When I fall in love with something, I tend to fall hard. I fear the people I spend the most time with (ahem, my husband) are growing tired of hearing me talk about how much I love this new precious…
Over the past few years I’ve realized that as a creative business owner, if I don’t take time out to take care of myself, not only do I suffer, but my business does too. I’m not alone in this struggle…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two posts we’ll be sharing from Craftcation Conference Alum Angie Chua of bobo design studio. Over the past few years I’ve had my eyes on Angie. First off, her personality is magnetic and…
Welcome back from our extended summer break. While we were away we finished our spring event season for our Patchwork Show and our annual Craftcation: Business & Makers Conference. We’re also going through some changes here at Dear Handmade Life…
Every six months, I scribble secret things on paper and burn them in my backyard. I started this tradition during a June heat wave a few years ago. A friend of mine suggested we write down our goals and then…
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome our new marketing maven Katie MacAvoy to the Dear Handmade Life team! We met Katie when she attended our Craftcation: Business & Maker’s Conference a few years ago and have been getting to know…
My friend is having a baby, so I swung by my local big box baby store. My family currently is just my hubby and me—so it was a new experience. Almost instantly, I was lost in the aisles. The dizzying…
Its hard to believe it’s been two months since Craftcation Conference 2018! We miss the beach, our attendees and that feeling of knowing that everywhere you turn you’ll run into someone who gets what it’s like to be a creative…
Editor’s Note: We recently surveyed our Patchwork Show vendors about the areas of their business that they had the most difficulty with and (no surprise to us) one of the highest scores was finance. If you’re having trouble with something,…
My mom is pretty awesome, my first DIY hero. So many kid memories of sitting on the floor with some crazy construction paper creation—that required yards and yards of tape—while she whirred away on her sewing machine. She also taught me…
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