Whether you’re brand new to bookkeeping or already knee-deep in the mess, you’ll find practical help here. Start with the step that fits where you are now, and build from there one doable win at a time.
Start with the basics of bookkeeping for a handmade business so you can stop guessing what to track, what matters, and what to do first.
Learn about expenses, inventory, cost of goods sold, reports, and the real-world bookkeeping messes handmade business owners run into.
Explore spreadsheets, trainings, and tools that help handmade business owners track their money and manage the bookkeeping side of the business more simply.
Bookkeeping gets more complicated in a handmade business because there’s more to track than most people realize.
You’re dealing with supplies, inventory, product costs, sales from different places, and all the little expenses nobody explains clearly. So if your bookkeeping feels messy, confusing, or way more complicated than it should, you’re not imagining it.
That’s exactly why The YarnyBookkeeper exists.
I’m Nancy, and I help handmade business owners understand what to track, what matters, and how to make sense of the bookkeeping side of the business without feeling lost every time bookkeeping or tax time comes up.
Here are the latest posts, tips, and resources to help handmade business owners understand their number, track their money, and make bookkeeping feel a little less overwhelming. Start here: Handmade Business Bookkeeping: A Plain-English Guide for Makers
Coaches love to talk about adding more revenue streams, and I’m not against that. But before you toss product sales, pattern sales, class income, ad revenue, affiliate commissions, and random rebates into one big “Sales” bucket, let’s talk about why that can make your reports muddy fast. Other Income and Other Expenses may sound like boring bookkeeping leftovers, but they can help you see what’s actually working in your handmade business, what belongs somewhere else in your books, and what just made the month look better than it really was.
Overhead expenses are all those behind-the-scenes costs — rent, website hosting, shipping supplies, subscriptions, and more — that keep your handmade business alive… but often get ignored when you price your creations. This post shows you how to gather your expenses, calculate a realistic hourly or per-item overhead cost, and bake that number into your prices so you stop working for free.
A free handmade product pricing calculator that helps you calculate actual COGS, labor, overhead, profit, wholesale pricing, markup, margin, and more.
Real stories from handmade business owners who’ve used my resources, courses, and bookkeeping help.
