009 How a creative business has developed to support women with their headspace with Stacey Young
Today’s episode is an interview with Stacey Young. Stacey started her Papercutting business, Meet the Moon Designs, after her first child was born, whilst trying to find a creative outlet. Not only does Stacey create beautiful bespoke papercut art & architectural art, but also has prints, papercutting craft kits, and papercutting workshops.
Here are some of the key takeaways from this episode:
- Adjusting to the changes of having new baby
- Finding a creative outlook to alleviate the struggles of maternity leave
- The Challenges of going back to work after having a newborn.
- Finding a hobby, which became a passion, and then turning this into a business
- How Stacey’s workshops support people with their mental wellbeing and mindfulness.
- The benefits of having a creative hobby.
- Don’t be scared to do something, just because you don’t know how… just start
- Make choices about when to outsource to someone else.
- Making a mistake is absolutely fine – that is how we learn.
- The longer a task hangs over you, the more overwhelming it can become. Getting started relieves that overwhelm.
- Being taken seriously as a handmade business
- Papercutting workshops as team building events
Find Stacey at:
Meet the Moon Designs on Facebook
Meet the Moon Designs on Instagram
Find the Business Planning Challenge here
Books, Podcasts, resources and businesses mentioned during this interview:
Grow your handmade business – Kari Chapin – Book
Get Rich, Lucky Bitch – Denise Duffield-Thomas – Book & Audiobook