Want to Be More Creative? Have More Fun
Have you ever looked at your own work and realized it's all starting to look the same? Maybe the reason you aren't happy with your work isn't that you've lost…
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Author: Hanna Brooks Olsen
9 Vintage Selfies That Prove Gen Y Didn’t Invent the Self-Portrait
The ubiquity of cell phones may have made the self-portrait a point of mockery, but it's not exactly a new medium. Photographers and regular folks have been setting up cameras…
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9 Smart DIY Storage Solutions for Crafters
With the frequency that your scissors go missing, you'd think they'd become sentient and grown legs. And finding the right color of yarn (or thread, or paper, or ink) in…
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Why Quitting Is Sometimes The Best Thing You Can Do
CreativeLive CEO Chase Jarvis will quickly tell you: He's a great quitter. He's quit all kinds of things, from various sports to med school. And you know what? It's been the…
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What Do Retailers Really Want? One zulily Craft Buyer Tells Us How to Stand Out
This week, Megan Auman is showing our craft audience how to sell their products to retailers – a crucial step for any small business. Curious about the process, we decided…
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8 Must-Have Sanity-Saving Apps for Freelancers
It's debatable whether or not the eight-hour workday works for everyone – or even anyone – mostly because it's darn near impossible to plop down in front of a computer…
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11 Vintage Photos of Old-Timey Musicians
This week, NPR reported on a study which found that the human brain, regardless of a person's perceived ability to keep a beat, can still keep time. The findings further…
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One Deceptively Simple Way To Get Paid More for Your Work
Photo via David Beyer on Flickr. Creative work is a case study in internal tension. Those of us who make things – whether it's photos, books, crafts, business plans, or…
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The Real Fears of Creatives: Money, Making Stuff, and Staying Current
Being a creative -- in whatever sense you may be, even if you choose not to use the adjective as a noun -- is deeply satisfying. Study after study has…
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6 Rules For Being Likable on Social Media
Social media is undeniably powerful for creatives, especially those of us who have small businesses or are self-employed as freelancers. Great for networking, finding potential clients, and doing market research,…
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