Super excited to be here - thank you @Kira McCoy for being such a f*cking cool supporter of creative business owners ! I'm currently in a shift in my artist career and having this group as a support is going to be great! I've just opened a Community Gallery / Event space in Savannah GA with another artist. It's going to be amazing and the people I've been meeting is so exciting as well. However, I must continue to work on my own projects as well as navigate managing the space and people! 2026 is definitely going to be an interesting year. My website is www.joannemorton.com - I'm not currently promoting my online shop - I'm focusing on building relationships with local businesses so I can incorporate my creative wellness experiences in their businesses. I use gratitude, laughter, affirmations and art to help help people go from feeling stressed and frustrated to feeling relaxed and motivated. The world needs as much positive energy or as I like to call it "Magic Passion Love" in the world. See y'all soon! Here's a picture of my co-founder and myself from our first newspaper article! Our partnership is so strong. It's been such a gift to work with her.

Welcome to Ecomm for Creative Business, I'm Kira! I own CreateAlong.com, a popular polymer clay tools and tutorial site. There, I have created over $3 million in sales on products and digital downloads. I have a top 1% Etsy shop (actually it's in the top .3%- having outsold 97.7% of shops). I'm here to share everything I know about growing and sustaining a creative business. I've owned 3 B+M shops, sold summits, courses, a magazine in both print and digital versions for over 5 years monthly, I have a monthly tutorial club and a snail mail club, plus my product line. I've had posts go viral on IG (6.6 million views!) and I'm here for all of the content, tech, software, sales, and audience building questions. Let's start things off with introductions! Share where you are in the world, what you make, and a pic of your workspace so we can get connected. I'll start!