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Running a Creative Business – The Graphics Fairy

After over three years of blogging, I’m finally taking a week off. I’ll still have posts going up this week, but I am going as “unplugged” as possible. I decided to bring in a few of my business-savvy friends to share some words of wisdom with all of my entrepreneurial readers out there. I know many of you enjoyed the business series I posted a while ago and add to here and there, so I thought it would be nice to add some stories and advice from other successful creative business owners. Of course I had to ask Karen, aka The Graphics Fairy to share her knowledge. She is super savvy, super successful and she’s been mentioned in dozens of crafting/decor magazines and hundreds (maybe thousands) of blogs. She’s the kind of girl who knows what to do with a good idea! Karen is also so generous with her knowledge and

September 26, 2012 No Comments

buying & selling antiques

Shop Lucketts | Last Call Sale

I know a lot of you have enjoyed being able to have a piece of Vintage Hip Lucketts style shipped to your doorstep. If you’ve had your eye on something and have been waiting for a sale, well, it’s a good time to visit the site again. They are running a last call clearance sale on 25+ items to make room for new inventory and holiday goodness. Many of these last call items cannot be ordered again, so get them before they sell out. Here are a few of the new pieces that just became available… (The color of that glass is gorgeous, right?) The Lucketts ladies asked what you wanted and these types of items were requested the most. You can check out all of the new listings HERE. Lastly, I’m so excited to share that Shop Lucketts is selling my line of

September 25, 2012 No Comments

buying & selling antiques

Glitter, Stir Sticks & Bella Rustica

For years I have been making glittered letters to sell in my space, first at the Lucketts Fair, then at Wild Rose and finally in my space at Lucketts. They always sell well, but they are tedious to make and are pretty messy. My move to the lobby left me without a great place to hang my over-sized magnet board, so I decided it was a good time to switch gears. Instead of selling the glittered letters, I’m going to sell the glitter. That way people can make their own glittered letters or glittered whatevers! I still plan to do a ton of glittering for Christmas, but I won’t carry the magnetic letters. I had fun putting a little display together for it… I’m still working out the packaging, but for now I’m selling it in these miniature clear paint cans. So, we’ll see how

September 20, 2012 No Comments

buying & selling antiques

Shop Lucketts – Deal Alert

Shop Lucketts has another special deal this month for my readers. It’s this beautiful tall candle holder that usually retails for $45 and is now $35! Here’s what Suzanne and Amy have to say about this piece and why they selected it… “You’ve all asked us for more decorative and table top pieces, and this new item is quite a beauty! Our candle stand features delicate metal flowers surrounding a tall glass candle cover. We love this item because of its height and we’ve found these are a go-to item at our Design House whenever we need to add height to our console table decor or create interesting tablescapes. A great tablescape needs texture and variety in height to keep your interest. This piece does just the trick, and a candle can be added for gorgeous light during dinner. I can just imagine how beautiful these would be as

September 4, 2012 No Comments

buying & selling antiques

Milk Paint at Lucketts!

On Thursday, I drove down to Lucketts with Faith and my husband and we worked on getting my space in the lobby looking great and filled with milk paint. I’ve been in the lobby for a couple of months, but it’s been hard for me to get settled there. With the milk paint finally in transit from Canada, I asked two design gurus, Suzanne and Amy of Design House fame, to help me with the layout of the space. Suzanne traded a slim, glass topped shirt counter for my HUGE hardware counter and she also loaned me the hutch on the back wall. Soooooo much better. I’m selling the two tall bookcases, so the back wall can be a spot for furniture pieces. I’m hoping to figure out how to maximize that little nook and fill it with cozy furnishings and accessories and hang some of my hand painted

September 1, 2012 No Comments

Furniture Feature Friday – Excuses & a Link Party

I didn’t have the time to pick favorites today because… …I was moving all of my Milk Paint into my space at Lucketts. I was so busy trying to get it all done that I didn’t get to have a teary moment until I looked at this picture. God has really blessed this endeavor. Wow. …and I’m late because… I was working on the new MMS Milk Paint website! I still have a lot of work to do to get all of the information posted and all of the retailers listed, but it’s a great start! …and I didn’t turn in my book report because my dog ate it. Here are the rules for our furniture get-together… 1.) Your post has to be about furniture. Please, please, please…just furniture. If you find your link has been deleted, it’s not because I’m mean, it’s because your post was not about

August 31, 2012 No Comments

buying & selling antiques

doing something, a counter swap & a sale

The blog world is wonderful, but there are downsides. One of those that I’ve been ignoring for a long time is sites that steal content from bloggers. I’m not talking about the people who use a picture or highlight a favorite project, but people who rip off entire posts and either claim them as their own or “collect all of your favorite blogs in one place.” Those sites might seem convenient for readers, but it is theft. Can you imagine if I gathered all of my favorite magazine articles, cut the pages out, scanned them, put together my own magazine and then made money from ads and subscriptions claiming I’m offering this great service of “collecting all of your favorite magazine articles in one magazine”? Well, that is what is happening to bloggers. We work hard to create our content and then it’s swiped automatically from our feeds and published without our knowledge

August 29, 2012 No Comments

Miscellaneus

there are limits…

If you’re a risk -taker, a work-horse, a dream-chaser or a go-getter, you know that it can be tough to find your limits. You always feel like you can do more and it’ll all work out. Some can, but I think most people who fit into that category think they can and then they get burned out. There have been times in the four years I’ve been doing business when I’ve been burnt out, but it’s always just been for a week or two and then I’m ready to roll again. I’m not feeling burnt out now, but I don’t want to get to that point. I L-O-V-E what I’m doing. I love this blog. I love my business. I love the opportunities I’ve gotten from it. But there are limits and I haven’t been very good at setting them. A few months ago, my gallbladder crapped out on

August 21, 2012 No Comments

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