Business

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Businesswoman and author Felicia Lo Wong took an unusual path to launching a hand dyed yarn business in Vancouver, Canada.…

By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Owning a handmade business can be a wild ride. Just ask Angela Smith, owner and creative director of the Houston,…

Sometimes the best love stories are the ones we write with our children. Often underrated, the parent child bond is an awesome one…

Hello Friends! I’m sipping tea out of a vintage tea cup and enjoying a lovely and warmer than usual fall day here in West…

I can think of no better way to wrap up another  year of podcasting than to bring you an interview with Lisa Congdon,…

Those who admire Anna Joyce’s beautiful textile and design work from afar might assume that these things come easily to the artist and…

So how do you do it? How do you take your love of sewing or knitting or some other skill and turn it into…

Erica Lang has always known she is an artist at heart. But she was worried she would never find a job, so she…

Born a day apart, Jacob Vroon and Elyse Marie Welcher crossed paths for the first time in the Butterworth Hospital nursery in June…

Sometimes handmade business partnerships start in the most unlikely ways. Sean Maginity was working in the maintenance department at the Grand Rapids Public…

I spent the day drilling, sanding and pounding in pegs – not the most creative part of my gig. But I’m not complaining…

It’s way after midnight and I just sat down after a long day of loom building. I’m sleepy and happy that there will…