(hand stamped bracelet courtesy of ChrisClosetCreations) I will admit something to you guys...I HATE pricing. I think it is one of the hardest things to do as a business owner. So many questions to ask... Am I charging too little? Is it too much? Am I devaluing those around me? So before we all need paper bags to stop the hyperventilation, I have a few things that I think can … [Read more...] about Pricing your Products: Competition vs. Cost
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Know Where to Go: Money Resources for Creative Entrepreneurs
Admittedly, I'm no expert on the topic of money or business building. I'm not rocking some widely successful business (yet), and in fact, I only just recently returned to the business of moving Three By Sea forward after a year and a half long hiatus. But here's what I do know so far: I'm not trying to work for free. Eventually I want Three By Sea to be a viable business, … [Read more...] about Know Where to Go: Money Resources for Creative Entrepreneurs
Budgets & Boundaries: The Delicate Art Of Compromise
Clip art by Denise of Nisee Made via The InkNest . Love + Money! In your handmade business, you can't have one without the other. But of course you're not ALONE in your love, you've got partners (romantic + business), family, and relationships with everyone from your customers to the press. But money is still kinda tricky to talk about with our loved ones, especially when … [Read more...] about Budgets & Boundaries: The Delicate Art Of Compromise
A chat about money and creativity with maven, Luna Jaffe
When we heard from Jessika that she was looking for posts around money this month, we were like, hmm...what could we say about money? What do we know about money? We came up with a collective, "uh, not much." We are mavens in many ways, but mavens in money matters? Not our specialty. But you know what we are pretty great at? Finding the right people to help when we need … [Read more...] about A chat about money and creativity with maven, Luna Jaffe
The Quest for Balance: A chat with Betsy Thomas of Bummis
Anointment is thrilled to have entered into a partnership with Bummis, a Canadian cloth diapering company who have been pioneering the industry since 1988. Beginning this year, our Anointment Baby Balm samples (with a brand new 10th anniversary look are being included in Bummis Organic Cotton Diapering and BeautifulBASIC kits. Betsy Thomas, one of the founders of Bummis knows … [Read more...] about The Quest for Balance: A chat with Betsy Thomas of Bummis
