a Meeting the Makers submission from Stacey Brown of Nisseworks I'm a great planner. I'm an awful follow-through'er. I don't anticipate roadblocks or challenges well, and I tend to get distracted fairly easily (ooh! shiny!). But when I decided to redesign and relaunch my website and business earlier this summer, I set out a plan that I thought was foolproof. I had pages … [Read more...] about Lessons Learned: redesigning, relaunching, realizing
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SPICE Up Your Life!
As many regular OMHG readers know, this past year has been a difficult one for me. While I'm fortunate to have amazing friends and family to lean on for support (including the amazing OMHG community!), sometimes you need more. In coping with the death of my father and the loss of my brother, I realized I needed some tools to help me deal more effectively with everything. … [Read more...] about SPICE Up Your Life!
5 Steps to Create a Successful Social Media Strategy
a sponsored post by Lynne Brehmer of SpreeWorks image credit: illustrated social media icons by tiff chow for her personal blog Social media is a great way to build relationships with your customers and grow your business. If you have an Etsy store you probably know that it can be hard to make sales by listing your products on Etsy alone. However, combining your Etsy store … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Create a Successful Social Media Strategy
editing: fear not the red pen!
Jessika and I met. There we were: editor + editor. But our roles are so different! How can we share the same job title? Language breaks down all the time, but never more so when we decide to use the same word for reasonably different things. editor=what? At Oh My Handmade Goodness, Jess is the kind of editor who curates themes. She decides that this will be Oh My University … [Read more...] about editing: fear not the red pen!
Design Journal for Knitting & Crochet Rockstars
Do you remember this awesome moosey mascot from last October? He's back again to give our fibre loving readers the inside scoop on an exciting new project from Lisa of Petite Tuques! If you love knitting & crochet and have thought of creating your own patterns to share with the world but are not sure where to start, Lisa has you covered. Her new printable PDF design … [Read more...] about Design Journal for Knitting & Crochet Rockstars