Podcasts Health Podcasting with Purpose for Life Coaches 068 Abby Glassenberg, Maker, Sewer & Co-Founder of Craft Industry Alliance

068 Abby Glassenberg, Maker, Sewer & Co-Founder of Craft Industry Alliance

Published: July 26, 2017, 7 a.m.

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In this episode, Kara welcomes\\xa0Abby Glassenberg, sewing pattern designer, craft book author, teacher, and writer. On her blog,\\xa0WhileSheNaps.com, she writes about the sewing industry, running a creative business, and the online culture of craft.\\xa0 Abby has been blogging since 2005 and shares the value of a blogging, and how hers is at the heart of her crafting business. She's also the\\xa0co-founder of the\\xa0Craft Industry Alliance, a trade association for crafting professionals.

Abby\\xa0has an\\xa0undergraduate degree in history from Johns Hopkins and a master\\u2019s degree in education from Harvard. She taught middle school social studies in Mississippi through Teach For America, and 6th grade in the Newton Public Schools before becoming a textile artist. She\\u2019s the author of three sewing books. Abby lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts with her husband and three daughters.

\\u201cPursue your interests as though it was your job - every day, on a regular schedule, thoroughly and professionally. That\\u2019s how you build a job doing what you love.\\u201d

-Abby Glassenberg

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Episode highlights:

  • When she became a mom, Abby knew she wanted to figure out how to work from home
  • Abby discovered blogging\\xa0in 2004 at it's still the heart of her business
  • Abby shares how she's always been intrigued in making and sewing and figured out how to combine this on her\\xa0blog\\xa0
  • Back in 2005, Abby crafted while her daughter Roxanne was napping, and came up with the name\\xa0While She Naps\\xa0for her blog
  • Abby\\xa0soon entered the world of\\xa0Etsy\\xa0with her stuffed animals, which is what Abby is best known for
  • Abby discusses how the blogging world has changed since\\xa0she started
  • Blogging tools are easier to use today then they were back in the early days, but harder to get noticed
  • How she\\xa0founded\\xa0Craft Industry Alliance\\xa0with Kristin Link

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