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For creative women building product-based brands

You weren't made to grow this business alone at your kitchen table.

Made for More Connection is the private community where creative women with physical product brands get weekly coaching, real trainings, and a monthly 1:1 Voxer day with me. I'm Shannon, and I took my own brand from craft fairs to national retail shelves.

Weekly live calls  ·  Monthly 1:1 Voxer day  ·  Cancel anytime
Etsy · Shopify · Wholesale · Pinterest · Tradeshows

Join Made for More Connection - $99/mo

Instant access. First call this week. Cancel anytime, no contracts.

1+
packages sold and shipped worldwide
National Retail
Von Maur · Bass Pro Shops · White House Gift Shop · Sea World
National TV
Good Morning America · The View · Live with Kelly & Mark
Mom of 4
Built for real-life hours
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Sound familiar?

The orders trickle in.
The to-do list never does.

Tap the note that sounds the most like your week.

"I spent 3 hours fighting with my Etsy listings and I still don't know if I did it right." Tap for the fix →
Inside the community: step-by-step Etsy and platform trainings, plus a place to ask "wait, which button?" and get an actual answer the same day. No more guessing alone.
"I know I should post more. I just hate social media with my whole heart." Tap for the fix →
Inside the community: social media and Pinterest strategies built for product sellers who'd rather be MAKING things. Simple rhythms that drive sales without living on your phone.
"I'm working ALL the time and I can't tell which of it actually turns into sales." Tap for the fix →
Inside the community: systems trainings plus your monthly 1:1 Voxer day with me, where you ask the exact question stalling you and get the answer that grows your sales this week.
Why learn from me?

I didn't read about this path.
I walked it.

The folding table years

Craft fairs and car trunks

I started exactly where you did - packing product into the car, setting up the table, hoping the day's foot traffic would be good.

Going online

Etsy, then her own ecommerce shop

My handmade brand, Creative Crayons Workshop, grew one listing at a time. I learned the platforms the hard way so my members don't have to - SEO, Pinterest, email, Shopify, wholesale, all of it.

The brand takes off

National TV features

My products were featured on Good Morning America, The View, and Live with Kelly & Mark. Same woman. Same kitchen-table start. Different systems.

Today

Retail shelves nationwide + coaching women like YOU

9 years in, with 850,000+ packages shipped, my products sit in Von Maur, Bass Pro Shops, Sea World San Diego, and the White House Gift Shop. Now I spend my weeks helping creative women do the same thing with THEIR products.

You're on the same path

I walked every one of these stages. Click yours.

Click what sounds most like you, and see exactly what your first 90 days inside Made for More Connection would focus on.

Click one to see your 90-day plan

The folding table stage. My favorite, because it's where I started.
Trainings first

Setting up your Etsy or Shopify shop the right way, plus a Pinterest foundation so people find you while you sleep.

Your Voxer day

Pricing your products with confidence and choosing your FIRST online platform, so you don't waste a year on the wrong one.

Your 90-day win

A real online shop, live and getting traffic, so your sales stop depending on this weekend's foot traffic.

The crickets stage. Your shop is open. Where is everybody?
Trainings first

Etsy optimization and SEO so your listings get FOUND, plus the Pinterest strategy that drove my brand's early growth.

Your Voxer day

Send me your actual listings. Get back exactly what to fix - titles, photos, keywords, prices.

Your 90-day win

Steady traffic coming in from search and Pinterest, instead of begging the algorithm on social.

The plateau stage. Working ALL the time, growing none of the time.
Trainings first

Email strategy that sells while you sleep, AI tools that take the busywork off your plate, and a social plan that converts instead of just exists.

Your Voxer day

An honest look at your week with me: what to keep, what to automate, what to quit guilt-free.

Your 90-day win

Systems running the repeatable stuff, so your hours go to the work that actually grows revenue.

The big leagues stage. My products sit in Von Maur, Bass Pro, Sea World, and the White House Gift Shop. Your turn.
Trainings first

Wholesale and retail readiness - line sheets, pricing for margin, pitching boutiques and big buyers without feeling sick about it.

Your Voxer day

Workshop your actual pitch with me - I've landed national shelves. Send the draft, get it back better.

Your 90-day win

Real wholesale pitches OUT THE DOOR to stores that fit your brand, with follow-ups scheduled.

The difference between where you are and where I am?

It was never talent. It was support, systems, and someone a few steps ahead.

Introducing

Made for More Connection

A private paid community for creative women entrepreneurs with physical product businesses - where I coach you every single week, you learn the strategies that grew my brand, and you finally build alongside women who GET it.

So you can grow your sales without growing your hours.

I'm in - join for $99/mo
What you get every month

Everything a product-based business owner actually needs.

Leave Every Week Knowing Your Exact Next Step

Live coaching with me every week. Bring your shop, your numbers, your stuck spots, and walk out with the one move to make before next week. Plus a full library of past coaching calls with me and guest experts, ready whenever you are.

No more guessing what to do next.

Turn the Skills You're Missing Into Sales

Social media, Pinterest, copywriting, AI, Etsy optimization, wholesale, tradeshows and more, all taught by me, because I used every one of them to sell 850,000+ packages. You learn it this month, you use it this month.

Found by more buyers. Paid by more buyers.

