I’m getting ready for Mrs. Pinkadot’s Fourth Anniversary Flea Market on September 15th. I’ll have setup outside as a vendor and I’ll be h...

We’ve been talking about using social media to engage with your customers and your audience a lot lately. We’ve talked about providing th...

You might remember that I shared this pair of side tables in our Design Your Business Community on Facebook with a note about my intentio...

I was listening to an interview with Glennon Doyle the other day and in it, she said: “There is nothing more painful than seeing someone ...

Hey ya’ll, this is Emily (Joan’s virtual assistant) filling in while she’s traveling & visiting friends and family in Wisconsin this week...

Have you heard this phrase: “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” The theory being if you’re doing something you r...

You've filled your booth space with all your favorite desks, chairs, dishes, and lamps but nothing is selling. You’ve rearranged, added p...

As a serial entrepreneur, I’ve started quite a few businesses, some large (several retail stores) and some small (vegetable stand, grass ...

Do you procrastinate? Admit it, you do. Don't you? We all do, at least I think we do because I do. My friends do. So you must also. There...

I love a good bargain. Even more, I love a good bargain that I can clean, fix, re-purpose and re-sell for a profit. Thrift stores, Estate...

Have you seen the post that describes a creatives brain as a browser with 100 tabs open all at the same time? That's us. Or, the post say...

It's not a pretty picture, is it? We all get in a hurry and want immediate gratification. Often, we say "the preparation time far exceeds...

Am I the only one who gets excited when the the multi-page Harbor Freight Sale Flyer arrives in the mailbox? I think not. Some ladies enj...

I found this interesting little article to remind us of the value of recycling and keeping more stuff out of the land-fill. And I'm not j...