Customers are the best part of running a business. When your items end up in the hands of someone who truly loves what you make it is the best feeling ever. Then there are the times that it isn’t so magical. Running a business means we get thrown into a lot of different situations that we never imagined. I’m sure we can all think of a customer conflict that we ran into that … [Read more...] about The Ethics of Excellent Customer Service
Ethics
Fifty Creative Women Who Inspire & Inform
Happy belated International Women's Day! To celebrate I rounded up a list of 50 women who have inspired and informed me this year + who I think everyone should know and love. From well known artists and authors to entrepreneurs doing their very best in the face of daily challenges, these women all contribute to a diverse, creative and inspirational generation of women I am … [Read more...] about Fifty Creative Women Who Inspire & Inform
HouseRaiser: The Ethics of Home
Art by Colleen Attara I'm starting off our ethics theme by sharing a new project that is close to my heart in so many ways. Since getting home after my mom's illness I have not posted an update, because though the scary life or death part is hopefully over, my mama has not had a happy ending yet. When it came time to leave the hospital last month there was no where to take her … [Read more...] about HouseRaiser: The Ethics of Home
Let’s Get Ethical at The 4th Annual Oh My Ethics Expo
Illustration by Lauren Hardage for OMHG Hooray for March! If you've been reading OMHG for awhile you'll remember that we've been making ethics fun again every March for the last four years. This month we'll jump into the juciest bits of entrepreneurship and living the good life to celebrate ethics awareness. Ethics might not sound like the most exciting theme but I promise … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Ethical at The 4th Annual Oh My Ethics Expo
The Future Of Handmade Is In Our Hands
Did Etsy sell out? Is the DIY + handmade + maker movement over? What does handmade even mean anymore? How can makers protect the ethics of handmade as we scale? I've been seeing a lot of discussion in the creative community on these questions and more sparked by the fall-out from Etsy changes to Seller Guidelines and the recent news that wholesale giant Cody Foster copied … [Read more...] about The Future Of Handmade Is In Our Hands