Meet Erika & Crissy - Zibbet’s NEW Columnists!
We’re super excited to have Erika Jurney from TryHandmade.com and Crissy Herron from IndieBizChicks.com writing a weekly column for Zibbet’s Blog, starting in February. Both women have a wealth of experience in the world of ‘handmade’ and both have founded their own successful businesses and websites.
Before they start, we wanted to introduce them to you and give you a bit of background information about who they are and why you’re so lucky to have them write for you every week. We also wanted to give you a chance to welcome them and ask them any questions you may have.
Erika Jurney, TryHandmade.com
Erika will be running the ‘Try Handmade Picks’ column and will be showcasing the wonderful and talented Artisans we have on Zibbet. If you’re featured, you should feel proud, as Erika has a keen eye for quality handmade products. The ‘Try Handmade Picks’ column will be a great one to visit regularly, especially when shopping for yourself or a loved one!
Erika is the founder of TryHandmade.com and is on a mission to get people to move away from shopping at big box stores, and back to the more intimate and personal world of Handmade. She started Try Handmade as a blog in mid-2008, and it has now grown to an entire network of sites devoted to spreading the word about the amazingness of Handmade.
She says… I find it wonderful and awe-inspiring that there really are people out there making so many things which we can choose instead of mass-produced dreck. Whether you buy handmade new items, or upcycled / recycled / repurposed, you’re doing the planet a favor, and you’re helping to support an artisan. What could be better than that? New factories will get built with or without our help, but being able to encourage and support artists, artisans, crafters, and hobbyists is a dream come true.
Erika lives in Palo Alto, California with her husband Craig, kids Henry, Ed, and Charlie, and her dog Molly.
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Crissy Herron, IndieBizChicks.com
Crissy will be running the ‘Business & Marketing Tips’ column. She is a writer, teacher, and speaker with a big passion for entrepreneurship and the DIY movement.
She started her own business as a freelance writer and marketing assistant while living in Alaska. (yes, Alaska.) It was during this time that she realized how many other people in their 20s and 30s were looking to become self-employed, and how little information was being targeted to them.
In the summer of 2007, she launched IndieBizChicks.com, a website that provides business, marketing, and publicity info to “women who’d rather work for themselves, than work for the man.”
Crissy has been interviewed and featured in local and national media, including Fox Business, news channel WEYI, the Peninsula Clarion, CraftZine.com, and WAHM 2.0, just to name a few.
She has also been on a guest on several podcasts and radio shows, including The Mary and Heather Show, Internet Marketing Strategies, Results Radio Show, Women Wise Marketing, and The Cereals Podcast On PNN.Com.
Crissy is also the founder of ‘the Indie Biz Chicks Conference‘, which focuses on providing women the education and tools they need to start and grow their own businesses.
She is the self-proclaimed “world’s best aunt,” still listens to punk rock, loves having crazy adventures with her sister, makes a lot of cookies, and even though she loved her time in Alaska, she is kinda happy to be back home in the Midwest again.
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We hope you’ve enjoyed learning more about Erika and Crissy. We’re sure you’ll agree that it’s a privilege to have them with us on Zibbet. Please join me in making them feel welcome by commenting below!
Tags: Bloggers, Business & Marketing Tips, Columnists, Crissy Herron, Erika Jurney, IndieBizChicks.com, Try Handmade Picks, TryHandmade.com
Welcome Gals! This is terrific - I so look forward to having you with us here on Zibbet. It’s going to do us a lot of good. I hope there will be an email option to have your blogged email to me each time it is published. I would love that. Thanks for making the Zibbet move! Have fun!
Welcome Erika and Crissy! Looking forward to reading your columns. Judy
Fabulous! This is going to be such a treat for all of us. I am looking forward to reading your blogs! Thanks for joining us. Wishing you all the best! Enjoy this new adventure!
Woohoo! Welcome gals! I’ve been a fan (Hi Erika!) for sometime…I have no doubt that both of you will bring a wealth of wisdom, enthusiasm and energy to our amazing community of artists here at Zibbet. Glad you’re here!
Manny
Welcome along to Zibbet - a great place to take a new adventure! So glad to have you both. May you enjoy writing for Zibbet. I look forward to reading your upcoming blogs. Good Luck!
Yay!! Welcome Erika and Crissy to Zibbet and thank you so much for joining us. I won’t miss a blog if I can help it =)!
Awesome! Welcome Erika and Crissy! I am so happy that you have joined us on Zibbet.
Welcome aboard. Zibbet is such a caring and supportive site and it sounds like you’ll fit right in.♥
Yay, yay! Welcome! Welcome! *she jumps up and down in excitement*
We need you here! Well, I definitely do!
Welcom Erika and Crissy! We are lucky to have you here!
A wonderful asset to this site! A professional touch to guide us to keep our products as slick as we can. Thank you for joining us!
Lovely to have you with us!
Thanks for joining all of us at Zibbet!
Fantastic to have you here…….thanks for joining us.
It is great to have your support on Zibbet Crissy and Erika - Handmade Rocks xo
hello & welcome, Erika and Crissy - looking forward to reading your upcoming news & input
Welcome - I am looking forward to reading more.
Welcome Crissy and Erika - great to have you here!
Thank you for the warm welcome! I’m looking forward to getting to know you!
Can’t wait to read all the information you both provide! Welcome!
Crissy and Erika sound like the perfect pair. Can’t wait to read more.
Handmade Rocks!
♥ ♥ ♥ The Purple Rat welcomes you to Zibbet! ♥ ♥ ♥
Great info and ideas thanks for sharing with us!!
Thanks so much for a wonderful welcome - I can’t wait to get the blog posts started! (Plus I have a special surprise for you in the first post… Check back here Feb 1 to find out what it is and how it can be yours. I’m really excited about it
I am new to zibbet and am so excited to have Erika and Crissy blogs to help us artisans along the road to success! Thank you so much!
Delighted to see Erika and Crissy joining the Zibbet team! I’ll be cking in to see Erika’s surprise:-) Just the motivation to get my shop all spiffed up and ready to roll!! Thanks zibbet for this good news.
Great blog - I am anxious to read more about Erika and Crissy’s sites as well as meeting other Zibbeters- I am new here but have been on Etsy for awhile and am trying to “branch” out more! I wish them great success and can’t wait to read more from them!!