I want to share with you my current top 5 Shopify apps that either help me make money or save me a ton of time!

I use a lot of different apps for my Shopify site, and that’s one thing I love about using Shopify for my handmade shop. 

I know a lot of people complain about Shopify because after you get a store setup, you have to add on all these extra apps to really make your store do what you want. 

But I see that …

Since it’s Thanksgiving today I thought it would be fun to do a Thanksgiving edition post.

I will share with you the top four things that I am super grateful for in my business and life this year.  Essentially, this is a mini 2020 in review.

This year has been a doozy for everyone, so I wanted to write this post just focusing on some of the positive things that have happened for me, and this is in no particular order.

Investments

The first thing I am …

Today I’m going to share the top 3 reasons why handmade businesses fail so you can avoid this happening to your own business.

What Makes a Business Fail

This topic is always at the forefront of my mind because I want to see everyone succeed with their business.

But not everyone who wants to start a business succeeds and there are some common patterns that I’ve seen between those people who haven’t made it.

Mindset

I need to preface this post by saying that everything here will …

If you’ve already got one business and you’re thinking about starting a new one, you might be asking yourself if you should keep everything under one umbrella or start the new business from scratch. 

Keep reading to get the 5 questions that will help you make the right decision in a snap! 

I’ve been running a handmade business for over 14 years, and I’ve been coaching other small business owners on how to run their creative business for half of that time. 

And I run two completely …