coffee spoon by beehive kitchenware
lots of fresh faces around scoutie girl lately!! welcome to all of you! whether this is your first time or your 101st time, you can find out more about scoutie girl and its contributors to get a feel for what we do here. we’re all about promoting indie craft and design while bringing people together around our shared vision.
you can also connect with scoutie girl on twitter and on facebook – where i post even more great handmade finds & posts from around the blogosphere.
i’m also happy to tell you that you can catch megan, from crafting an mba, and i over at the storque today sharing 3 tips for using wholesale or trade shows to boost your handmade business. we wanted to share our observations from the recent trip to the buyers market of american craft and show off a few more of our great finds from the show!
please click on over and leave a comment!
for more of my finds from the buyers market, check out my previous posts!
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about 
Hi Tara!
I looove the article, helps so much, thank you!!!
I’m wondering where this “coffee” soon is from?! I love that!!
ack!! so sorry, hijiri! i’ve added the credit now. but the spoon in the image is from beehive kitchenware on etsy. you can now click the link under the picture!
welcome to scoutie girl!
oh cool!! thank you, Tara!!
I realized that I misspelled “spoon”
oops. but thank you for that link, it is so cute 
oh that sounds like it will need my full attention! I plan on grabbing a hot tea when I get back home to sit down and enjoy the article. Can’t wait!
great, natalie! i can’t wait to hear what you think!
Hi Tara – Just found your blog via the awesome article in the Storque. Love the article (so many helpful tips!) and your blog is great too. I’m off to peruse all your great finds…
hi heather! welcome! so glad you found the article helpful. for more great tips, you’ve got to check out megan’s blog, http://craftmba.com – it’s really fantastic!
Tara, I did what I said, grabbed that hot tea and sat down for some reading. I took notes on what you had to say and once I get my new product line launched, I will hopefully be able to establish more of a brand and eventually participate in a show. I think you are right about building your brand first. I’d love to be someones etsy/blog crush one day! Thank you for all of your tips. And of course love Megan’s blog.
Really loved this article. You guys made some very good points and was thought provoking.
thanks, jennifer! so glad the post was helpful
Hi Tara,
Thanks so much for sharing such great information in your article on the Storque. You guys pointed out lots of things I would never think of…Great job!
hi kelly! it’s so hard to see things when you’re always looking from the same perspective. i hope we gave you a different view! thanks for the great feedback.
Thanks Tara – it’s on my (increasingly longer) list of blogs to check out.
I just read the Storque article on Etsy and wish I had known all this great information before going to a big Trade Show, which was a last minute opportunity for us that we decided to take advantage of. Nevertheless, I’m glad we went and now we are prepared with even more great information thanks to you and Megan Auman! I so appreciate you guys educating artists and designers online like this! This is exactly what I have been looking for!
thanks for such positive feedback, jonna! i’m sure your next show will be a smash!
Hi Tara,
I just read the Storque article and it really inspired me. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve experienced some very difficult personal situations that had left me feeling very unmotivated. I haven’t been able to tweet or write anything on Facebook, much less create anything. After reading the article and seeing all the wonderful success stories, I discovered that there is still a little spark of “I can do this left in me”. While not quite ready to jump back in with both feet, I am going to pick up my crochet needle again and see what comes out. Thanks so much to all the wonderful artists that shared their success. I’m bookmarking all your sites and using them for some much needed inspiration.
Found the Storque article in my email and I am so glad that I decided to read it. I do craft shows and I can see how the info provided will come in very handy this season. I like “Emily” in the comment above have also been feeling “unmotivated” and have neglected my blog as well as my shop. Reading articles like this one really makes me realize that success is out there for those that are willing to work for it. Thanks for the renewed spirit.