December 2011
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best of… janice bear: I’m gonna snap!
Let’s take a look back on 2011 – the posts that inspired, challenged, and encouraged us. Today, enjoy one of Janice Bear’s most popular “Tooling Around” posts from August. How many times have you heard it? The key to getting sales at your internet shop is having good photos. Great! Sign me up! Oh no, [...]
About the Author
Janice Bear designs unique garters (for offbeat brides, burlesque, Tuesdays…) because she believes everything you wear should be a reflection of you – right down to your underpinnings. To learn more about what she does and why she does it, please visit her blog.
best of… regina morrison: eco-friendly laundry & dish detergent
Let’s take a look back on 2011 – the posts that inspired, challenged, and encouraged us. Today, enjoy this tutorial from Regina Morrison, published this past spring. I love eco-friendly cleaning products. They smell great, they don’t irritate my eyes or skin, and I don’t have to worry when my dog licks the shower. {Yeah, [...]
About the Author
Regina Morrison is the owner of a small handmade accessories business, Acute Designs, and a freelance writer. She recently escaped her 9-5 job and is actively pursuing a life as a handmade business owner. Read about her journey and business on her blog, where she posts daily. She currently lives in San Diego with her husband and two crazy dogs.
best of… dannielle cresp: support, encouragement, & determination
Let’s take a look back on 2011 – the posts that inspired, challenged, and encouraged us. Today, enjoy this gem from Dannielle Cresp, first published back in May. After talking with six awesome ladies about where their craftiness comes from, I noticed three themes that really link them together: support, encouragement and determination. When it [...]
About the Author
Dannielle Cresp is a creative direction enabler and web designer, creating a handmade friendly world through mindful living. Learn how you can too at her blog.
how do you end the year and start another?
When this post goes live, Christmas will have come and gone and New Year will just about be here. When November is drawing to a close, I always get to thinking about how I want to wind up the current year and get ready for the next. Be it: cleaning my studio, choosing a word [...]
About the Author
Liz Kalloch is an artist, designer, traveller, and writer who has worn many different creative and entrepreneurial hats – and some of these hats she has even designed and knitted herself. Her artwork – and life – is focused on searching the soul to stay connected to her life path, clarifying and re-clarifying a life purpose and always trying to listen more carefully to that inner voice that speaks the truth. These days you can find her in the San Francisco Bay area where she runs her own freelance design and art creating business and blogs about it here.
best of… gwyn michael: self-starting vs self-stumbling
Let’s take a look back on 2011 – the posts that inspired, challenged, and encouraged us. Today, enjoy Gwyn Michael’s very first post on Scoutie Girl. This first topic came to me as the result of starting a lot of new things at the same time (including this column) and stumbling a bit to meet [...]
About the Author
Gwyn Michael is an artist armed with a camera, Photoshop, some painting supplies, and a discerning eye. She is passionate about creating images that teach us to view the world differently or more deeply. To learn more about Gwyn, her inspirational art, and her passion for creative living, visit her website and blog. Gwyn frequently gives mini tutorials on Photoshop and offers creative challenges on her blog.
