With my love for Tasmania I always gravitate to magazine articles about those making a living in that beautiful part of the world and there’s always a constant comment of what a supportive environment surrounds creative creatures there. And I’ve noticed this myself on...
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I was talking to a very frustrated aunt at market on the weekend about her treasured artistic niece. This lady was very proud of the creative talent of her niece but was flummoxed by the lack of business skills training she had received as part of her tertiary arts...
My love for Tasmania is well known and I happily take the gentle ribbing I get from friends and family for my bubbly enthusiasm for the place. So they all had to put up with my child like excitement when the news came through on Thursday that I’ve been accepted into...
It is a regular conversation for me at market with women who are feeling frustrated with their daily lives about how envious they are of me with my creative life. Meanwhile I look at them with some level of envy for the steady income they have been able to build their...
For small business like Creatively Belle, the budget for advertising is very tiny as I simply don’t have the funds for things not to work. I also easily understand that getting my work out there is really important. So like many small business owners I’ve figured out...
As an ideas person I can easily over-complicate things, I start off with one question and in searching for the answer I let myself come up with a number of options. I start exploring each option, discarding, keeping others. The thing is, I tend to keep too many, I see...
One of the things I love about having a market stall are the conversations I have with complete strangers, mostly starting around my work and then often spinning off into unexpected directions. I think when people are at market they are usually happy, out relaxing for...
Over the last few years I’ve learnt that making the most of VIVID Sydney needs just a bit of planning, that is, if you want to be able to get around and see as much as possible without being overwhelmed by staggeringly big crowds by Sydney Harbour. Happily...
Setting up at market on Sunday I was laughing with my treasured market friend Natasha Dwyer from Arthur Avenue about how much we love the freedom of our little businesses, being at market and making a living from our creative talents. We do know how blessed we are for...
