Today is the first chilly day I’ve felt in awhile, so it feels right that October is rolling around tomorrow. September was a bit of a roller coaster ride for me health-wise, but it seems to have leveled out now. Don’t feel too bad for me though. Even if I had some very bad days,… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Business
A Friday Quickie
As in Blog Post. On the business-side of things: I have not designed anything for Halloween. Just not feeling it, so I’m letting myself “let it go.” I’m concentrating on the big holiday season from now through the end of the year. I may be out of this full-time business in 2010 and back to… Continue Reading
Monthly Goals for September
I love September – warm days and chilly nights, autumn colors and the beginning of school. August has been an interesting month for me. Some very good days and some very bad ones, but I think I’ve learned a great deal about how and where I want to take this little business of mine. I’m… Continue Reading
Tweaking RiverDog Prints dot com Again
I don’t know if it’s the start of school or the upcoming change of season, but I jumped right into tweaking my website. I hope to be done today, but here are the subtle differences… Looks similar, but much more functional and clean. Once I get it set, I can add my new goods: Halloween… Continue Reading
BIG Mistakes
I made one, and yeah, it was a doozy! It was one of those mistakes that make you stop dead in your tracks and rethink quite a few things you thought you had under control. I’m writing about it here because it’s important to not let it slide by even if it seems to resolved.… Continue Reading
Blog Love Week – Smart Bakery
Mmmmm… a bakery. Do you know anyone who doesn’t like a bakery? And would you want to know them if they didn’t? Chocolate croissants aside, Bakery is all business. Jaime Derringer and Erin Loechner are the collaborators behind Bakery. They are bright women, both with rich and varied backgrounds in all types of media. And… Continue Reading
Summer Fun
I have a couple confessions: #1 – My winter sweaters are still in my closet. I usually change them out in the springtime, but I do have some excuses for what appears to be LAZINESS. It was rainy and cold for 24 out of 30 days in June and when we weren’t traveling in July,… Continue Reading
Monthly Goals for August
I know everyone will say this, but I can’t believe I’m writing my August goals already! Summer really does get shorter and shorter as the years go by… I’m pretty excited by how much I was able to accomplish this past July. Not perfect, but very respectable in the checking-off department. Here is July’s list:… Continue Reading
The Simple Art of Advertising
I’m just beginning to dip my toe in the advertising pool and I thought it would be chilly! But to my cynical surprise, there are many warm and friendly resources out there to teach us newbies how to get started. One of my favorite places for advice is Modish Biz Tips. Jena takes seemingly complex… Continue Reading
RiverDog Prints is on Etsy
Most everyone knows what a great place Etsy is to buy and sell handmade goods. I’ve been a fan, but Etsy’s set-up did not make sense for the way I wanted to build my photo card site. I wanted image uploads automated and on-screen in a one-stop shopping kind-of-way. Secretly, I’m a bit of geek… Continue Reading