If given the choice between tackling emails and diving deep into spreadsheets or sitting at my sewing machine, these days, it’s unfortunate that the laptop is winning. Fitting in time for making things is tough this time of year as…
We’re so excited to share our video from Craftcation Conference 2017. If you missed our recap of the conference with photos you can see it here. Big thanks to our beyond talented videographer LP Hastings for creating this rad video. If you’re…
I was cleaning out our spare bedroom last week and found a super dusty vision board that I’d made three years ago… behind the dresser! (I wrote about making that vision board here). If you’re not familiar with how vision…
I’m not known as light-packer. The number of bags I take for a weekend trip compares to what someone else might take for a month-long European vacation! I take a yearly road trip to the beach with some of my…
Nearly ten years ago my aunt Delilah and I sat in a Mexican restaurant and over several baskets of chips, salsa and a few margaritas we brainstormed ideas for the name of our first project together. It was going to…
Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re drinking a classic margarita (recipe adapted from Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant & World’s Best Tequila Bar in San Francisco) and talking with Katie Hunt of Tradeshow Bootcamp about hiring help for your creative business. We chat…
A few weeks ago we published a post on how to upscale your creative business through insourcing from our friend Rebecca Saylor of Oodle BaDoodle and SFEtsy. Rebecca shared how investing in equipment (a heat press that she used with…
When I turned 40, I gave up t-shirts and jeans as a main wardrobe staple. Vintage dresses & skirts with good cuts seemed to be more flattering for a woman of well, my vintage. Only problem is that I love…
Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast we’re drinking Jamaica and talking with Todd and Anthony of T & A LeatherWorks about how they have created a community of regular customers that have been an integral part of the success of their…
It’s been downright dreary around here with the weather. Dark, cold and damp. Emphasis on damp – I was up at 4 am last Saturday digging a trench in the pouring rain so water didn’t flood our back bedroom! To…
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