by guest contributor Fina Tejada
Spanish artist, Loli Gil Bea has a beautiful Etsy shop filled with hand painted silk scarves, hand fans, clothing, and art work. Her lovely designs have a modern Spanish vibe to them with just a little bit of Picasso thrown in. Her item descriptions also have instruction on how to wear [...]
Each month I donate a portion of the proceeds from Indie Fixx and the Indie Fixx Shop to a different charitable organization. The organizations I choose vary from those that provide humanitarian support, focus on the arts, provide for environmental stewardship, are concerned with animal welfare and other issues and causes that I think are [...]
On Thursdays, I choose & share one reader’s inspirations with you. I love to read what inspires you all in art & life and I’m pretty sure you like to read about other reader’s inspirations too.
So, what inspires you? If you’d like to participate, all you need to do is share three things that inspire [...]
I’m debuting a new feature today on the Indie Fixx Guest Blog called Special Topics in Calamity Business, since I know a lot of my regular readers run their own crafty businesses. Periodically, I will be asking successful indie entrepreneurs to share some tips & tricks with you on how to run your own indie [...]
Union Street Chronicle Books store in San Francisco.
Founded in 1967 in San Francisco, Chronicle Books is one of my favorite publishers back from my days of working in a library. Chronicle Books is probably best known for its visual art & design titles, but in recent years they have published some unexpected mainstream successes including [...]
For today’s Indie Artist Fixx I’m sharing my interview with Rebecca Pearcy. Rebecca founded Queen Bee Creations, a line of bags, wallets and accessories that’s both stylish & functional, from a corner in her bedroom in 1996. Later, Rebecca added a line of diaper bags, clothing and accessories for babies and parents called Chickpea [...]
