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This week we are continuing our Week in the Life series with our second roundtable episode. On today's show Kristin is talking to Shu-Wen of Choux Puff Creations, Kirsten Heal and Steph Grimes all about the best ideas for capturing photos and words during Week in the Life. What is Week in the Life? From Ali Edwards.com: A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life™ began in 2005 as an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday details of life with photos and words. The albums I've created are some of my most treasured in that they are wonderfully true representations of my family's life at a particular point in time. From the mundane to the profound, it's those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most. Very Special Guests: Shu-Wen Hello! My name is Shu-Wen (Choux Puff Creations) and I'm a baker / crafter / music maker from Canada! I've been making cards for many years, but only recently started scrapbooking in 2020, and I've loved every moment of my creative journey! You can find my

Hey! We’re continuing this Week in the Life series with Ali Edwards herself -- founder of the Week in the Life Project, chatting all about the origins of WitL, and so much more. What is Week in the Life? From Ali Edwards.com: A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life™ began in 2005 as an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday details of life with photos and words. The albums I've created are some of my most treasured in that they are wonderfully true representations of my family's life at a particular point in time. From the mundane to the profound, it's those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most. In this episode, we get into some great topics: ** * we talk about the **epic Star Wars adventure Ali just got back from * we talk about how Week in the Life started * we talk about our favorite parts of the WitL project * we talk about how we are approaching this project in 2022 Learn more about Week in the Life at AliEdwards.com (https://aliedwards.com/week-in-the-life-2019?utm_

Hey! We’re kicking off this Week in the Life series talking to Amber Dawson, Elizabeth Heinz, Megan Anderson, and Amy Gretchen all about the tips and tricks that make Week in the Life easy and fun. What is Week in the Life? From Ali Edwards.com: A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life™ began in 2005 as an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday details of life with photos and words. The albums I've created are some of my most treasured in that they are wonderfully true representations of my family's life at a particular point in time. From the mundane to the profound, it's those simple little everyday moments that I treasure most. *In this episode, we get into some great topics: * * we talk about how we've approached this project over the years * we talk about why this project is meaningful for us * we talk about what happens when you dont finish Very Special Guests: Megan Kiekel Anderson is a crafty nerd who loves documenting everyday life. She’s currently settling into her 1900 Witch

How does intersectionality come up while you’re scrapbooking your stories? Today I’m talking to ALP community member Kinjal Tanna. We’ve bonded over the past few years over our millennial outsider-ness in the scrapbooking world. We talked about that identity (and others), while chatting about the industry at large, in this week’s episode. In this episode, Kinjal and I talk about: Her early desire to be an artist (and what that meant) What looking like an outsider has meant and felt in different places at different times in Kinjal’s life (as a teacher in Japan, and in the scrapbooking industry) The pressure to ‘represent’ certain groups of people The different ways the scrapbooking industry has failed representation Our mutual love for Brandi Kincaid So much more This episode is filled with so much heartfelt conversation, fabulous wisdom, and really great chat.

Let's learn how to craft the path to our own success. It's finally time to welcome back one of my best friends, and a Crafty Ass Female regular Megan Kiekel Anderson, who is here to help me discuss how we can create success in our crafting. Today we talk about: Setting realistic goals What is 'minimum viable success' How to craft a malleable plan Embracing the willingness to learn and change along the way Join us on the Awesome Ladies Project app (https://theawesomeladiesproject.com/app) to discuss this week's episode -- always free to join! Find Megan on twitter @megan_nerdnest (https://twitter.com/megan_nerdnest) and on Instagram @megan_nerdnest (https://www.instagram.com/megan_nerdnest/?hl=en) and check out her short stories in publications too numerous to count!

I am so happy to have Brandi Kincaid back on Crafty Ass Female, and especially happy to have her join me for the Season of Habit. Just some of the topics we cover include: * Taking it one line at a time * Looking for consistency and comfort, but still asking questions * Logistics, obviously * Opening the doors to creativity * How your habits are an extension of how you are in the world Brandi is an illustrator and paper crafter who makes and records memories with her husband Andrew, and puppy Augie Roo, in Bellingham, Washington. She spends all her free moments listening closely, playing with paper and glue, and drawing a version of the world around her. When she isn't making a mess or dreaming up new designs, she's spending time at one of her favorite neighborhood bookshops, thrifting treasures, or watching episodes of Murder She Wrote, because nothing beats J.B. Fletcher.

