This past weekend I halted all work. It’s rather rare for me to take a break from things that I enjoy, but I needed to step away from everything and look at it all from a new perspective. I talked it over with myself and bounced a crazy idea off …
My Handmade Business Updates: Promotion
While you probably think that running my handmade business means that I’m constantly stuck behind a sewing machine, you would actually be surprised to learn that most of my time is spent just like this: Behind the screen of a computer. I could spend my time creating and posting beautiful …
My Handmade Business Updates
With summer time here, this is the time when I can usually clear up any lingering projects and work on inventory for my online handmade business. It is also the time when I begin any major sales. Depending on what it is that you sell, you may notice that once …
My Handmade Business Journey
This summer I plan to take on my biggest challenge to date: growing my handmade businesses. While I do have approximately 10 websites that I blog on, 4 of those are ecommerce sites where I sell my handmade items. I plan to track my goals and grow my businesses this …
Handmade Business and Blogging Update
It’s time to make some changes again. Once things start going absolutely berserk, I have to change. September was a downhill slide as I lost control of what I needed to do. My handmade business is starting to pick up, so I have to maintain control of that so that …
My Blogging Journey: Celebrations
The one thing that I’ve learned over the course of a year is that blogging requires consistency to get results. This week, I’m celebrating the fact that I have consistently blogged and posted at least one post per week. On some of my websites, I have consistently posted multiple times …
Marketing your handmade jewelry
When it comes to marketing your handmade jewelry, a large part of your sales is found in how you choose display your pieces. While having hanging displays with your jewelry available for purchase is nice for certain markets, note that your brand may not always be visible. Plus, if your …
My Blogging Journey: Laying it all on the line
It has been a while since I made a blogging journey post. I also have a huge gap in my publishing, but this time I am putting it all out there. I’m laying it all on the line and going all in. I left my full time job on June …
My Blogging Journey: Making a Plan
As I sat down on Friday, I realized that my blogging had really suffered this past week. So I grabbed my planner and started jotting down everything that I needed to do. The purpose was to prioritize for the weekend and next week. The first thing that I needed to …
My Blogging Journey: Slow and Steady
Finding my blogging groove is a slow and steady pace. As much as I would love to jump in and go Gung Ho on it all, I just can’t do that. I noticed recently that one of my blogs has gained a lot of traction since school started. I know …