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Dear Handmade Life

Dear Handmade Life

Dear Handmade Life

With over 20 years of experience running creative businesses, your host, Nicole Stevenson knows the joy and the struggles of being your own boss. Join her and her guests for business insights, life lessons and the stories behind their successes and lessons of their missteps so you can work smart, get creative inspiration, live joyfully and feel connected. Nicole is the CEO and Creative Director of Dear Handmade Life which produces Patchwork Show: Makers Festival and Craftcation Conference as well as a blog, online learning and this podcast. If you’re a creative misfit or a passionate small business owner, grab a drink and take a seat because you’re exactly where you need to be!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Dear Handmade Life episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Dear Handmade Life for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Dear Handmade Life episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Dear Handmade Life - 124: Healing Your Way to a Purposeful Life
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08/17/21 • 72 min

Healing your way to a purposeful life with Nakeia Homer, a well-being educator, mental wellness advocate, and author. Nakeia and Nicole talk about Nakeia's powerful story of healing, how trauma that you don't deal with holds you back from your highest self, mindset work, the first steps to begin to heal and much more.

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Dear Handmade Life - 14: Mastermind Group

14: Mastermind Group

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06/18/15 • 50 min

Delilah and Nicole went to Portland at the beginning of the year for a mastermind retreat hosted by their friend, author, speaker, business connoisseur and all around rad human, Kari Chapin - author of The Handmade Marketplace and Grow Your Handmade Business. It was an eye-opening experience. In this episode, they talk to Kari about what exactly a mastermind group is, personal experiences from the retreat, and how to create a mastermind group from scratch.

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Dear Handmade Life - 1: Intro

1: Intro

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01/12/15 • 7 min

Hello Everyone!

We’re so excited to share the first episode of our bi-weekly, Dear Handmade Life podcast with you. In this introduction episode we’ll talk about who we are, what we do, why we started our podcast and what to expect in future episodes. We hope you’ll join us every other week for drinks and discussions on creative business, DIY, craft and design for entrepreneurs and makers.

Each week we’ll feature a drink (sometimes it will be a cocktail and other times it may be a favorite tea or juice). We’ll post the recipe or link on the blog before the podcast airs so you can drink along with us as you listen. Expect lots of laughs, inspiration, and insightful guests. You can find more information and our monthly drink lists on dearhandmadelife.com.

Cheers!

Delilah+Nicole

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Dear Handmade Life - 122: Building an Engaged Audience
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05/25/21 • 55 min

Building an engaged audience with writer and artist Nica Tanaka of Kwento by Nica. Nica and I talk about creating an emotional connection with your audience, figuring out your ideal of successful growth and engagement, how your worth is not your work and she shares tips and secrets she’s used to build an audience that always has her back and can’t wait to see what she does next.

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Dear Handmade Life - 142: Wealth, Living Authentically and Spirituality
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06/14/22 • 57 min

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Delilah and Nicole talk to Portland-based community organizer and event planner Isaac Watson of the Academy of Handmade about the importance of in-person connections in an online world. They offer advice to help introverts make connections, share how they maintain those relationships, chat about places to meet fellow creatives, and more.

PLUS - In celebration of their 50th episode they're giving away access to ALL FOUR of their online workshops to a couple lucky winners. If you love the podcast and want to enter the giveaway go to the iTunes store to leave a review of the podcast. They'll be announcing the winner on Episode 51, so be sure to listen.

Visit www.dearhandmadelife.com for the show notes...

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Dear Handmade Life - 51: Craftcation 2017 Recap + Event Planning Tips
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05/25/17 • 47 min

Delilah and Nicole discuss a few of their favorite moments from Craftcation Business + Makers Conference 2017 and share what they've learned during 10+ years of event production. Topics include building a solid team, scheduling downtime, putting your customer's happiness ahead of your own and more.

To view photos, read our Craftcation recap, or for the show notes visit www.dearhandmadelife.com

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Diversity & Cultural Transformation in the Maker Community with Monica Tetteh of Black makers Matter and That’s Sew Monica. Monica and I talk about her journey as a creative, inclusion in the sewing and craft communities, how small business owners can authentically embody diversity, the difference between true allyship and performative allyship and more. Get ready because Monica and I both cry in this episode and we also collaborate on an idea for a quilt that honors the geographical, generational and cultural path of creativity.

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Dear Handmade Life - 65: Honoring the Environment with Your Business
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12/07/17 • 48 min

Delilah and Nicole talk to Shae Whitney of DRAM Apothecary about how she she built her business to be environmentally conscious from the very beginning. They discuss how sustainability can be chosen at every level from sourcing to packaging, the importance of knowing yourself before knowing your brand, how raising your prices for the right reason can create more business, and why our demand for convenience gives us inferior products.

Visit www.dearhandmadelife.com for the show notes...

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Dear Handmade Life - 137: Being Here, *For Now

137: Being Here, *For Now

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03/15/22 • 73 min

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FAQ

How many episodes does Dear Handmade Life have?

Dear Handmade Life currently has 159 episodes available.

What topics does Dear Handmade Life cover?

The podcast is about Maker, Artist, Marketing, Lady, Women, Design, Creative, Diy, Podcasts, Arts, Business, Advice and Tips.

What is the most popular episode on Dear Handmade Life?

The episode title '104: Transitions in Life & Business' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Dear Handmade Life?

The average episode length on Dear Handmade Life is 53 minutes.

How often are episodes of Dear Handmade Life released?

Episodes of Dear Handmade Life are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Dear Handmade Life?

The first episode of Dear Handmade Life was released on Jan 12, 2015.

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