joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
Day 16// About this time four years ago I had just found Etsy and the idea of women my age knowing how to sew, run a handmade business AND make a living fascinated me. Like seriously, I was fascinated. Up until that moment I never considered myself an entrepreneur, but something happened during that first… [Read More]
It’s true — we’re having a massive sale where most items are 30% off! All items are ready-to-ship*. Need a little more Gussy in your life? Hurry and shop now before we sell out. Sale runs through Friday, October 19th at 11:59pm PST, click here to shop Gussy! *Minus tote bags + market totes. PS…. [Read More]
outfit details: skinny jeans, v-neck shirt, crocheted cowl, ring, sandals I’m a few days late posting my 19 week bump update and my excuse is we’re working on new Gussy products for the shop. Squeeeeee, can you believe it? In just a little bit we’ll have our first California-made batch ready for you :) Make… [Read More]
Day 15// Deciding on a type of product to sell in your handmade shop — not to mention developing your style to infuse into your products, is kinda complicated, but only if you let it be complicated… and who wants that? Before deciding on your product, spend a couple of days reviewing, your talents {what… [Read More]
Day 14// Running a handmade business, really any online business, takes a lot of energy. Sometimes we need to give ourselves more freedom to step away from the computer for an entire day and let that be OK. If you are reading this today, on Sunday, please stop right now and close your computer. Spend time… [Read More]
Day 13// On Tuesday I asked you to share your biggest issue and many of you wrote that you’re dreams seem too big {you don’t know where to start}, you seriously doubt yourself + your talents, or you feel it’s time to hire {but you don’t know how}. The truth is we are all have big… [Read More]
Day 11// Running a handmade business takes an insane amount of energy, organization + daily/weekly upkeep that if you don’t feel confident in your workflow processes you will probably feel like a crazy lady. Snort. Today let’s talk about shipping product. When we had an apartment in Minneapolis I would ship product every day of… [Read More]
Day 11// OK, so answer this for me: Do you know what to do during slow seasons? All business have them, and some even have multiple seasons. My guess is your busy season is right after Christmas, throughout the summer + possibly once school has started. Having a slow season doesn’t mean you’re doing anything… [Read More]
Day 10// The longer I blog the quicker I am to feel overwhelmed with participating in all of the linky parties, online events + other seriously fun “stuff”. Because I want to participate in them all. There are so many creative parties to join. Because of course I like to bake. And of course I think… [Read More]
Day 9// Not to talk about all the “issues” we have as handmade business owners, but really, let’s talk about ’em! ;) I won’t deny it, being your own boss is hard at times. Designing product isn’t always a piece of cake. Staying on task with email, yep that’s hard too. And it’s totally possible for… [Read More]
