This is the third post in a series about reworking my business goals to fit with my current lifestyle, and to hopefully increase both my creative fulfillment and my profit. As a creative entrepreneur, I constantly struggle with finding a way to balance what I want to do with what I need to do to [...]

I was looking through a journal from a year ago, and noticed that one of my goals (which, I admit, was more of a wish than a goal) was to be completely self-employed in a year. Guess what – it’s been almost exactly a year since I wrote that, and I’m nowhere near being self-employed…unless [...]

I’m on maternity leave – but before I left, I spent some time surfing the web for some great art and craft entertainment – so here are some links I enjoyed, hope you’ll like them too! Mixed media and paper craft tutorials: Make an inspiration book from a paper bag (and from the same blog, [...]

What is your favorite online resource for craft/art business owners? I personally read etsy’s blog, The Storque, pretty regularly, but it’s always fun to hear about other blogs and sites people find useful. Drop a link to your go-to craft biz site in the comments! I’ll be updating this post with links periodically. Barbara from [...]

The most complete list of etsy tools I’ve ever seen – if you sell on etsy, you should definitely check it out. A few sites on the list I use all the time: etsyhacks, craftopolis, and craftcult. Etsyhacks has a bunch of tools you can use in your etsy shop. My favorite is the one [...]

I just read a fantastic blog post from RikrakStudio about packaging and shipping holiday orders. If you have an etsy shop or other online business, I highly recommend reading it! Lots of good information and tips. It’s a long read, but well worth it.

Yeah, I know, Halloween is Saturday, so why am I talking about The Holidays already? Well, if you are an artist or crafter, it’s time to start marketing your work in hopes of getting lots of holiday sales! A few tips: Bookmark this link, which takes you to a bunch of craft business articles on [...]

I can’t tell you how many journals, list pads, and other attempts at organization I’ve tried since starting my business. I think I’ve finally hit on a system that might work – I made a workbook in Excel (any similar spreadsheet program would probably work) and created list worksheets for each of several topics: blogs, [...]

Was reading Modish BizTips and ran across a list of popular blogs related to indie crafts. This got me thinking, although I hate asking for press (so much so that I don’t really do it), I love getting comments on my own blog posts, so…why not check out all the blogs on that list and [...]

Are you an indie business owner, or someone considering starting your own art or craft business? Surfing the net recently, I found a couple of blogs with great information and tips for running and marketing a successful small business. Piddix is the blog of the successful etsy seller with the same name. She sells primarily [...]