DIY Vintage Postcards that Pop With Color
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…
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3 mistakes most beginner Etsy sellers make (and how to avoid them)
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…
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DIY Beaded Himmeli Earrings
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…
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DIY Fabric Bucket
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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Craftcation: Business + Makers Conference 2016
A note from Nicole: Five years ago Delilah and I got an email from a man named Eric who was the Creative Economy Specialist for the City of Ventura. “We’d love to have you do a Patchwork Show in Ventura…
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How to make the most out of Periscope
Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out more awesome insights from Meighan O’Toole in this episode of our podcast where she shares her insights on social media trends and advice on being authentic online or this post she shared with us on 8…
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5 Awesome Online Resources Every Blogger Needs
Editor’s Note: We’re so excited to have our friends from Darby Smart share 5 awesome online resources every blogger needs. Although blogging isn’t the main part of our business at Dear Handmade Life, it is an integral part of what…
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4 clues that you’re ready for more than a VA in your creative business
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome a new contributor the Dear Handmade Life team… Leah Wechsler who is the content strategist, designer, and writer behind Creative, She Wrote. If you missed her first post you can check it out here: How to create a newsletter…
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5 Steps to help get Your DIY Tutorial to go Viral
Editor’s Note: We’re so excited to have our friends from Darby Smart share these 5 steps to help get your DIY tutorial to go viral. We’ve been doing DIY posts for years so we know how much work goes into…
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DIY Custom Photo Night Light
Editor’s Note: We’re beyond excited to welcome Dear Handmade Life staff member LP Hastings to the blog. You may know LP as our photographer, event assistant and videographer (check out the video she made at Craftcation Conference 2015 to see…
