Craft Your Commerce - Resources for Creatives
Upcoming events from Craft Your Commerce, held both online and at the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC
Starting the Year with Strong Foundations through Craft Your Commerce
The close of the calendar year is an ideal time to pause, reflect, and reset. Beginning the year with a clear understanding of your finances, goals, and priorities helps creative entrepreneurs make more confident, informed decisions throughout the year. Craft Your Commerce’s early-2026 offerings focus on building strong foundations in money, planning, and taxes, so creatives can stay grounded and prepared rather than reactive.
“Our early 2026 lineup leans into money, planning, and taxes. They may not be the most exciting topics at first glance, but these foundations support every creative decision we make. When you take time to get clear on your numbers and plans early in the year, you reduce stress, avoid surprises, and give yourself more room to focus on the creative work you actually want to be doing.” - Jamie Karolich
Money Mondays with Deanna Lynch
Starts Monday, January 12th Meets every second Monday, 10:00am - 12:00pm, January-May
$100 | VIRTUAL via Zoom | Registration
Money Mondays is a monthly group session designed to help creative entrepreneurs stay organized and financially on track. Led by bookkeeper and accountant Deanna Lynch, each session offers practical instruction, real-world tools, and space for questions and peer support.
Whether you’re reviewing the past year, refining your bookkeeping, or preparing for tax season, Money Mondays provides clarity, accountability, and confidence.
Each session includes: guided instruction, Q&A, worksheet takeaways, and group office hours.
Program Overview
Craft Your Commerce is a program by Mountain BizWorks designed to support artists, craftspeople, makers, designers, and creative entrepreneurs of all kinds. Whether you’re just starting out, growing, or scaling your business, Craft Your Commerce offers practical tools and community-centered support to help creatives build sustainable, thriving businesses.
Developed by creatives in business, for creatives in business, the program is tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of creative-based work.
What Craft Your Commerce Offers
Craft Your Commerce provides a mix of education, connection, and personalized support, including:
Workshops focused on real-world business topics for creatives
Networking and peer-to-peer learning opportunities
Access to expert guidance designed specifically for creative entrepreneurs
Creative Business Coaching
Craft Your Commerce also offers access to a dedicated creative coaching team for one-on-one support. Coaching is available from professionals who understand creative-based businesses, including:
Accountants
Grant writers
Marketing professionals
HR specialists
Web developers and ecommerce experts
Participants can request to work with a specific coach or with multiple coaches, depending on their business goals and needs. Coaching is designed to provide practical, personalized guidance at any stage of a creative business.
To get started with our coaching system, please complete this FORM and be sure to fill out the scholarship application as well. Once you submit your application, you should receive a confirmation email.
You may request a specific coach to work with like “Cami Leisk” or request a specific project to work on ie. work on SEO for my website and you will be matched with an SEO expert.