Put that where, now?
Lorena
Sometimes I think about a third of running a business that you run out of your home is thinking “is there a better/more functional place I could put/store/work on this.”…
How I work
Options other than Shopify
For anyone coming to this months or years after I write it, please know that this is not an article comparing and contrasting every single ecommerce platform to help you…
Stay with Shopify, or….?
Pardon me while I think out loud for a thousand words or so. The ecommerce platform I use for HaldeCraft is Shopify. I started with Etsy in 2010 and quickly…
Do you ever just want to start over?
I’ve had to start over, start fresh, so many times. In … sixteen (?) years of school, I went to three different grade schools, three different middle schools (technically I…
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…
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…
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…
OK, Universe, got it – I’ll slow down
Ever had one of those weeks where everything you try to do takes longer, is frustrating, and comes out wrong? I’m heading into Week Three of that, so maybe it’s…