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{We want to include your handmade shop in our Summer Gift Guide!}

May 13, 2013 by
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I know I talk about this all the time, but it’s so true — one of my very favorite things about the Gussy Sews community is the encouragement you all bring, to me and to each other. Sometimes it comes in the form of handmade, other times it’s business chatter, and some times [perhaps my [...]

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{On mixing mamahood + handmade life.}

April 4, 2013 by
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One of my very wise and dear friends, Liv Lane, is guest blogging today on a topic that I know many of us hold very close to our hearts: how to mix mamahood + handmade life. Now that our little one is here I am working on juggling my new role as a mama :) [...]

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{Does your handmade shop need fresh fabric designs?}

April 1, 2013 by
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Hey, fabric lovers — have you heard of Spoonflower? I first heard of them a few years ago and had my first experience sewing with their fabrics for this BurdaStyle project where I tested out one of their purse patterns from their November 2011 book, The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook.* What I loved the most about [...]

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{How to find inspiration for new product designs.}

February 25, 2013 by
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This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to Aimy Michelle (be sure to check your email). Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway and a big THANK YOU to Red Letter Words for supplying it. Being the owner + designer of a handmade shop brings many fun tasks to my to-do lists, but probably my [...]

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{A new theory on using a calendar + 3 of my best tips.}

January 15, 2013 by
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Even though I work from home full-time I’ve realized something so important, it’s literally “do this, or fail”: I absolutely must follow a calendar. An average day easily includes both blog + shop work, and without a schedule via my calendar I would get nothing done. And it’s not because I’m not bored with my [...]

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