Welcome back. Are you ready to dive into some of the nitty gritty, behind the scenes planning that’s needed to ensure you have a successful Craft Fair this season? Now that we’ve covered how to pick a craft fair, what products to sell, and you’ve prepared your designs, let’s dive into inventory! This is actually my speciality from 25+ years working in retail.

Well hello, my friend! I hope you’re ready to dive deeper into preparations for your craft fair. This week, I’m sharing some insights on how to prepare your designs. If you’ve taken From Doodles To Dollars®, or, The Pattern Design Academy®, chances are you already have a bunch of designs that you can now look back at to see if they’re seasonally appropriate and may just need a few tweaks.

Ready to explore how to pick the best mix of products to sell at your craft fair this season? It’s so exciting to see that many in person craft fair are happening again. There’s quite a bit of strategy involved in picking the right mix of products to sell to maximize your profits.

Interested in participating in a craft fair this holiday season? Over the next several weeks, we’ll cover the key steps to follow to be successful. I’ll break the steps down into bite-size pieces so that each week, you’ll have a clear roadmap to follow. So how do you pick a craft fair? Here are my 3 tips.

I am excited to share my three favorite books with you this week. This is another one of my “Quick Tips” videos, which are intended to be short, but still really valuable and easy for you to digest, so let’s jump in.

Well, hello there and welcome to this week's blog. Today's topic is about finding balance and managing overwhelm. I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling stretch too thin lately. Here are my three tips for how to find more balance and return to a state of calm and peaceful existence.

This week I’m full of excitement as I invite you to join my Pattern Design Academy program which is the most comprehensive program for creating, perfecting, and selling your artwork in the surface design industry! Students join from all sorts of artistic backgrounds. And some are just starting to explore their creativity. But they all have the desire to explore surface design and discover the endless possibilities in this industry.

Hi and welcome to this week’s blog. We’ve just started my free mini course, From Doodles to Dollars®, and this week, I’m encouraging you to explore Surface Pattern Design by joining us. To wet your appetite, I’m showing you the replay of lesson 1. This is the last time I’m offering this free mini course in 2021 and it is not too late for you to join us.

Well, hello my friend, and welcome to this week's blog. I am excited to be here this week because my free mini-course, From Doodles To Dollars® starts next week! This is the last time I’m offering it in 2021 so you don’t want to miss it.

Whether you’re new here or you’ve been here for a while and need a little refresher, I’ve got you covered in this blog where I give you an overview of the five different ways that you can make money as a Surface Pattern Designer.

I am super excited to be here this week to do a “Quick Tips” blog about my Doodles Quiz. Have you signed up for my free mini course, From Doodles To Dollars®, yet? If you're new here, this is the last time I'm offering it in 2021. It's totally free, but you have to sign up for it because the goodies you get come to you via email.

Have you been wondering what all this is about? Well, wonder no more. In this “Quick Tips” blog, I’ll describe what Surface Pattern Design is, how you can learn to practice it, and the exciting opportunities ahead of you as a Surface Designer.

Welcome to this week's blog. Let’s jump right into today's topic, which is all about morning routines. The reason that morning routines are important is that they help you get your day started on the right foot. I find that when I skip my morning routine, I don't accomplish as much as I do when I stick with it.

Well, hello there, and welcome to this week's blog. I thought it would be fun this week for me to give you a little tour of my website in case you haven't checked it out recently or in case you're new here. If you are new here, welcome to my creative community. I'm delighted to meet you.

Welcome to this week’s blog where we continue our Summer Spotlight Series with part 2 of the interview with artist and quilter Susan Palmer. She just launched with a company in Montreal, Le Galeriste®, that accepted and approved her designs for sale in their Print-On-Demand store!. Bravo, Susan!

Hello, my friend, and welcome to this week’s blog where we continue our Summer Spotlight Series with a former student from my Pattern Design Academy®. Her name is Susan Palmer, and she has been quilting for over 30 years!

Welcome to a new take on my blog that I'm calling Anne’s “Quick Tips”. It’s summer! Time to relax, spend less time on the computer and get little snippets of information that are helpful and keep you motivated to lean into your creativity. My goal is to mix in shorter blog posts that don't take long to read. I hope you find them fun, enjoyable, and valuable.

Here is the second half of my fabulous interview with Seattle artist and surface designer Roberta Graver. One of the things that inspires me is the fact that you, like Roberta, are totally unique. How you pursue your creativity is unique to you. I’m here to support you, cheer you on, and inspire you with stories like this one. Enjoy!