Get Unstuck the Same Day You Ask

One full day every month with me in your pocket on Voxer. The pricing question, the boutique email, the listing that won't sell: answered TODAY instead of stalling you for weeks.

Weeks of spinning, gone.

A Small Community of Your People

A small community of women who really GET what you're going through. Your family loves you, your friends cheer for you, but they've never packed orders at midnight or stared at an Etsy dashboard. These women have, and they genuinely look forward to getting together every week on the call.

You're not doing this alone anymore.

Your first month inside

Here's what a month of Made for More Connection looks like.

Week 1

Live coaching call

Get eyes on your shop and a clear focus for the month.

Week 2

Training + coaching

Learn this month's strategy - Pinterest, Etsy, AI, wholesale - and how to use it in YOUR business.

Week 3

Your 1:1 Voxer day

A full day of direct access to me. Ask anything. Get unstuck fast.

Week 4

Live coaching call

Report your wins, troubleshoot what stalled, and set up next month.

"Okay okay, I'm ready. Let me in!" Join Made for More Connection - $99/mo

Cancel anytime. Stay because it works, not because you're locked in.

This is for you if...

  • You sell physical products - handmade, Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, wholesale, or all of the above
  • You started at in-person markets and you're ready to scale online without losing your mind
  • You want coaching from someone who built a real product brand, not a theory-only guru
  • You're tired of piecing together free advice that contradicts itself
  • You've got a trade show or market coming up and prepping alone feels overwhelming. You want someone in your corner for the prep, the pricing, and the pep talk
  • You want business friends who understand packaging tape as a love language

It's not for you if...

  • You sell services only and have no product (or plans for one)
  • You want someone to do it all FOR you - this is coaching plus community, and you do the doing
  • You're not willing to show up to at least one call or training a month
Be honest, which one is yours?

Whatever's holding you back, a woman inside had the same worry.

Click your hesitation and see how it played out for a real member.

Click one above

Neither can half the members. It doesn't matter.

Every call and training is recorded into the library, so the coaching fits around YOUR week: nap time, car line, 5am with coffee. You never fall behind, you just press play.

"I have been loving the coaching replays in the community! Seriously so good and helpful!"

- Kate Sheets, member

Alone is exactly why it hasn't clicked yet. And this isn't a course.

Free videos give you information. This gives you a weekly room where you ask about YOUR shop and get answered, a monthly 1:1 day with me, and women who check on you when you go quiet. Jaime says it best:

"It's such a great group and the weekly trainings are so good. Love how we can all be a part of it and ask questions and give each other support. Oh and can't forget to mention the monthly 1:1 with Shannon."

- Jaime Nelson, member

Run the math in the calculator below. Then hear Kerry.

One good day of sales can cover the whole month. One pricing fix, one Pinterest tweak, one wholesale yes, and the membership has paid for itself for months.

"Best monthly money spent! So much knowledge gained, what a community and mentor!"

- Kerry Scardino, member

Do your own math

When does $99 pay for itself?

Drag the sliders to match YOUR shop and watch the math do its thing.

+$350/month

Just 3 extra orders cover your $99 membership. The other 7 are profit.

Shannon Marie Bennett, founder of Creative Crayons Workshop
Your coach

Hey, I'm Shannon.

Nine years ago I was setting up folding tables at craft fairs. Today my brand, Creative Crayons Workshop, sits on shelves at Von Maur, Bass Pro Shops, Sea World, and the White House Gift Shop - and we've been featured on Good Morning America, The View, and Live with Kelly & Mark.

Nothing about that happened because I had more time than you. I'm a mom of four. I homeschool. I built this business in the margins, with systems that respect the fact that my hours are NOT unlimited - and neither are yours.

Made for More Connection is the community I wish I'd had at every stage. The strategies that worked. The shortcuts I paid for the hard way. And a room full of women cheering you on while you build. Come join us.

Join today

One good day of sales can cover your whole month inside.

One Voxer answer. One Pinterest tweak. One wholesale yes.

Made for More Connection

$99
per month · cancel anytime
  • Weekly live coaching calls with Shannon
  • Trainings: social media, Pinterest, copywriting, AI, Etsy optimization, wholesale + more
  • Monthly 1:1 Voxer day - direct access to Shannon
  • Private community of creative women product sellers
  • Library of past coaching calls with me and guest experts
  • Replays of every call and training
  • No contracts. Cancel anytime.
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Questions?

We've got answers.

Every call and training is recorded, and members tell us the replays alone are worth it. Watch on your schedule - nap time, car line, 5am with coffee. The community keeps moving with you.

Yes. The trainings cover the platforms product sellers actually use - Etsy, Shopify, Pinterest, wholesale like Faire, and more. I've sold through all of them with my own brand.

Once a month, you get a dedicated day to message me directly on Voxer with your real-time questions. You ask, I answer, you move forward faster. It's the closest thing to having me on your team.

If you have a product business (or you're actively building one), you belong here. The trainings meet you where you are, and being around women a few steps ahead will speed everything up.

Nope. $99 a month, cancel anytime. I want you to stay because the community is growing your business, not because you signed something.

One call a week, about an hour, with replays if you miss it. I'm a homeschooling mom of four - everything inside is built for women with full lives. This saves you time by ending the guessing.

Your business was made for more. So were you.

Join the community where creative women turn handmade hustle into real, growing brands - with coaching every week and me in your corner.

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