
How to network at a creative conference
Welcome to the fifth post in our series as we prepare for Craftcation: Business + Makers Conference on making the most out of attending a creative conference. If you missed the first three posts you can check them out here: 1….
How to prepare for a creative conference
Welcome to the fourth post in our series as we prepare for Craftcation 2016 on making the most out of attending a creative conference. If you missed the first three posts you can check them out here: 1. 7 reasons…
Podcast episode 28: Motivation, management and the creative process with Mark Hentemann
This week on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re drinking Deep Island Hawaiian Rum and talking to Mark Hentemann who is the creator and showrunner for Bordertown, an animated sitcom as well as the executive producer and showrunner on Family…
