Here’s my best advice for making the most of your craft fair or vendor experience, based on my own success at various markets all around Los Angeles. These markets helped me make money, find customers and really launch my business out into the world!
How do you decide whether to treat your craft as a hobby or register it as an official business? It can be a tough decision - one that impacts your creative fulfillment, growth opportunities, and financial/legal consequences. So here’s some help from a former corporate lawyer on how to make that call.
Practical advice from a former lawyer on the legal & financial steps to officially setup your calligraphy business. Everything you need to get your lettering and calligraphy side hustle off the ground. There's never a better time to start and soon you'll be calling yourself a professional calligrapher!
My top three tips for getting corporate clients for your calligraphy business. Based on my real experience booking Dom Perignon and working with them for over a year!
Hoo-boy!! 2018 was a HUGE year for my business. This was the year that convinced me that I could actually do this - make a good living just off of my own creativity and gumption.
So here are the three biggest lessons I learned in 2018 (along with some cold, hard dolla-dolla numbers)
Oh man... INSTAGRAM! Probably the best thing that's ever happened to my business and the worst thing that's ever happened to my sanity. Recently, one of my calligraphy videos got featured by a compilation account with 4 MILLION FOLLOWERS! Holy shit! Here's what happened...
Setting up my table at UniqueLA was a super awesome experience. The main challenge was cramming all the goodies I wanted to sell onto a 6x3 foot table. But, after the weeks of planning and preparing, it was pretty awesome to see this empty space get filled with creative ideas and energy.
