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.

How I was able to charge $350 for a custom calligraphy job, and what that equaled in HOURLY TAKE-HOME PAY

A client once refused to be pay me $1500 - a contract would have prevented that from happening.