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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A few months ago, I talked about my plans for a social media and blogging sabbatical during the holiday weeks. Now I’m writing now from the other side, and I’m happy to report that I made it! (Well, mostly.) Overall,…
I’m not going to exaggerate. I love pencil cases. When I hear someone say they don’t need a pencil case, I can’t help but ask that person– in my own head, of course– “Are you a human? Do you have…
Editor’s Note: If you’re a regular Dear Handmade Life reader then you know that I had a clothing line for nearly a decade. The first few years that I had my business I sold at craft shows and markets. I paid…
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to share this guest post from Lindsay White of Lot801 Marketing where she shares tips and tricks with other entrepreneurs and small business owners to help grow their social media following and get press coverage. Lindsay shares five…
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