Sunday Afternoon Housewife

Sometimes ideas hit like a bolt of lightening. Other times they creep up behind you and smack you in the back of the head with a 2×4 and holler, “Why didn’t you think of this sooner?” That’s the kind of idea I had this morning. It’s so fresh, I put everything else on hold because [...]

A couple of weeks ago I launched my very first free e-course, a blogging e-course created just for crafters. Over 300 people have signed up and completed my free course. It’s getting some pretty rave reviews. “I am enjoying challenging myself with this course. One wears an awful lot of hats as a business owner [...]

I’m welcoming back Monday Link Love this week after a little hiatus last week. I went on vacation plus I’ve also been really busy restocking stores, promoting my new ebook, The Blogging Adventure, and working on new products for late spring and summer. In a nutshell, I’ve been busy! Even when I don’t always get [...]

Very often when I am visiting another blog, I see a little widget at the bottom of the page directing me to other posts which are similar to the one I just read that I might like. It often results in me clicking on one of those articles and going to another page and reading [...]

You might have noticed in the last month or so the addition of the little “like this on Facebook” tab at the top of my blog posts and the at the very bottom of the article you notice a little bar with the Facebook, Twitter, and other buttons? Scroll down real quick. I’ll wait. See [...]

I am so head-over-heels excited to announce the release of my first ebook, The Blogging Adventure: Tips & Prompts for Crafters by a Crafter. I have been working on this ebook for several months and I am so thrilled finally to be able to offer it to you! As a crafter and a blogger, I [...]

Guest Post by Paula Atwell Three years ago, I was looking for a way to drive traffic to my website, publicize my gallery online, and earn an income.  In the search for ways to do this, I found a website called Squidoo.  Ironically, it was through a blog post on the Etsy site that I [...]

This, my friends, has both been short and a long time coming! I have finally created my first FREE  e-course and I’d love for you to take it. So yes, it is FREE and it isn’t going to cost you a penny and I shouldn’t have to twist your arm to make you take free [...]

Monday means link love time again, but before we start yakking about business, let’s talk about how great our weekends were. Did you have a great one? We had fantastic weather here in Indianapolis over the weekend and I have to say I had the hardest time making myself work inside on pendants or on [...]

Sometimes in the handmade community, I’m afraid we forget how we got our start. We did not start with a huge $1,000 show or the even better $2,000 show. Oh no, it didn’t start big at all, did it? You know where it came from:  It was the little sales. It was the one at [...]