After ten years in the web design business, I'm taking a turn being the client. I'm taking our lessons to heart and getting out of my designer's way by sticking to our guidelines. After being involved in hundreds of design projects, this is about as insider-y as logo design tips get, so read on to get some knowledge you can use when it's your turn to hire a … [Read more...] about Logo Design Tips: Allowing Your Designer to Shine
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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
Formulating A Plan for Your Dreams with Mad Scientist & Seamstress Erin
At your day job, you’re the type to knit through staff meetings, sketch your co-workers while on the telephone, or read photography blogs on your lunch break. You dream about running your own creative business in the future but you’re not ready to take the leap right now for any of a number of reasons – from money to timing to self-confidence. I’m in the same position. I’m … [Read more...] about Formulating A Plan for Your Dreams with Mad Scientist & Seamstress Erin
Lumberjack Attack! An OMHG Collaboration
I had a gut feeling that advertising in the Oh My! Handmade Creative Marketplace would be one of the best business decisions I've ever made, but I had no idea how much goodness would come in the way it did. When I signed up, I wasn't aware that I'd also get a membership to the community forums which were still being built and I also didn't know how many amazing people I would … [Read more...] about Lumberjack Attack! An OMHG Collaboration
Etsy Shop Photography: Advice for New Shop Owners
Is it really already September? If you read my previous post Feature Perfect: Etsy Shop Product Photography back in May, I had all intentions of writing this post here to go live in June. Yet, somehow it’s no longer June, is it? Well, for those of you who have been following my posts, starting with Grow Your Etsy Shop with Treasuries, this is the last post in the series and … [Read more...] about Etsy Shop Photography: Advice for New Shop Owners
