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We all have too much supplies and not enough space for it. It doesn’t matter if you have a craft room, a corner in the house or just a closet. These tips will help you get more space for all the supplies you need to store. 1. Stack I have a thing about boxes.Most boxes […]
With the new year comes the inevitable tasks of organizing documents and record keeping. They can be overwhelming, especially because you’re still winding down from the holiday season, but now is the time to get it all done! Here are a few ideas to get you started with this important step for your handmade business- […]
The beginning of the new year is a great time to organize your studio space. It’s a slower period for most handmade business owners because the busy season has passed and things have quieted down. Use it to clean up the workspace mess you’ve created during the holiday rush! Here are my top tips for […]
There are the fun parts of owning a small business: meeting new people, expressing your creativity, and earning money. Plus, there’s the not so fun parts: paper work, taxes, and tracking expenses. Let’s see if we can make that second part a little less painful with a few tips for tracking business expenses. When you […]
The to-do list… an essential part of small business organization. They can be daunting, but they’re necessary for remembering what needs to be worked on for a particular day, week, or month, and they’ll help you Stop Procrastinating. Instead of being intimidated by your to-do list, use the following hints to make it much easier! […]
Being super duper focused and getting entire piles of work done in a day is not one of my strong suits. Sure, I get quite a bit accomplished each day, but I know I also squander a lot of my time. So this year, it has been a goal of mine to improve my focus […]
Now that summer is here, have you finished your spring cleaning and organizing? Neither have I! Organizing is an endless challenge with new “stuff” arriving every day: stuff via email, stuff via snail mail, stuff from your child’s school, stuff from work, stuff that we purchase. Stuff, stuff, stuff! Dealing with all the stuff cluttering […]
January is the perfect time to get organized! This is the “fresh start” time of year, when you’re ready to make changes. Here are some areas that you’ll want to pay particular attention to: Supplies – Do you have craft supplies in every room? Do you ever find that you want to craft, but it […]
It’s super easy to start a day with the intention to get quite a lot accomplished only to find that by 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon you’ve hardly gotten anything done that you had wanted. Where did all of that time go? What exactly have you been doing? Why, oh why, didn’t you […]
One of the reasons many of us started working for ourselves is that we didn’t like having someone tell us what to do all day but that doesn’t mean we still don’t have deadlines. Whether you are preparing for a craft show, working for a manufacturer or have a book due to a publisher we […]
