What if you don’t take breaks because you are so in love with what you are doing every day? Welp. Suck it up buttercup, you need a lunch break too.
Create, Eat, Think Roundup – Fuel Your Creativity!
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1. Beautiful Fabric Pendant – I can just imagine a little fabric leftover being used for this.
Crafty Business: Organizing Contacts
I think most of us are beyond the world of Rolodex, but there is something nice about having all the physical contact info at your […]
Crafty Business: Making Progress
Crafty Business: All the ins and outs of running a small, creative one woman business. In the last Crafty Business post, I talked to Kristy […]
Crafty Business: Charting progress – a conversation with Kirsty Hall
This week I commented on using progress reports on Twitter and Kirsty Hall made a few remarks that sparked my curiosity. She had a lot […]
From the Vault: On Blog Writing
Last August I asked the question “Am I a professional writer and as such should I be taking myself more seriously?” Even though I answered […]
News and Notes: In the shop & on the blog
It’s been an exciting week of imposing more order on what has been a pretty disorderly existence. For instance I realized that other than Craft […]
Finally Past the Yeses from Last Year
Back in February I posted about how I was saying “maybe” to everything as a way to retrain that unfortunate “yes” reflex. I had some […]
Book Review: the Handmade Marketplace
I’m having a hard time finishing this book because about every other paragraph I’m compelled to run off and jot something down. Committing to my idea list inspired ideas that keep raising to the surface. I love this book, it’s so inspiring. So what is it all about?
Crafty Business: “Maybe”
I’m sure I’ve mentioned my tendency to say “yes” to everything. “Can you help me do ________?” and “no problem” is my default response. This […]
Craft Leftovers Crafty Business!
Usually I use Wednesdays to post about crafty business in general, but today I’m going to write about my crafty business specifically. I just hit […]
Crafty Business: Making time for lunch
No one is forcing you to take a lunch. No government agency is going to fine you–as a self employed person–if your only employee (you) […]
Crafty Business: Project Development
I’ve had quite a few people comment to me lately, “If only I was as adventurous as you, I could have gotten so much done […]
Crafty Business: Part 4: Every once and awhile routines
I the last Crafty Business post, I went into how a weekly task list can be a really helpful tool for staying on top of […]
Crafty Business Routines: Part 3: Weekly Routines
Last week I went on and on about Daily Routines and how it helps to get my day started on the right foot. Each day […]
Crafty Business Routines: Part 2: Daily Tasks
I’ve been trying to get to work by 10am for over a year now with varying degrees of success. I started when I had an […]
Crafty Business: Kick Starting 2010 with an Up-To-Date Schedule!
The Crafty Business series has been dormant for awhile now so I’ve decided to bring it back just in time for hitting that reset button. […]
20 Ways to Make Crafts Pay
Annette of CraftStew wrote up a great article on how to earn money from Crafts – ideas for businesses and income flows. She writes: “With […]
Crafty Business :: The Start of a New Series
Lately, since February really, I’ve been unofficially, officially self employed. It happened so gradually. I just kind of phased out anything that wasn’t “my own […]