I met Amy Turn Sharp on an Etsy team in 2009 when we were both selling handmade goodness for kids and I fell hard for her wild words & smart mouth. We all have hearts full of stories we are afraid to tell and finding Amy’s truthful writing was like getting a permission slip from the universe to share my own. This gift helped me start OMHG so other makers & misfits could … [Read more...] about Amy Turn Sharp Writing Workshop
Entrepreneurship
Changemakers: Elle Roberts & the Artful Business Conference
Image via Elle Roberts Have you ever attended a business conference and felt like it was an absolute gamechanger for you? For me, that's been the Artful Business Conference that I attended at the beginning of September. Over two days, we were met with an array of fabulous speakers – from the very practical and very useful to the gobsmackingly inspirational. They … [Read more...] about Changemakers: Elle Roberts & the Artful Business Conference
Get a Look at Online Selling From the Inside: 6 Questions Answered by Successful MadeFreshly Sellers
Have you ever said to yourself that you wish you could go back and live five or ten years ago with the knowledge you have now? Well, what if I told you, you CAN. So you love making awesome things, with your hands. And you’ve probably also told yourself how great it would be to make money doing just that. We all have! But you don’t know how to even start going about it. … [Read more...] about Get a Look at Online Selling From the Inside: 6 Questions Answered by Successful MadeFreshly Sellers
Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do
Community is not clubs Lately there seems to be examples everywhere of how we are segregating the internet into exclusive cliques and clubs instead of communities where we share real human moments. Statistics from the 2014 Employee Diversity Reports for our major networks show that online giants like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Pinterest, Ebay and Etsy all fail to hire employees … [Read more...] about Community Is Not Clubs: How We’re Segregating the Internet & What We Can Do
Aeolidia’s Pretty Massive Creative Business Giveaway
Hello, I'm Arianne, and I am "Captain & Founder" of a web and graphic design studio called Aeolidia. I've learned over the past few years to quit calling it a "small design studio," now that there are 21 of us. Though I did get a little flustered introducing myself to someone over the weekend and saying that I "work for" Aeolidia - like I'm the receptionist or something … [Read more...] about Aeolidia’s Pretty Massive Creative Business Giveaway
