For the entire month of October I published a post on Handmade Business. Some posts included tips to share, others addressed topics we personally have had to work through the challenging way, and other posts were a bit more simple yet thought-prov0king. Participating in this series was a brand new experience for me, however I [...]

Day 31// About this time one year ago we realized two huge somethings: if we didn’t change the way we made and priced our handmade items we wouldn’t remain profitable, and if we didn’t change these things we wouldn’t be in business for very long. Gussy Sews is my full-time job, the blog + shop [...]

Day 30// We made the choice to hire shop help pretty early on. I was still working my full-time day job when we made this decision, and while it was a little scary with a big dash of new-ness, we fully believed in what hiring help could do for Gussy Sews. One afternoon, while sitting [...]

Day 29// I started traveling to blog + handmade conferences about three months before I quit my day job to focus on Gussy Sews full time and I can absolutely credit many of the goals I’ve reached to the conferences I’ve attended. {WOW, what a testimony!} For me, investing financially — just like I talked [...]

Day 28// When you shop online from a handmade boutique, receiving an adorably packaged gift in the mail is half the fun! At least I think so, and t’s one of my favorite things about shopping handmade. Just recently we received a package from Barn Owl Primitives and Kristi’s use of kraft paper + twine [...]