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instagram.com/poppytalk With Google Reader soon closing (July 1st/13) there are just a couple of weeks left to save your Google Reader subscribers.  Do you know where you'll be taking yours? Mayb…

Contributor post by Meighan O'Toole Last week I wrote about Over , a beautiful app that adds font to your images for the iOS (iPhone and iPad). But sadly it's not available for Android user…

Contributor post by Meighan O'Toole Hey everyone - I 'm thrilled to introduce a new series here on the blog today written by my friend Meighan O'Toole out of Oakland, CA who has just lau…

Arounna of bookhou wrote a thoughtful post today on her blog about the how much is involved in making something handmade in response to a customer who left feedback on her etsy account complaining …

Contributor post by Caroline and Jose of  Handcrafted Consulting Surreal Portrait by ElleMoss The New Year is upon us, and this time of the season we all seem to reflect on what has been, and dream…

Photo: Joy Deangdeelert Cho - Layout - Bloesem Friends, I have another fun giveaway to do today, this time Joy Deangdeelert Cho's latest book, Blog, Inc. - a book about how to have a successfu…

Contributor post by Caroline and Jose of Paloma's Nest and Handcrafted Consulting Print by PoolPony In our previous post we talked about writing a well-branded email, and how the way you communi…

How fun is this new Mailroom App from Cartolina ! The perfect iPhone app for Etsy sellers, designers and the visually obsessed, the Mailroom app is a fun way for creative entrepreneurs to send casua…

Contributor post by Caroline and Jose of Handcrafted Consulting Felt Arrow by OrdinaryMommy There are several new features and ideas floating around Etsy these days!  If you are an Etsy Seller, you…

Contributor post by Caroline and Jose of Handcrafted Consulting Image from © Lime Lane Photography The word "brand" is something we bring up a lot when talking about building and marketin…

Contributor post by  Caroline and Jose of Handcrafted Consulting print by Lisa Congdon {Today we welcome new business contributors  to Poppytalk, Caroline and Jose of Handcrafted Consulting . But b…

Contributor post by Rena Tom What is a media kit and why is it important to have? A media kit, or press kit, is an oft-overlooked part of your creative business. Why go to the trouble of putting toge…

Contributor post by Rena Tom tovicorrie If you sell both direct to the customer and to stores, you may be surprised to find that you are taking different kinds of photos for retail a…

Contributor post by Rena Tom  Quill and Fox Today I want to talk about gratitude. It’s been on my mind a lot recently for a variety of reasons. Mother’s Day is coming up, the weather where I live has…

Contributor post by Rena Tom As you start to envision your products on the shelves of stores, you should also think about how you’d like them to get there. If you wholesale your work, you sell invent…

Contributor post by Rena Tom I'm most of the way through a book called  Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell. It’s a great read about pricin…

Contributor post by Rena Tom Photo by Janis Nicolay Something big happened last week, and it didn’t get very much coverage. Moss , a very venerable design store in SoHo, New York, announced that it …

Contributor post by Rena Tom (Yours truly dreaming out loud in front of a ballroom full of people at ALT Design Summit 2012. Photo by Justin Hackworth . ) I just came back from Salt Lake City, Utah,…

Contributor post by Rena Tom By girlhula I am so happy to be back with more small business advice for the new year. We’re past the holiday season but it’s a great time to make a list and check it tw…

Contributor post by Rena Tom Squackdoodle I talk to a lot of businesses about their product line. Like Goldilocks, there is much hemming and hawing over whether or not the products are "just rig…