Books and Classes

Building A Balanced, Sustainable Creative Business
Sun, Oct 22nd, 2023 1-4pm
Held at Copper Leaf Studios

Are you an artist or maker who’s tired of the hustle? Do you want to be more in control of your time and energy – and make a living? Are you ready to grow your creative business into what you always dreamed it could be?

Ditch the hustle and build a business that’s creatively, emotionally, and financially sustainable. You’ll walk away with a strategic vision and a heart full of inspiration. This signature class is ideal for freelancers, solopreneurs, or micro creative businesses.

Make Something Meaningful
Hardcover, 7×10 inches, 176 pages
$29.95

Discover the world of creative commission work.

Make Something Meaningful helps artists and makers navigate the process of creative commission work from beginning to end.

Even if you don’t do commission work, if you are an artist or maker selling your wares, you’ll find much of this inspiring book relevant to selling creative work in general.

MSM Creative Planner 2024
Spiral, 7×10 inches, 200 pages
$28

Take your goals from dream to done.

This yearly, monthly, and weekly planner is designed to help you meet your creative goals. It has all the good stuff you rely on, plus plenty of space to brainstorm, define your goals, and set priorities.

By the end of the year, I hope it becomes a wonderful reminder of all the amazing things 2023 had in store.

A Tiny Book About Price: A step-by-step guide to pricing your work
Paperback, 6.5 inches, 110 pages
$18.95

Pricing has long been one of the most challenging aspects for creative professionals. There are plenty of formulas out there – but if formulas give you flashbacks to grade school story problems, you’re not alone. Sure, they can lead you to a number. But if that number doesn’t feel right or if you’re not comfortable saying it out loud, it won’t do you any good. 

A Tiny Book About Price walks you through a series of exercises to uncover the qualities that create value within your work. You’ll research your market, calculate your costs, and learn simple tips for taking the ick out of talking about money. Most importantly, you’ll approach price in a manner that feels deeply connected to who you are and what you make.

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

87 prompts for finding your ideal future
Hardcover, 5×8 inches, 105 pages

Whether it’s a career change, reinventing yourself after a job loss, or entering the work world after an empty nest, change is hard – no matter what age you are. It takes reflection and soul searching – and this journal is designed to help you do just that.

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? contains 87 prompts in nine different categories to help you articulate your ideal future. Each page gives you ample space to reflect and record your thoughts in a beautiful hardcover format.

A Creative Marketing Guide for Artists & Makers
Paperback, 8×10 inches, 128 pages

A workbook that blends strategy with empathy, A Creative Marketing Guide provides artists, creatives, and makers a guided approach to finding their marketing niche. Packed with colorful worksheets and activities, this engaging book helps readers navigate the challenges of marketing their products by finding methods that connect with who they are and what they make. By tapping into their personal strengths, readers will create a highly individualized marketing strategy that is both comfortable and effective.