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
Income sounds simple until your handmade business has money coming in from product sales, patterns, classes, sales tax, ad revenue, affiliate commissions, and who knows what else. This post explains what makers need to know about tracking income clearly, why sales tax collected is not income, and why dumping every dollar into one big “Sales” bucket can make your reports tell a very messy story.
Equity is one of those bookkeeping words that sounds more complicated than it really is. For handmade business owners, equity is basically the owner’s piece of the business — shaped by the money you put in, the money you take out, and what the business builds over time. This post breaks it down in plain English, with real maker examples and a reminder that spreadsheet users do not need to panic if they don’t see a formal Equity section.
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Real stories from handmade business owners who’ve used my resources, courses, and bookkeeping help.
