Nancy Smyth, The YarnyBookkeeper

Crazy Busy Times Around Here

It’s been a crazy busy time around here………… not just here in my own little world – but everywhere! As a business owner, the last quarter of the year is always crazy busy. There’s so much to do in that last quarter and we feel the pressure from everywhere and from all the “business coaches” …

Creative Biz Foundations

Tracking Pattern Sales Using QuickBooks (How To)

Tracking pattern sales in QuickBooks provides you with critical information about your pattern sales.

Bookkeeping for Makers (Without the Overwhelm)

Tracking Pattern Sales Using Wave Accounting (How To)

Tracking pattern sales using Wave Accounting can help you so you can figure out where to focus your knit or crochet pattern designing efforts. This tip provides you with step-by-step instructions and a short how-to video for setting up and using Wave Accounting to track your pattern sales. What is Wave Accounting? Wave Accounting is …

Bookkeeping for Makers (Without the Overwhelm)

Tracking Pattern Sales in Excel or Google Sheets (How To)

In this post I talked about the importance of “owning your sales information” so you can focus your pattern design and marketing efforts on patterns and platforms that generate the most revenue for you by tracking your pattern sales in spreadsheets.

Behind the Scenes Bookkeeping for Makers (Without the Overwhelm) Courses & Freebies

Tracking Craft Fair Sales Without Losing Your Mind

Tracking craft fair sales can get messy fast when you’re working the booth alone. Here’s a simple way to keep track of what sold, how customers paid, and what needs to happen in your bookkeeping after the market.

Bookkeeping for Makers (Without the Overwhelm)

How to categorize craft business expenses

How to categorize craft business expenses is really pretty simple. By the time you finish reading this post you’ll be ready to tackle the task at hand. Categorizing craft business expenses can be totally overwhelming and confusing for new handmade, creative or craft business owners. Heck, even some of us who’ve had a handmade business …

Bookkeeping for Makers (Without the Overwhelm) Pricing, COGS & Inventory Taxes for Makers - Explained

How Inventory Works (and Why It Matters) in Your Handmade Business

Learn how inventory works in a handmade business, why your supply stash is money sitting on the shelf, how tracking it reduces stress at tax time, and why a tax pro might say “just expense your purchases”.
(Originally published 12/08/2021 and updated for 2026 for better clarity).

Bookkeeping for Makers (Without the Overwhelm) Creative Biz Foundations

Sales Tax – What Craft Business Owners Need to Know

What craft business owners need to know about sales tax. In a nutshell, Sales Tax nexus happens when your business has some sort of connection to another specific state(s). That connection can be either physical, economic, or both.