start a creative business

Stage 6 – CEO of my own empire!
Ok that may be ‘bigging’ things up a little but actually that’s exactly where you’re at!!

Running your creative business part time is a huge mindset shift so make sure you acknowledge how far you’ve come and how amazing you are!

Stage 4 – All the spare time goes to craft fairs and advertising on social media, spending most evenings plus weekends on the creative business… It’s paying for materials plus a little extra to treat yourself and the family.

Stage 3 – I’ve sold, someone outside my friendship group has bought one of my creations!!

When family and friends are making requests and offering a contribution that usually means the learning and practicing is starting to show – well done!!

Think of this stage as your foundation, this is where you develop and improve the quality of your craft. This is also an ongoing stage! You never stop learning, improving and developing – this is one of the joys of being a creative and you need to keep the joy Read more…

There are several steps or stages in creating a creative business, I’ve tried to rationalise these down to 6 stages of a creative business, and the great thing is you’ve probably already gone through the first two or three without realising! I’ll delve deeper into each stage in the coming Read more…