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 helping Joan with wha...

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

You might remember that I shared this pair of side tables in our Design Your Business Community on Facebook with a note about my intentions to fix them up an...

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 else doing what you w...

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

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 really like, it won’t...

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

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

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 is comfort in numbe...

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 Sales, Yard Sales, ...

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 saying when having a co...

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 the actual work tim...

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 enjoy the Ulta mailer, ...

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 just talking furnitur...