Starting your own handmade or creative business can be an exciting & scary thing. There are lots of things to research, many steps to take and a sea of information out there. It can be incredibly daunting, especially if you're tackling it alone or that your friends & family, while being loving & supportive, don't (or simply can't) always offer the best advice or … [Read more...] about Our OMHG Journey: A Lion’s Tale & “A Petit Story”
Tracking Your Expenses + Printable Expense Tracker
You just ran out of ink for the 5 orders that showed up on Etsy today. Or you realize that you don't have the right size canvas for that painting that's been roaming around in your head, trying to get out. Or the 100% cotton white thread is running low in your machine and you're not going to have enough for that wholesale order due at the end of the week. Or you don't … [Read more...] about Tracking Your Expenses + Printable Expense Tracker
#OMHG – Jan. 17: Risk-Taking in 2013
“So you think that you're a failure, do you? Well, you probably are. What's wrong with that? In the first place, if you've any sense at all you must have learned by now that we pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. Go ahead and fail. But fail with wit, fail with grace, fail with style. A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. … [Read more...] about #OMHG – Jan. 17: Risk-Taking in 2013
Get Your Love On with Date Nights
As creative biz owners, we schedule + plan + organize + write lists + cross things off those lists + put things back on those lists... well, you get the idea! We have planners for meals, meetings, chores, birthdays, celebrations + holidays... but do you have a planner for your love life? Sound creepy? It can be if you choose to go overboard with every little … [Read more...] about Get Your Love On with Date Nights
#OMHG – Jan. 03, 2013: Sharing Plans & Finding Support
We welcomed in the new year with Jess's post on Tuesday, where she shared with us her beautiful predictions for not only herself, but for the #OMHG community & introduced January's theme of a Happy Healthy Year. On Thursday we all came out of our holiday comas & sugar highs to ring in the first #OMHG chat of the year 2013 by talking about our plans and predictions for … [Read more...] about #OMHG – Jan. 03, 2013: Sharing Plans & Finding Support