Before I met and married my husband, I was a serial dater. I dated six guys–each for a year to a year and a half–before my husband. I usually only stayed single for a month or two before ...
“It must be nice not to have stuff to do all day. I wish I could work from home and only work a couple hours a day.” A guy said this to me as his wife was shopping in my booth at a craft ...
I’ve got a super exciting announcement for you. You’re going to want to sit down for this one. Are you sitting? When Mayi and I saw that Marie Forleo {you know–the genius marketer w...
Pet peeves. We all have them. People who blow their noses at the kitchen table while you’re still eating–and then have the audacity to open up the tissue and look at their snot. People wh...
Do you ever wonder how you would spend your time if money was not an issue? I can tell you one thing for sure–I would do many things. I wouldn’t pick one focus and stick to it forever. Th...
Nobody cares what you have to say. You’re not important. Who do you think you are? You’re nobody. My impression of your inner critic is pretty good, right? I think you’re in need of a pep talk. We al...
Let’s have some fun today. In today’s video, I’m giving you an assignment that I think you’re really going to like. As creative entrepreneurs, we’re constantly creating....
Do you feel guilty when you’re spending time with friends and family, because you think you should be spending time on your business? Do you feel guilty when you spend time on your business, be...
Monday was the first day in weeks that I wasn’t nauseous. No, I’m not pregnant. It’s nothing too exciting. I’m suffering from some pretty bad allergies. You know when your nos...
Do you ever have those days where you say to yourself, “What did you actually accomplish today?” and the answer is not much of anything. I hate those days. And, when I look back on them, ...
I’m allergic to gluten. Whenever I go out to eat, I know I’m taking a risk. But, I’m not a hermit and I don’t like to always eat at home. My husband and I pick the restaurants...
What are the values that you’ve built your business on? Do you consider those values before responding to negativity, before producing a new product line, or before writing a blog post? Values ...
What if everything you owned was taken from you? Your house–gone. Your car–gone. Your business assets–gone. Sounds like a sick nightmare, right? When you run a business, you put you...
A lot of entrepreneurs that I work with ask me, “How did you do it?” They want to know how I built this business and made it successful. They want to know how to replicate it for themselv...
I didn’t sleep well this past Tuesday night. You want to know why? Because on Wednesday I had the opportunity to chat with and interview the lovely Laura Roeder. I was so excited to talk to Lau...
Liquefied vegetables. Does that sound good or disgusting to you? When I first heard about green juice, I thought it would be more likely that I’d win American Idol than it would be to see me dr...
If we were meeting up for lunch two and a half years ago, I would probably have recommended that we meet at Mike’s Grill in Blacksburg where they serve the MOST delicious cheeseburgers you̵...
Download the worksheet discussed in the interview right here. You can check out Emily Thompson’s lovely site here. And, please take a minute to fill out the survey below! The first workshop is ...
Do you get hung up by trying to decide what to do next? Does your to-do list overwhelm you? I used to waste a lot of time making decisions on what to work on next on my to-do list. Running your own b...
Chaotic. Stressed. Tired. Excited. Motivated. That’s what I’m feeling this morning. My husband and I are moving from one home to another, and anybody who’s moved knows that it’...
{Photography and Styling by April Bowles-Olin}
Are you guilty of complaining about your boring day job that you wish you could quit in order to pursue your creative business full-time? I’ve been there–not the boring part–my job ...
I’m a hopeless romantic. I enjoy romantic comedies, date nights with my husband, weddings, and Rascal Flatts. Right before I walked down the aisle to marry my husband, a friend of the family sa...
{Personal Image} {Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from the lovely Tania Wojciechowski.} I’m staring at the white page in front of me – have been for about 20 minutes – wil...
Many of you know that I love to take pictures. Almost all of the pictures on this blog are taken by me. I also really enjoy getting inspired by color combinations and have fun putting those together ...
In last week’s video, I talked about why you should use video to promote your business and how to build up confidence to put yourself on video. To follow that up, I’m covering Hannah and ...
Today is the last day to enroll in: 1. ARTrepreneur {enrollment will not open up again for at least another six months} 2. Six Weeks to a Creative Business {enrollment will not open up for at least a...
You’ve got an online business. You want to connect with and engage more of your fans and customers. What to do…What to do? Use video. Hannah and Emily from @flychicksonline requested that...
{Personal Image} We’re nearing the end of the third week in January. This is the point where I notice less people at the gym, because they’re starting to give up on their goals—their New Year’s resol...
My mom and I share a lot of things. We have the same eyes and lips–when you see us in person, you KNOW we’re related. We both have sparkling personalities {ahem, tempers}. And, we both ha...
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