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As many of you know, I have built from the ground up my candle company, Hart Design Co, and I wish I had a dollar every time someone had told me in my entrepreneurial journey what an over saturated market the candle industry is.   I would be a rich woman and wouldn’t even need a […]

Pop-up markets (also called vendor events or vendor fairs) are a common place for product-based business owners to sell their products and to get valuable face-to-face feedback from customers.   Which is why I participated in my first pop-up market in 2017.  And this pop-up event was a total bust!  Despite being in sales for years […]

Image of a shop owner holding a tray of jewelry presumably at a pop up market

I heard someone say recently that healthy boundaries are set in place because it is a way for us to live our God given lives in the most joyful, abundant, and purposeful manner. And that when we’re living outside of our boundaries, we are not living our most purposeful and intentional lives.   And I thought […]