One year, eight months, 16 days Posted By Lorena I've been a widow now for one year, eight months, and sixteen days. Twenty months and two weeks, if you call it by the way...
Dear Tim; who were you, even? Posted By Lorena CW: grief, confusion, anger, you know, all that stuff that comes with death of a spouse and being a widow. Dear Tim; Sometimes I wonder......
What it’s like to advertise as a small, one person, maker/artist/craft business Posted By Lorena 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...
This Week in Vacation Planning (10/22/23) Posted By Lorena At this point the dates for my vacation next year have changed so many times, I've started not even telling my friends with whom I...
Ramblings Don’t Panic: an update to why I left Etsy for Shopify (and a quick rundown of other Hosting Alternatives) Posted By Lorena You may be familiar with the blog post I wrote a few years ago for Lisa over at Marketing Creativity - Why I left Etsy:... Read More
Ramblings A few reasons to think about leaving Etsy Posted By Lorena Did you see my post last week on a few reasons why Etsy is a great place to start your online shop? Here are a... Read More
Ramblings A few reasons why Etsy is a great place to start a small online handmade-items shop Posted By Lorena 1. Etsy has very little startup costs. You have to pay to list your items as you list them, and other than that your only... Read More
Ceramics Ramblings Musings on pricing one’s work Posted By Lorena Yesterday I drove about an hour south of where I live, to buy some supplies from a reasonably-local business (I call it "reasonably local" because... Read More
Ramblings Wednesday Wisdom: It’s OK to say no Posted By Lorena When it comes to doing something for your small one-person-run business, it's hard to say "no." When it's something that can get you exposure, get... Read More
Ramblings Free Advice Friday: Stats and item views on your Etsy (or other) shop Posted By Lorena I have a love/hate relationship with the forums over at Etsy. On one hand, there is genuinely useful information in there, if you can get... Read More