Marketing Your Art
Artem Pop Up Gallery in the US Artists work hard! They not only have to hone their craft, never quite hitting perfection as they constantly strive for improvement and deeper meaning and connection with their art, but they also must learn how to sell it. Selling might...
Ego Driven or Awakened?
In 2019 I decided to re-enter the world of background acting and office temp work. I had previously worked in both industries for many years in my late teens and early twenties. Upon making the decision I contacted my old background agent and my old office temp agency...
The Quarantine Rollercoaster
I am the first to admit that when a lockdown was first discussed my thoughts were not about the virus. My concerns were for people living alone, like myself, who battle with mental illness. For the children and people stuck at home with abusers or in neglect. And of...
Goodbye 2019
As I sat watching the flame rise higher and higher with the dying wick of my red pillar candle, I wondered what my life could be like. While I wait for the flame to extinguish itself, I find myself pensively waiting. I don't know what I'm waiting for. As I sat...
Grain-Free Flatbread – An Easy Go-To Recipe
Like you (and many other people), I hate having to scroll through a whole blog post to get a recipe. But it wouldn’t be an informative blog post without, well, a story. So, I’m giving you the grain free flatbread recipe first and then you can keep scrolling down for...
The Colour of Joy
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I talked about learning more of what I want in my life back in January when I posted a goodbye to my dog Bo. Since then I have been doing a lot of searching. But I don't mean searching in an external sense. I mean internal exploration of...
Why I Can’t Go Entirely Paperless Afterall
In 2018 I started on a massive mission to decrease my paper use. You can read more about it here The Struggle to Be Paperless. I have gotten rid of a lot of paper and I am still getting rid of more. I’m even reading and selling my books, not all of them,...
New Year, New You, Has all new meaning to me for 2019.
Every year, just like other entrepreneurs, I set my goals and figure out how I will accomplish them. This year, again, I set my goals, but this year things are very different. After 9.5 years my best friend, Bo, has passed on at the age of 13.5. Now, Bo...
The Cost of Traffic
One thing that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is the cost of traffic. Recently it was brought to my attention that Etsy was increasing its fees again and some people were freaking out. Organic traffic may not cost you per click or acquisition or...
The Struggle to be Paperless
Some links in this post are affiliate links. This means that I will make a commission, at no extra cost to you, if you purchase via an affiliate link in my post. Affiliate links are marked with an "(Affiliate link)" beside the link. Going paperless is...
Why MLMs are a Good Business Option
Some links in this post are affiliate links. This means that I will make a commission, at no extra cost to you, if you purchase via an affiliate link in my post. Affiliate links are marked with an "(Affiliate link)" beside the link. Over 20 years ago my...
Planning for my First Artisan Fair
For the first post in this series: My Journey to My First Handmade Show You can find the 2nd post in this series here:
Book Review: Invisible Selling Machine by Ryan Deiss
For National Read a Book Day (September 6th) I chose to read the Invisible Selling Machine by Ryan Deiss to inspire my email newsletter set up. Ryan Deiss is the founder of DigitalMarketer.com and with aspirations to help double 10,000...
Simple Toho Seed Bead Projects
I love Japanese Toho seed beads! They are more uniform in size compared to Czech seed beads which makes them great for most bead weaving projects. Toho seed beads are made in Hiroshima, Japan and came to the market in 1951. They are popular because they are uniform in...
6 Lessons for First Time Bead Loom Users
Back at Christmas I was given an Amazon gift certificate and went on to buy some jewelry making supplies such as a bead loom. I thought it would be fun. It collected dust for a few months before I decided that I would try it out for this month’s technique blog post. I...
8 Facebook Tips for Organic Reach
In my last post I talked about Why I Hate Facebook but I also mentioned that there are ways to reach your audience on Facebook. So here are 8 ways (plus a bonus tip) to use Facebook to reach more people organically (without paying for ads)....
