by Emma | Aug 6, 2026 | boundaries, business practice
Getting caught up in our own heads, decision indecision, surveying a situation from every possible angle, rehashing conversations or emails, worrying about the minutia, writing endless pros and cons lists, second guessing, catastrophising…. Over-thinking. At...
by Emma | Oct 25, 2024 | business practice, Creativity, working for free
The mistakes we make with creative kids & money. Recently, I committed to buy a painting from a child, who is part of an initiative started by an art teacher here in Australia. Her aim is to instil confidence in her students to do big things & make money from...
by Emma | Oct 11, 2024 | business practice, lifestyle business
I want to invite you to my free pricing workshop, where we’ll bring more joy and less terror to pricing your artwork, your design packages, your writing services, your jewellery creations… So I was looking for a suitable picture for this newsletter. While...
by Emma | Oct 4, 2024 | business practice, lifestyle business
Years ago, I paid myself a pittance for really high-end, custom design work. For example, on one fabric design & chair upholstery project I earned just $200. For weeks of work 😬 😩 Fast forward 10 years, and now the price of my premium design package pays me well;...
by Emma | Aug 29, 2022 | business practice
I woke up this morning to an email notification that my PicMonkey annual subscription had been auto renewed to the tune of $47.52 I face-palmed myself 🤦♀️ …. the last time I used that service was in 2015. But each year I forget to cancel it because the account...
by Emma | Aug 26, 2022 | boundaries, business practice
Let’s talk about boundaries and bullies in business. Years ago, when I was launching a new business designing chairs, I attended a marketing seminar in a fancy hotel run by a marketing expert. Let’s call him Dr Marcus; he really does call himself Dr,...
