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61. How to Make a Living Selling Handmade Home Goods

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Danielle Spillman is the co-owner of Wood Intimations, a small home goods company built on love and a passion for people and all things beautiful. They sell kitchen products and custom-made teardrop trailers.

In this episode, we discuss how she transitioned from owning a yoga studio to a home goods business, how she secured wholesale and consignment accounts, and how to find your happy.

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Danielle is located in Northwest Montana; she is originally from the outskirts of Portland, OG
In late 2017, Danielle and her fiance, Hy, started the home goods business Wood Intimations, which sells kitchen products and wooden teardrop trailers
We discuss her owning a yoga studio and why she decided to close it
Danielle began sharing her wood-making process on Instagram, and people began direct messaging her and leaving comments asking if they could buy her products
Danielle discusses the process of coming up with a name so she could open up her Etsy shop
Danielle believes the way she’s pricing her work is reflecting her own self-worth; her compass for pricing right now is what feels good
Wood Intimations currently has wholesale and consignment accounts; she found them by looking for places that she loves; she has also begun partnering with other creatives (one is a past podcast guest!)
To create a look book to pass out in stores, a friend of hers recommended Chatbooks; it allows you to create affordable books using images from your social accounts, or you can upload images
We discuss how they are building out their trailer business by going to relevant events to attract the right customers
Danielle’s advice for finding your happy is to go back to doing what you loved to do as a kid and then keep doing the things that make you happy