I’ve been running my handmade business for over a decade and I’ve helped A LOT of other people build their own businesses. I’ve seen that there are 4 distinct stages of a handmade business. 4 different income or sales levels that are quite different from each other.

In this post, I’m going to break those down and explain to you what you need to do at each of these different levels.

If your handmade business has plateaued and you’re not sure what to do, read this post because I’m going to share with you what you can work on so you can bust through the slow times and get back into making more sales than ever.

Before we get into the meat and potatoes of this post, I just want you to know, it’s totally normal to have your business stop growing.

Every business goes through a phase like this, sometimes even multiple times in the life of …

This post was really hard for me to do because there’s very little in my business that I would change or that I regret doing.

Nevertheless, I was able to come up with 5 things that I would do differently if I were to start my business all over again from scratch, after knowing what I know from making over a $1,000,000 in sales and spending 14 years running my own handmade jewelry business.

When you go into business for yourself, you’re putting your soul and work out there for the entire world to see.

It’s vulnerable and it’s scary. I guarantee you, you will experience (if you haven’t already) people who want to criticize you, say mean things about you, and give you negative feedback about your work.

What I’ve learned over the years is you don’t have to change yourself to still be successful in business. You just need to create some systems to make your business work for …