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Oh my goodness, @tawny-reynolds, thank you so much!! That would be awesome. The KAL is being held from January 16th to February 17th, 2017. Please email me at Hello@DanaGervaisDesgns.com (or I can email you if you prefer) and we can work out the details and I can get your links and photos to promote the heck out of you!!). Thanks again 🙂

@dana-gervais Oh my goodness! I went to your website to see when the KAL was and look for more info to share… The socks in your gallery are absolutely gorgeous – I want them all! Unfortunately I'm not a knitter. 🙁 I need to find someone who knits your patterns in those gorgeous colors and sells the socks.

Anyway, since I'm not a knitter…[Read more]

I have a guest post that published today on ArtsyShark.com (It's a site showcasing individual artists and business advice for artists). “How Artists Earn: Wholesale and Online Retail” If you have peer groups or followers who'd be interested, please share! Link: http://bit.ly/2gVRjnM

Hey Captains!

I'm hosting my first ever KAL!! I'm anxious and excited at the same time. The KAL is being run in my Ravelry Group. I would love it if you would help spread the word – there will be fun and prizes! Also, I'm open to prize donations – I promise to promote the heck out of your business if you donate a prize 🙂

Welcome @carolien1598024! I know the Starship and the captains can help you with those challenges. I can't wait to get to know you and the other new captains! Boarding time brings so many interesting people and questions into the group.

Welcome to everyone who introduced themselves since I last checked the forums. @carmen1348054, @petra532928, @karen771705 welcome! I look forward to getting to know you and your businesses.

Hi! I'm Carolien and I'm a 34 year old creative biz owner living in the eastern part of the Netherlands with my husband and 2 Cornish Rex cats.

What’s your website?
http://www.kralalien.nl and http://www.colourfulcreativity.nl

What do you make?
I'd like to say what not… but there is enough I don't do. Mostly things where my hands get dirty like painting o…[Read more]

Hi! I'm Carolien and I'm a 34 year old creative biz owner living in the eastern part of the Netherlands with my husband and 2 Cornish Rex cats.

What’s your website?
http://www.kralalien.nl and http://www.colourfulcreativity.nl

What do you make?
I'd like to say what not… but there is enough I don't do. Mostly things where my hands get dirty like painting o…[Read more]

Hi! I'm Carolien and I'm a 34 year old creative biz owner living in the eastern part of the Netherlands with my husband and 2 Cornish Rex cats.

What’s your website?
http://www.kralalien.nl and http://www.colourfulcreativity.nl

What do you make?
I'd like to say what not… but there is enough I don't do. Mostly things where my hands get dirty like painting o…[Read more]

I've been so focused on getting stuff off my lists that I haven't taken a spare moment to come to the Starship. So, welcome new captains. Please talk in the forums! For those of us who don't make chat it is the only way we get to know you.

Yay, Leigh! What is your campaign about?

Welcome aboard to all the new captains 🙂

Congrats on putting it out there, @leigh1351956!!! It gets easier every time, I promise! As Tara likes to remind people, they signed up for your list because they WANT to hear from you, so don't be shy about talking to them!!

Hey @dawn-craig! I like both of Tanja's suggestions. If you can sell them later (like in your online shop) then I'd say make extra as long as you can afford to do so. If you're worried about them just languishing if they don't sell at this show then just bring 20-30 and have one designated as a sample so people can flip through and fill out…[Read more]

I've just sent my first campaign to the folk on my mailing list. It was just about shop update times before Christmas, but I could feel all the blood draining from my face as I pushed ‘GO'. I'm sure many of you have felt the same when you sent your first campaign.

Welcome, @karen771705!

@leigh1351956 that sounds like blogging, podcasts and (online) teaching would be totally your thing. Why not make money with those, too? You can talk about what makes your bags special and people who followed you for a while will see it as extra wonderful to get one of your handmade bags.

Hi, I am Karen in frosty North Dakota and happy to be on board! I am fairly new to designing..2016 was the first year that I started to take it seriously. So far, crocheting and knitting cowls with embellishments of buttons, beads or baubles of one sort or another. Right now, my patterns are available on Ravelry under the name Designs by…[Read more]

Joeli,
Can you give us a little info on why you chose Teachable, please? Also, if you could give us the pros/cons you considered? I've been looking at it, and just really need to focus.