I think we are all familiar with the term ’summer school.’ Now, that may have struck fear in your heart as a child, but I have found a way to make summer school fun and the cool place to be!
I’m talking about Indie Biz Chicks Summer School! I’ve put together all kinds of classes and [...]

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers. We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog! If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

Yesterday, I traveled a couple hours south to Toledo, Ohio with my friend Deni to attend a scrapbook party. I picked up a few interesting lessons and thought I’d share them:
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone: It’s very common to get stuck in a pattern and sometimes, you gotta break it up a bit and [...]

Have you heard about The Indie Biz Chicks Conference yet? It is a free conference that I am putting together, and it will be taking place next week, May 6 & 7.  It is going to be held virtually, via conference line and web room so you can attend, no matter where you live!
Some of [...]

For me the month of September feels like the crafters New Year. There is so much to look forward to; the little ones have started/gone back to school (freeing up time for busy Mums), there are all of the rich autumn fabrics to drool over, we start spending more and more time in our [...]

If you are at the stage where you are thinking of taking on help, I salute you. It’s a brave step to make and I know how hard you must have worked to get to the stage where you need extra hands.
Amy of Coco Crafts recently asked me how I went about finding people [...]