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...
My Health Journey
My health journey hasn’t been a simple one and I still don’t have all of the answers. What I do have are a few answers, a willingness to solve my problems, and the mindset to conquer anything that gets in my way. I battle depression, Celiac Disease,...
How Mothers of School Aged Children Can Grow Their Avon Business
When I was 13 years old my mother started selling Avon. She used some of these ideas with my school and still has customers at my school and others 20 years later. So don’t leave school out because you are shy or afraid, it’s your business and school 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...
Halloween Beading Supplies 2018
To be entirely honest, I'm not a big fan of skulls and bones or gore. I'm not squeamish but I guess I just don't like the idea of glorifying pain. However, knowing that some people like skulls I have at least included some skull beads in this list of Etsy Halloween...
Preparing for my First Handmade Show 4
I meant to post about what was happening in preparation for the event more often.... Obviously, I didn't really take in how much work I actually needed to do. Now here we are just a few days from the event and I am not even half ready. Then on top of not even being...
Your Etsy Gift Guide For Beaders
This post contains affiliate links. It's that time of year again. You know, the one where you get a whole bunch of stuff that you don't actually want/need, nor will use?! The best way to get around this is to make wish lists and gift guides like this one are here to...
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:
Preparing for my first Handmade Show 2
For those who missed the introduction to this post series you can find it here: My Journey to My First Handmade Show So after paying for my table at this show the first thing I did was have an anxiety attack. Yes, an anxiety attack. I called my mom and friends. I...
My Journey to My First Handmade Show
So crazy me, I agreed to do a handmade show then assumed that I wouldn't be accepted. Why did I assume that I wouldn't be accepted? Well, I know that many handmade shows require the artist to have built a solid fan base of fans and customers and a polished brand, as...
St Patrick’s Day Inspiration, Designs and Fun!
I may have an Irish last name (Murtagh) but I've never actually been to Ireland. However, I like everyone else, loves the spirit of St Patrick's Day. Drink, be merry and everyone is Irish for a day. The one thing I don't like when looking through products for this...
