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Creative Bag: Good things come in pretty packaging

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{A sponsored post by Lorrie Everitt from Creative Bag} I left my corporate day job in 2005 to purse my dream of starting my own creative business. While working for over twenty years as a visual merchandiser and marketing director for a number of large retail companies, I learned a couple of valuable lessons about selling anything. First, more often than not, customers … [Read more...] about Creative Bag: Good things come in pretty packaging

Maritime Makers #CraftParty

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Maritime Makers is a new volunteer collective founded when advocates of handmade from Atlantic Canada met at the Etsy Team Captain Summit in Toronto at this February. We saw a need for one main portal to connect the work of Maritime makers and maker culture in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland/Labrador, and Prince Edward Island similar to how OMHG has connected makers … [Read more...] about Maritime Makers #CraftParty

2015 Maker’s Retreat with Oh My! Handmade

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Gather to make more community, kindness, comfort, friendship, family, warmth, delight and creativity. When we gather with the intention of nurturing honest connection we make room for real magic. The requirements for making magic are simple: a warm welcome, a beautiful place, kind diverse people, whole local foods for the body, and nourishment for the head, heart, and hands. … [Read more...] about 2015 Maker’s Retreat with Oh My! Handmade

Ethical Guidelines for Blogging

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Blogging seems simple enough! But did you know that you could get in legal trouble for blogging, or at least risk angering someone you admire? Consider some basic blogging ethics and understand the legal issues with blogging. Not only do you want to keep things legal, but you want your readers to trust and respect you. Here are some things to think about. Copyright and … [Read more...] about Ethical Guidelines for Blogging

{Match + Maker} Round 3: Australia – Italy – Tokyo

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It is time for the last round of Match + Maker! As a community we spent February pairing up makers and making matches to help us all connect and create. Meet friends from Hong Kong to Halifax in Round 1, San Francisco to Quebec in Round 2, & makers from all over the world today. Pack your bags, we're visiting Moldova, Italy, Australia, Canada, Tokyo, UK, and the USA! How … [Read more...] about {Match + Maker} Round 3: Australia – Italy – Tokyo