How to make your Market Stall setup run like clockwork: Easy, Fast, On-time and Stress-Free – every time!
The first few times (or several times!) I had my own market stall setup at the super-popular Handmade Markets here in Canberra, I was stressed. Even though my setup was simple and easy, I was always low on time, rushing, and had forgotten a bunch of stuff. Starting...
How much do you need to make and sell to earn a living from your creative business?
There’s a big difference between making as a hobby, and making for a living, and today I’m going to share with you something that will give you an idea of how many things you’ll need to be making and selling every day, week, or month, to be bringing in a respectable...
How to build your own market stall shelving
After a long period of not attending any markets (to focus on The Makers’ Hub, which I’ve now closed), I decided to dip my toes back into the market stall game a couple of year ago. In the lead-up, I whipped up a shelving display to use at the Show &...
Outsourcing 101 with The Savvy Assistant
As a maker, small business owner and all round kick-ass person, you are no doubt under the pump trying to do it all and MORE every, single, day. As your business grows you may find yourself pulled in far too many directions and your creative mojo suffering as a...
What is the real VALUE of your products?
Have you ever sat down and worked out the true value of the products you are creating? Not the cost to make them, not the amount you price them at, but the true VALUE your products bring to the world? This should be a massive factor in the pricing of your goods, but...
Three tips for upgrading and organising your home studio or craft room on a budget
This post is to help you make your home studio look GREAT (on a budget!), by organising and upgrading in just a few simple steps. When you work from home, you really need a dedicated space to work from, be it a home studio, a small study nook or office, or a desk in...
How to get your business back on track with a routine, a schedule and 3 to-do lists
Sometimes, despite our best intentions, the plans for our business can go a bit off track. As creatives, we get ideas that can distract us (LOTS of ideas) and can become unfocused from what we should really be working on day to day. So how do you get back on the...
Why you should be styling your product photos
When selling your products online or showcasing them on your website, using excellent photographs could be the difference between a sale and a closed browser window. Your product photos need to entice the viewer to want to know more about the item, and ultimately get...
What the hell is a SMART goal?
If you spend any time around here, you’ll find I bang on about goals quite a bit, and the importance of making them smart. You might have come across the smart acronym before, but if not, I’m here to tell you all about it, how you can make your goals smart...
How to trace your brush lettering in Illustrator
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to trace and digitise your hand lettering or brush script in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial you will use the live trace command, the selection tools, ungroup command, make compound path command, smooth tool, edit using anchor...
How to make sure you see my emails
How to make sure you see my emails Gmail: In your inbox, locate any email from me Drag this email to the “primary” tab of your inbox If prompted, say yes, you would like my emails to go to your primary tab always Yahoo: When opening an email message, a “+” symbol...
How I made $607 in my first online market, and how you can too!
When I was on maternity leave with Rafa (now in primary school!), I was selling my handmade jewellery regularly in boutiques across Australia, at local markets, and online through Etsy and Madeit. While all these avenues were fairly successful, I found the online...
Why you need to FOCUS… Right. Now.
I bet you made a to-do list for your business today or this week (either mentally, digitally or on paper), and it has more than 7 things on it. And I bet all those things are in different areas of your work and life, and do not have a common goal or focus (if they do,...
The 2016 Wall Planner design has landed!
This years Wall Planner is available now! CLICK HERE I’m happy to announce that the 2016 Wall Planner is now available, and is printable to A1 size (which is nice and BIG!). You can of course print it at smaller sizes too, so go wild and do whatever works for...