The day before our spring Patchwork Show in Oakland my three show helpers (including my dad) and I spent several hours in the blazing hot sun with no shade measuring and marking out the vendor spaces. After a few hours…
One of the things I cherish most about Patchwork Show Santa Ana is the location. I love the beautiful historic buildings in downtown and seeing the streets that are normally filled with parked cars and vehicles rushing by, filled with people,…
Today on the Dear Handmade Life podcast Delilah and Nicole are drinking a Hillbilly Mimosa and talking with photographer, fellow creative business owner, and lawyer Kiffanie Stahle. We discuss the biggest mistakes creatives make when it comes to legal issues…
I’ll never forget my first online shop. My barber father introduced me to a guy whose hair he cut who made websites. This was 2004! Back then sites like Squarespace and Shopify didn’t exist. Back then it was basically all…
By: Meighan O’Toole Every time I leave a conference, I feel exhilarated! Once home, I start to apply everything I’ve learned, and try and harness that energy. In the past, it’s faded after a few weeks, but over the past year…
My favorite DIYs are those that cost little to throw together and just happen to land in your lap, like a gift. Which is why I was thrilled to stumble on a pack of black and white vintage French postcards…
Editor’s Note: We’re excited welcome Rachel Gregg from CreativeLive to the blog for this guest post on 3 mistakes most beginner Etsy sellers make. Rachel interviewed experienced Etsy sellers including Craftcation Conference presenters Lauren Venell and Marlo Miyashiro. CreativeLive is one of the best…
I’m almost tired of seeing himmeli everywhere…almost. Sure the days of being really impressed by glass geometric shapes are waning, and the time you found out that those coveted hanging himmelis were made from mere straws is long behind…
This week on the Dear Handmade Life podcast Delilah and Nicole are drinking “cini-backs” (a shot of tequila chased with pepperoncini juice) and talking about Craftcation 2016. Craftcation is our annual four-day business and makers conference in Ventura California. Delilah…
6,045 pounds. If you took all of the scraps of fabric that I’ve accumulated over the years and weighed them, that’s the number you’d get. Okay, so I totally made that up. But it sounds pretty compelling. I recently cleared…
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