Turn Your Skills into a Creative Small Business

Hello dear friends! I am sending along with this post the warmest of Christmas wishes for you and all of your loved ones.     Wherever the year has taken …

When I started blogging over four years ago, I was lucky because I had a lot of photography experience already under my belt. I had a great DSLR camera that …

A little over 9 years ago I made my first attempt at selling some of my painted furniture makeovers. We were living in a small town in Arkansas, in this …

Do you have big dreams? I do.  I dream about one day writing a book–not an ebook, but one of those old-fashioned paper ones, on some deep, meaningful topic. I dream …

Hi everybody! Thanks so much to everyone who commented with their encouraging words after my last post. I appreciate so much knowing that there are things I’ve written on this …

Hey friends! Summer is officially in full-swing! I hope you and yours are enjoying these long, slow days and maybe grabbing some extra family time. If you follow me on …

I read a post on a blog a few years ago that detailed all of the expenses that go along with renting a booth space to sell at an antique …

There are 4 different parts of my business, Lost & Found: Writing the blog Selling the paint Painting custom work furniture Stocking my antique booth It all started with my antique …

This February marks 4 years since I started Lost & Found.     The anniversary is easy to remember, because I moved into my booth space at Antique Company Mall …

I spent a good part of this past weekend at a women’s gathering hosted by my church. In the flurry of various speakers, discussion questions, and breakout sessions, there was …