I’m currently in St. Paul for BlogHer Handmade and The Creative Connection. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel with three lovely ladies – Tara, Anne, and Alicia. Our topic was Craft + Money: Intermediate to Advanced Techniques for Monetization, and you can check out the live blog transcript here. We had …
I spent most of the last day and a half bailing out from nearly five inches of water filling my basement, which also happens to be where my office and studio are. I’m not sharing this to get sympathy, or even as an excuse for not blogging. Rather, I want this to be a cautionary …
I’m out of town this week at New York Gift. If you’re at the show, I’d love to meet you! I’m in Accent on Design, booth #3973. (Or tweet @meganauman to connect.) How would your mindset about your business change if you HAD to make a living from your business? While at BlogHer, I …
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One of the cool parts about writing this blog is that I sometimes get invited to events at major craft institutions, both new and old. Last week, it was a party at Etsy. And some of you may recall that in February, I was invited to speak to the American Craft Council board. While I’m …
Posting may be kind of light here over the next few weeks as I’ve got a lot going on with my jewelry business. (I can’t believe NY Gift is less than three weeks away!) But I thought I’d share with you some of the things I’m working on this week, to give you a little …
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