enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: small business
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I plan on sharing a few posts before the end of the year about how the Seafoam kit came to life. It's tricky to try and remember all this stuff and it's a bit nerve-wracking to share details of my good and bad decisions, but someday, surely, I'll find this interesting and the hope is…
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Every year, I get a little bit better at running my shop. It's a constant learning process and something that I struggle with a bit because my personality is very much : Quickly figure out what works and then do it until it doesn't work anymore. I don't like to "research" options. Usually, seeing all…
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Hooray! The Queen Bee Market was last weekend! And it went well. This is my second time as a vendor with Queen Bee (read about the first time here) and again, it was a good experience. I like the idea of stamps at a craft fair. I think they are a bit easier to "get"…
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Insanely busy week around here. I am collaborating on an e-course and doing lots of lesson writing. In fact "lots" doesn't cut it. It's a crazy amount of lesson writing. But I am much closer to the end than the beginning and that is a really great feeling. I'll be able to share more information…
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Email is my favorite and the bane of my existence. For better or worse though, it's the Internet lifeline and I am committed to staying on top of it. I love nothing more than a cleared inbox. (Truly, it's a favorite thing which I know is just sad.) Here are the things I do to…
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I was all over the place this week. I am currently playing, "hurry up and get ahead!" so that I have enough time later this month to dedicate to a big project. This means I need everything craft fair related ready to go (thankfully, it is!), holiday book papers prepped (almost there!) projects planned &…
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If you follow me on Instagram or twitter, you've seen peeks of this already, but I wanted to share here anyways… I have a new craft fair backdrop! One of the most enjoyable parts of prepping for this craft fair has been reformatting what I already have to work for new product. I tend to…
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I think I sign up to sell at craft fairs because I like to build displays. Merchandising was probably my favorite part of the job when I worked retail. It's incredibly fun to build something from nothing and decide what will work best for the product. But I was stumped for a few weeks when…
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I often get questions about how I work my personal life into my blog posts – where I draw the line, how I deal with privacy concerns, if I think sharing has helped grow my business, etc. This is a huge topic, and a great one for a reader question post. To start, I want…
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Over the past few years, I have gotten a few questions about how to "go for it" with a creative job. Very recently, I got a question that seemed to sum it all up… How can I start taking my blogging and creative work more seriously? First, congratulations on wanting to take that next step.…
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