Welcome to The Makers University
I’m Coach Tammy!
My life hasn’t always been easy, but it has been worth it. I tell that to people every day. I grew up in a small town in southern Missouri. Ironically, I grew up next door to a flower shop for a time. I learned how to love fresh flowers, especially the smell of mums and eucalyptus. I also got my first taste of a hand bow by watching Miss Betty whip one out in no time to put on a funeral spray. I was mesmerized. I was always the kid that wanted the seasonal cling ons from the grocery store instead of a candy bar. I loved to seasonally decorate and I always have.
My degree is actually in Education. I graduated from Drury University with a major in History and minor in Secondary Education. I had zero intentions of ever crafting for a living. However, after my husband was injured in Afghanistan we came home to the Ozarks again in 2013. We were living and scraping by. We spent our days going to doctors appointments and treatments and I could not take a contract job through a school district because I needed too much time off. We were barely making ends meet, and I mean barely.
That August a former neighbor and soldier from Ft. Bragg emailed me on Facebook to see if I could make them a new wreath as they had moved to a new location in Colorado. From that one day until a week later, the flood gates of orders started piling in. I went to the State and got legal at the end of August and signed up for every single craft show I could because, suddenly, I could do that from home AND make money. Quickly.
I wasn’t always very good at it, but I was consistent and I became pretty well known locally at the craft shows and after that first year, the promoters were emailing me asking me to come back because people were asking if I was going to be there. My wreath business saved us from being homeless, quite literally. Fast forward, seven years later and I have grown to 80,000 followers on Facebook and a six figure business. I adore the people I have surrounded myself with and the wreath community in general. I always knew I would teach in some capacity forever. I prayed when I could not go back to a middle school and live my first love, teaching. I prayed that God would still allow me to teach. I thought it would be online school or online tutoring Missouri History or something. Never in my wildest dreams, did I think he had this plan to let me teach other creatives to work from home, and live their best lives as well. I am so thrilled and excited for this journey and cannot wait to see where it leads each of us.
Here’s a little taste of what I could help you learn…
What Is The Makers University?
The Maker’s University is just that. A resource for all things related to starting, operating, or scaling a creative business. Whether you are just starting out, struggling to figure out what to do next or maybe you have a thriving business but know there must be “an easier way” – The team at Makers University can help you reach your goals.
Who Is The Makers University For?
While the roots of The Makers University began in wreath making and home decor, expertise has expanded beyond just making wreaths and now includes things such as: E-commerce, Live video, community building, monetization, revenue diversification, website development, SEO and much more. If you are in need of the tools to make your business successful online – The Maker’s University is a great place to start your education.
What do I do at The Makers University?
I am part of the Creative Coaching Team at The Makers University. I teach one live detailed class per week in the Facebook group and I always provide 1 detailed recorded tutorial for the membership portal every month! As a Creative Coach I also participate in the Creative Challenges & help shop for supplies for the upcoming seasons for DecoExchange!
If you’d like to learn from me & the other coaches check out how you can join below!
Where can you learn from me within The Makers University?
Current Challenge
Join The Creative Coaches for the Spring Fling 2024 workshop of fun and crafting! Each of the 6 coaches will be teaching you how to make an item that you can list in your shop for sale or that can be used to add into your own creations. Click the button bellow to get more information about the Workshop.
Creative Coaching
The Makers University Creative Coaching Group is dedicated solely to the art of making handmade wreaths, centerpieces, garlands, and other similar home décor items. With over 3,000 other active members – this subscription group caters to anyone who is just wanting to get into crafting or a glue gun veteran.
Price: $39 / MO
Get all of the details by clicking Learn More below!
Business Coaching
The Maker’s University Business Coaching Group is one of the largest memberships that cater specifically to starting, optimizing, and scaling a creative business. With a community of over 2,000 small business owners working together to grow creative businesses you will be surrounded by other like minded, driven, creatives that are working hard everyday to achieve success in their lives and businesses.
Membership Programs
Business Coaching
The Maker’s University Business Coaching Group is one of the largest memberships that cater specifically to starting, optimizing, and scaling a creative business. With a community of over 2,000 small business owners working together to grow creative businesses you will be surrounded by other like minded, driven, creatives that are working hard everyday to achieve success in their lives and businesses.
Creative Coaching
The Makers University Creative Coaching Group is dedicated solely to the art of making handmade wreaths, centerpieces, garlands, and other similar home décor items. With over 3,000 other active members – this subscription group caters to anyone who is just wanting to get into crafting or a glue gun veteran.
The Discount Club
Who doesn’t love a good discount, right? With the size of our membership groups we reached out to over 30 of our favorite places to shop for craft materials and asked them for a special discount just for our members. Each month get access to discounts and promotions that are perfect for any craft lover.
Business Coaching, Creative Coaching, and The Discount program Combined
“This all sounds great”. “I just want one of everything”. “Sign me up”. If you are interested in all the memberships we have to offer then this is the place for you. Enjoy a hefty discount when you join all three of our membership groups while getting access to all the perks of each.
“One Time Fee” Paid Challenges / Courses
Create Quality Content Challenge
Join Parker – The Co-Founder of DecoExchange on a 5 day challenge to Create Quality Content. Having high quality video content for social media, sales pages, or even ads is more important than ever. In this mini-course Parker will teach you all the tools, tips, and data needed to ensure that you are maximizing and optimizing your use of video content during the age of E-commerce.
The Centerpiece Challenge
Join The Creative Coaches for a day of fun where we each teach you how to create a centerpiece. Check out all of the details of the challenge by clicking the Centerpiece Challenge Button.
Where do I get my wreath supplies?
One of the places I shop for my wreath supplies are DecoExchange.com and you can check out all of their supplies by clicking on the Shop DecoExchange supplies button here: