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Using my experience as a shop owner and buyer, I’ll share several bestselling product categories and tips for incorporating them into your brick-and-mortar or online shop. 

Learn to make spooky bats with this DIY! These Halloween decorations are made from up-cycled toilet paper tubes and are so fun to make.

Learn how to use Cricut tools to create vinyl marketing messages and custom uniforms for retail stores. In this tutorial I share how to create iron on transfers and vinyl graphics with the Cricut Maker 3 and Easy Press 2. Our brick-and-mortar boutique relies on this equipment to frequently change our shop displays with ease.

Learn how to dye brilliant, flowing colors with ice dye! In this tutorial, I go over how to prepare your fabrics for ice dye, setting up a dye station in your home, sprinkling dye, and rinsing out your project. This technique is fun and accessible for artists of all ages! 

A few months ago I took a trip to Minnesota to do a few pop ups, teach some workshops, and (of course) visit my family. 7 years ago, I moved to the Bay Area from Minnesota. While I'm totally in...

In this guide, I'll share rug and tapestry-making techniques that you can try at home. This article provides a brief overview of rug tufting, latch hooking, bargello, and punch needle rug hooking and includes a list of materials needed for each craft.