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
Assets are one of those accounting words that sounds fancier than it needs to. In plain English, assets are the things your handmade business owns or controls that have value — like money in the bank, payment processor balances, inventory, equipment, or customer invoices waiting to be paid. In this Accounting Speak post, we’ll break down what assets mean for handmade business owners without turning it into a bookkeeping headache.
What is a Chart of Accounts, and why does it matter in your handmade business? It’s the list of categories that organizes your business finances, and if those categories are a mess, your reports will be too. This plain-English guide breaks down your bookkeeping categories, explains what belongs where, and helps you make more sense of your numbers.
Bookkeeping feels a whole lot harder when the words themselves don’t make sense. If you’ve ever looked at a report, opened your bookkeeping software, or talked to a tax pro and thought, “What the hell does that even mean?” this post is for you. It breaks down common accounting terms for handmade business owners in plain English so you can understand your numbers with more clarity and a lot less confusion.
Real stories from handmade business owners who’ve used my resources, courses, and bookkeeping help.
