I recently invited Maria Thomas, Etsy.com’s CEO to give a speech to the attendees at Hello Craft’s first annual Summit of Awesome in Washington, D.C. The Summit of Awesome is a conference where crafters and artists get to spend the weekend meeting, learning and making. When I asked Maria to address the group, I sent [...]

Talk Shop is the series where we interview independent store owners from across the country, to get their inside take on running an independent business that supports the handmade community.
The Talk shop series went on a small hiatus since the holidays, but this segment is now back in full swing, and we’ve got some awesome [...]

Have you ever run into the problem of making with no one in mind to receive your handmade gift of awesome? So your thing of beauty ends up languishing away with no one to appreciate it?
Well no more! If you haven’t gotten around to trying your hand at selling, swap-bot is the perfect way to [...]

(Business cards I’ve made for my AlwaysAmy & AlsoAmy shops using photographs of my own items.)
Every one’s always talking about photos because taking great photos of your items isn’t easy but it is absolutely necessary if you want your shop to sell well & stand out.
I always say, ‘When in doubt, retake your photos!’ If [...]