Do you love making things with your hands?

Do you have a product idea that you think will do well as a business?

Wouldn’t it be really awesome to make a living selling the things you love to make?

It’s every maker’s dream!

If you’re completely clueless as to where to begin, I’m here to help!

While I would normally advocate for you to start by setting up your own shop/domain, sometimes what you really need is the fastest route to setting up shop.

Creating your own …

Do you ever wonder how much money other handmade or creative business owners make?

This has always been a socially taboo subject, but I think we’re all a little bit curious, right?

Income reports have been trending in the blogging world in the last few years but few handmade businesses are doing it.

I created an income report for 2014, where I showed a revenue of $200,914 and with $107,157 profit. It was an amazing year.

What you can learn from my successes and …

Have you ever created a promotion or event for your shop only to have it fall flat on its face?

I have.

Last year on Black Friday, I decided at the last minute (that’s how I roll!) that I should do something for the biggest shopping day of the year.

I created a graphic banner to put on the front page of my website.

The promotion was 25% off the entire order for the whole day.

Then I waited.

And waited.

For being in the …

Are you on Instagram promoting your Etsy or handmade products shop?

There are several tried and true methods for quickly growing your Instagram following.

Collaborating with Instagram influencers grew my Instagram account to my first 10,000 followers in just a few short months.

You can achieve rapid growth too with your Instagram profile!

In this 80 minute Blab video, Beth Anne Schwamberger and Sarah Korhnak from the amazing group, Brilliant Business Moms chats with me and Cheri Tracey of Orglamix on how we both successfully worked …