5 Ways to Show Your Clients that You Understand Them

When you have your own business it comes through very quickly just how important your treasured clients are and how true the 80/20 rule is. So showing the 20% of your clients who generate 80% of your income your appreciation is obviously an important way to nurture...

How Can $100 be Spent Hundreds of Times and Keep Its Value

I always do a bundle of present shopping at the Tasmanian Craft Fair with my fellow makers. I love being able to find something beautiful, different and well priced. But one of the things I love the most is the circle of money moving; I spend the money I earn from...

How A Craft Fair Creates Families and Supports a Community

It’s no secret that I love going to Tasmania every year to attend the Tasmanian Craft Fair and to have a holiday. I find catching up with my family of friends there deeply enriching and heart warming. We greet each other with hugs and laughter, telling tales from the...

When to Feed the Creative Spirits

I’ve been hanging out to get here, to a breezy northern Tasmanian beach with the sunshine on my shoulders, walking through saltwater at low tide out to a little island with rowdy birds. In the water there are starfish that wobble and I’m too cautious to actually...

How to Get Beyond Feeling Overwhelmed and Make Money from Your Art

I heard a very talented artist say, “I could be making a lot more money from my paintings if I just took the photos and put things online,  but I don’t because it’s too overwhelming” and it got me thinking. Yes, the idea of getting a big collection of art online with...