Spending on services is up, but Leta Harris Neustaedter says business at her Metamorphosis Performing Arts Studio has its ebbs and flows.

Rico and Crystal Worl, the siblings behind Trickster Company, used to have a brick-and-mortar shop. They’re looking to recapture that physical presence with partnerships.

“For me, quilting is about our relationship in a lot of ways,” said co-owner Jacqueline Economo about her mother.

“There was a romantic ideal about being in control of your own destiny,” says Backwards Distilling co-founder Amber Pollock.

Danielle McCarthy and Ellen Kelly run a luxury wedding stationery business in Newport, Rhode Island, where they specialize in letterpress printing.

“I got that first chainsaw and, I don’t know, I just felt right at home,” says Taylor White, a chainsaw carver in Maine.

Shepherdess Land & Livestock offers prescribed grazing services with sheep and goats.

“After having my urban hikes for about a year, I realized that if I wanted my business to grow, that I would need to focus full time on it, and that was a scary leap,” said Lisa Peña, owner of Urban Hikes Kansas City.

When the nonprofit system didn’t seem to work for it, Seattle-based Wa Na Wari found another way.

Dylan Demery opened Colorado-based She’s Fly with two friends to provide outdoor clothing and gear that were comfortable for women.