Today I am heading south to Columbus, Ohio with my friends Beth & Lish from Handmade Detroit. We are going to meet up with Amy D. of MadeByAmyD.com, Olivia from Wholly Craft, and some other crafty peeps from Columbus. (and we are all very excited!)
I first found Amy D. through one of her ads in [...]

August is just around the corner and that means that it is almost back to school time! You may have put your school gear away a long time ago, but that doesn’t mean you should stop learning! If you want to be successful, you need  to KEEP learning new things!
Here are some things that you [...]

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 [...]