Hi to everyone! A little introduction before we get down to business. My name is Alyona, and I’ve been crafting for as long as I can remember — since childhood, really. For the past 20 years (yes, two decades!), I’ve…
Hi everyone! If you’ve been in the craft business for a while and feel like you’re doing everything wrong, pull up a chair. I want to teach you how to avoid the mistakes that took me more than 10 years…
Why Your Handmade Business Is Crickets 🦗 (And No, It’s Not Your Product!) Hi there! I assume if you clicked on this title, you are itching to know how to actually make money out of your favourite hobby – crafting.…
I Spent 10 Years Figuring Out Why My Website Had 1 Visitor a Day – So You Don’t Have To! You finally did it. You opened your website. YESSSSS! You polished every picture until your phone almost melted, wrote those…
5 Things I Learned Running My Handmade Shop (That No One Ever Tells You About) So… I’m not a marketing expert, okay? But after about ten years of having a handmade shop website (and more than one mild meltdown 😅),…
We’ve all been there — you set up your sewing machine, grab your phone, press record… and five seconds later your camera looks like it’s auditioning for an action movie. Every stitch makes it bounce, the whole table shakes, and…
Create, Connect, Repeat! Growing a DIY Business Through People. So, you’re the kind of person who gets energised by chatting, brainstorming, and probably ends every craft fair with five new best friends? 👀Then congratulations — you, my dear extrovert, have…
The Magical World of Handmade Lingerie Handmade lingerie (or any hobby per say) feels a little bit magical, doesn’t it? Fabrics, trims, elastic – all teaming up to transform into something far prettier than its humble parts. But at some…
The Myth of the Single Niche: Why Creative Minds Need More Than One Passion?! 🎯 When You’re Fed Up With Your Own Niche Ever wake up thinking, “If I see one more spool of thread, I might actually scream”? Yeah,…
Ever had those days when your sewing machine looks at you like, “Again?” 😅Yeah, same. Sometimes I just want to throw my fabric stash out the window, crawl under a blanket, and pretend Instagram doesn’t exist. But guess what? Your…
