Sunday Afternoon Housewife

{photo credit} For the last few weeks I have been working on my yearly budget and thinking about my business goals for 2011. I even mentioned in yesterday’s blog that I wanted to get this done so I could share a few of my goals with you. I have to say that I am not [...]

Ok, it’s totally true that I have been obsessed with COGS lately. COGS means, simply, cost of goods sold. Your COGS are basically your material costs, labor costs, and the markup and profit on the items you sell. You might remember last week when I wrote about re-evaluating your COGS at the start of the [...]

While the year is still very young, and before you plan to blow away any previous online sales goals and fair goals, why not take a minute to re-evaluate your cost of goods sold and make sure you aren’t losing money on every sale you make? Here are a few reasons to re-evaluate your cost [...]

If you read yesterday’s blog, you know that one of my goals for 2011 is to help others run successful craft business of their own. To help you do this, I want to introduce you to my newest e-course: the Start Your Year Off Right Class! If you want to grow your business in 2011, [...]

As the year comes to a close, I want to reflect on some successes here at Sunday Afternoon Housewife. Of course I’ve also been thinking of things I could do better: I am regretful that I haven’t been blogging as much as I should do. Of course not blogging tends to happen when I become [...]

It’s been quite a while since I have written a football Sunday post, but it’s well into that time of year again. In the past I’ve brought you tutorials for football crafts, as well as game day recipes, but today I want to talk about something that is part craft and part community service. If [...]

Procrastinate. I do it. All. The. Time. But why? Why do any of us put off doing things which need done? I can totally sympathize with procrastinating when it comes to say, doing dishes or laundry, or cleaning up the house. The real question I have is, why do we procrastinate when it comes to [...]

Are you stuck in a blogging rut? Do you have a blog, but don’t know what to write about? Do you want to start blogging, but don’t know where to begin or how to get people to read your blog? Yes, you say? Then this month long blogging workshop is for you! This monthly blogging [...]

Well, I certainly did a fine job bombing my recent personal challenge of blogging for 30 days straight. I might try and take this challenge back up in winter, but for now I want you to know that I really have been writing! I’ve been working on something I have wanted to do for a [...]

Hello! My goodness it is September 1st! I can’t believe it is September. My summer is gone, I’m booking fall and winter shows, and I am already thinking about that nice break I’m going to get from work in December (likely the next break I will get, too!). Anyway, you may have noticed the title [...]