Rabbit trinket dishes
Lorena
For my next shop update (probably July?) I want to have remade all of the current trinket dishes (I’m making them a little larger and want to get replace the…
HaldeCraft
The February 2026 Patreon Ceramics
One of the (many) things I do over on Patreon (shameless plug) is make ceramics for those who are in the highest tier. This is what I made for February.…
More Than a Little Tired: The State of the Place
Here’s where I am right now. I wanted to take two weeks off at Christmas to have a little physical (and mental) down-time and be able to spend a good…
Time for that annual review, Ms. Haldeman!
That’s right, y’all, it’s that time of year when my boss (me) takes me (also me) into her/my office to discuss what happened over the last 11-12 months and what…
Back to life, back to reality
I just looked up the lyrics of that song, to see if there was a good stanza or something I could use in this post, something to tie my topic…
HaldeCraft: Lack of motivation? Perfectionism? Procrastination? Burnout?
For immediate lack of a better term, I’m going to say that since I got back from Ireland, I’ve had a severe case of Being Unmotivated. But… is it really?…
What it’s like to advertise as a small, one person, maker/artist/craft business
In short? A f’in nightmare. Print advertising seems like it’s hardly worth mentioning. I’d love to be able to afford to advertise in my favorite feminist magazine… I did, once,…
Oh, yay, finding new accounting software is my FAVORITE
Remember my post a few months ago, about Craftybase? (Part One; Part Two) Well. They sent out an email a few weeks ago, and honestly I read it and was…
More on that video/ring light confunction
After reviewing ring lights, good ones (well, “well-reviewed” ones) I think the answer is going to be jury-rig something myself out of three different things and suck it up if…
Accounting puts the irk in wirk (Part 2)
In Part One (here), I talked about how I came to Craftybase after leaving Outright/GoDaddy Accounting. I talked about how I didn’t have the time to devote to it that…
Accounting puts the irk in wirk
This may come as a surprise to you if you know me, but… I didn’t start my own home-based craft business so that I could do my own accounting. I…
GLAM 2022 recap
I started to write this last night, stared at the screen for about an hour and a half with one line on it, and went to bed at about 8:30.…