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  • How to take your business to the next level with a mastermind group
    Business Tips

    How to take your business to the next level with a mastermind group

    ByRebecca Pitts June 12, 2015August 1, 2015

    Editor’s Note: We are so excited to welcome our newest Dear Handmade Life contributor Rebecca Pitts the founder and owner of Hudson + Daughter. Her first topic, taking your business to the next level with a mastermind group is right…

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  • 10 WAYS TO ASSESS IF AN OPPORTUNITY IS RIGHT FOR YOU + YOUR BUSINESS
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    10 WAYS TO ASSESS IF AN OPPORTUNITY IS RIGHT FOR YOU + YOUR BUSINESS

    ByNicole Stevenson November 7, 2014

    “I’m pretty sure my eyeball is about to fall out,” my husband said last week. It was our day off and we were shuttling between Costco, the grocery store and the hardware shop, prepping up for the week, like real…

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  • The Best of Seattle
    Adventures

    The Best of Seattle

    ByNicole Stevenson October 29, 2014October 30, 2014

    Welcome to Part Three of our Pacific Northwest tour – The Best of Seattle. Delilah and I had so much fun in Portland, as you know, if you’ve been keeping up with our posts about the trip. Here’s the best…

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  • The Best of Portland, Oregon – Part One
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    The Best of Portland, Oregon – Part One

    ByNicole Stevenson October 10, 2014October 14, 2014

    It’s a pretty awesome feeling to be on a road trip with someone you’ve known since the day you were born and realize that after 10 hours of driving you haven’t even thought about putting on music or one of…

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  • The Truth About Vision Boards
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    The Truth About Vision Boards

    ByNicole Stevenson September 12, 2014September 12, 2014

    If I hadn’t gotten a really bad case of the flu five years ago I probably wouldn’t have heard the term vision board until a few years later. I’d been living out of my parent’s house for well over a…

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  • Printing the perfect business card + an Oubly giveaway
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    Printing the perfect business card + an Oubly giveaway

    ByNicole Stevenson September 5, 2014September 11, 2014

    I remember my mother sitting at the kitchen table clipping coupons for hours when I was a kid. I’d be in the living room half-watching one of my favorite shows like Three’s Company or Punky Brewster while I agonized over…

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  • how to make an embroidered wood circle necklace
    DIY Projects

    how to make an embroidered wood circle necklace

    ByNicole Stevenson May 21, 2014July 17, 2014

    Wood is one of my all-time favorite materials to use in my diy craft projects. My love affair with wood started with the little side table my dad made in wood shop when he was in high school. This obsession…

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  • the benefits of having an accountability partner
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    the benefits of having an accountability partner

    ByKari Chapin February 12, 2014July 22, 2014

    My long held desire for complete freedom has served me well. I’ll be the first person to admit that taking the less chosen road almost every single time, left me with some, um… bad habits. I’m the kind of girl…

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  • how to set intentions and accomplish your goals
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    how to set intentions and accomplish your goals

    ByKari Chapin January 15, 2014January 2, 2015

    Editor’s note: We are so happy to welcome Kari Chapin to Dear Handmade Life. I read Kari’s book: The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally and On-line after I’d already been running my crafty business Random Nicole…

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