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Welcome @jennie1408248 and @sara1130893

Hi all! I'm Sara and I've been wanting to join The Starship all year, so I'm excited to finally be joining! I'm a creative workaholic, cat lady, avid reader, and I own three businesses (!!!).

-Bella deLuna Designs is my oldest business. I started it in 2007, and it's changed slightly over the years. Currently it's bohemian inspired jewelry, lunar…[Read more]

Hi, I'm Jennie and I just signed up a few days ago. Now that my youngest child has started full time school I'm excited to have a little more time for the business. I'm primarily an indie dyer but I enjoy making other things for crafters too. This year has been a big year for me as I have exhibited at my first festivals. I'm looking forward to…[Read more]

I still do both. I also sell on Ravely, Cratsy & Love knitting/crochet, but I am not really sure if I will continue those including etsy or why I persist with them as combined they make up a minuscule part of my sales – like less than 5%

I started with etsy when I was doing a previous crafty endeavour and originally just had a blog. About 18…[Read more]

I still do both. I also sell on Ravely, Cratsy & Love knitting/crochet, but I am not really sure if I will continue those including etsy or why I persist with them as combined they make up a minuscule part of my sales – like less than 5%

I started with etsy when I was doing a previous crafty endeavour and originally just had a blog. About 18…[Read more]

I still do both. I also sell on Ravely, Cratsy & Love knitting/crochet, but I am not really sure if I will continue those including etsy or why I persist with them as combined they make up a minuscule part of my sales – like less than 5%

I started with etsy when I was doing a previous crafty endeavour and originally just had a blog. About 18…[Read more]

Yay, @jill-wolcott!

I've just gone through this decision-making process myself. Some questions to think about:

Where does your traffic come from? If you're getting traffic through Etsy search, then that can be a valuable resource. But if you're truly driving your own traffic to Etsy and feel you can drive that traffic to your website, then it might be better to have…[Read more]

Hi Sussan, yes.. i think that sending them an email to ask them to be more specific is in no way unproffessional. IF you cannot find a publisher who suits you, self publishing may be the way to go. Good luck with it. I love afghans!!!

Thanks so much Nessa..yes..Kimberley is spot on

Thanks Kimberly … i think your right there….i will have to think about this…(so lovely to see you again.)

Thanks for this Tanja!!! Its so true… if it doesnt work i try something else