Hey! We’re kicking off the season of habit with a three episode series all about Daily Pages. Daily Pages are a creative self-documenting habit I created in the summer of 2018. They're all about pulling a small amount of paper, thoughts, photos, words, or bits of life into a small notebook. Daily Pages are a creative habit for you to tell your stories. Throughout this series, we’ll have different guest experts on each of the shows, sharing the different ways Daily Pages have impacted their lives, creativity, scrapbooking habits, and so much more. In this episode, we get into some great topics: * the different ways our Daily Pages habit changed over time * perfectionism & the space Daily Pages provides * Daily Pages as the place where all the little stories live Join us on May 7th and 8th for our FREE Daily Pages 101 Hands-On Virtual Retreat. You'll learn how to make all of my favorite Daily Pages, as well as all the tips and tricks the Awesome Ladies and I have for getting started with this amazing creat

Hey! We’re kicking off the season of habit with a three episode series all about Daily Pages. Daily Pages are a creative self-documenting habit I created in the summer of 2018. They're all about pulling a small amount of paper, thoughts, photos, words, or bits of life into a small notebook. Daily Pages are a creative habit for you to tell your stories. Throughout this series, we’ll have different guest experts on each of the shows, sharing the different ways Daily Pages have impacted their lives, creativity, scrapbooking habits, and so much more. In this episode, we get into some great topics: * we discuss how to turn a long-term scrapbooking hobby into a Daily Pages practice * we talk about our favorite scrapbook supplies to use in our Daily Pages notebooks * and we have an interesting conversation about the ways in which Daily Pages has impacted our other scrapbooking projects and habits. Join us on May 7th and 8th for our FREE Daily Pages 101 Hands-On Virtual Retreat. You'll learn how to make all o

Hey! We’re kicking off the season of habit with a three episode series all about Daily Pages. Daily Pages are a creative self-documenting habit I created in the summer of 2018. They're all about pulling a small amount of paper, thoughts, photos, words, or bits of life into a small notebook. Daily Pages are a creative habit for you to tell your stories. Throughout this series, we’ll have different guest experts on each of the shows, sharing the different ways Daily Pages have impacted their lives, creativity, scrapbooking habits, and so much more. In this episode, we get into some great topics: * we talk about the way our Daily Pages have (or haven't) changed since we started creating, * we discuss Daily Pages as a place for both Practice and Play, * and we have an important conversation about the way the Daily Pages community —especially the Daily Pages at Noon Livestream & Share community has impacted our lives throughout the last several years. Join us on May 7th and 8th for our FREE Daily Pages 101

The Awesome Ladies Project App is coming soon to an app store near you! You'll be able to log in and do everything you already do on the ALP website, and more. If you're already signed up for the ALP community, you're all set and everything will work as soon as you download the app (in Early September). If you don't have a free account yet, no worries, you can create one when you download the app. There are so many amazing things you'll be able to do right on the app, including upload all your fabulous projects, take great classes, join in on discussions with Awesome Ladies from around the world, learn new tips, tricks, and techniques during our live classes, and so so much more. Learn more at https://theawesomeladiesproject.com/app

Christine is a graphic designer and the one woman show behind Everyday Explorers Co., line of clear stamps and paper products designed to help you document your everyday life with a sense of discovery and adventure. Originally from Manila, Philippines, she now lives in Berkeley, California with her husband. You can find out more about Christine and Everyday Explorers Co at https://everydayexplorers.co or @everydayexplorersco on Instagram

Kate Smith is an artist obsessed with making humans smile. Every joke, piece of art and product she creates is meant to be shared—meant to give you a small, simple and fun way to put joy into the life of another. She wants to remind you how good it feels to make another human happy. She wants to show you it doesn’t take much. And she wants to encourage you to do it every day. Kate lives, works and travels full-time in her Airstream travel trailer with her husband and business partner, Ryan, and dog, Frank. Learn more at katesmithcompany.com and follow her on Instgram at @katesmithcompany. You can find her new collection in Target stores starting in summer 2021.

More about Nicole Stevenson: Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and creative director at Dear Handmade Life. She can't recall a time in her life when she wasn't making something. At 24, she turned my passion into my profession when she started selling Random Nicole, her handcrafted clothing line at flea markets and backyard craft fairs, which she grew into a thriving retail and wholesale six-figure business that was carried at over 250 shops around the world. Nicole's desire to help other creatives pursue their dream business and discover the joy of making led her away from her own handmade business and into teaching, consulting, running her own workshop studio and eventually co-founding Dear Handmade Life in 2007. Now, she connects, educates and shortens the learning curve for other creatives by sharing what she's le

Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and creative director at Dear Handmade Life. She can't recall a time in her life when she wasn't making something. At 24, she turned my passion into my profession when she started selling Random Nicole, her handcrafted clothing line at flea markets and backyard craft fairs, which she grew into a thriving retail and wholesale six-figure business that was carried at over 250 shops around the world. Nicole's desire to help other creatives pursue their dream business and discover the joy of making led her away from her own handmade business and into teaching, consulting, running her own workshop studio and eventually co-founding Dear Handmade Life in 2007. Now, she connects, educates and shortens the learning curve for other creatives by sharing what she's learned through the Dear Handma

Taylor and Katie Smith are sisters who have a top 1% Etsy shop where they sell vinyl and planner stickers. Katie designs the stickers and all the stickers are printed on site. The Smith sisters are two totally different humans (and that's one of the reasons Kristin was so excited to talk to them — the other that she's been friends with Katie for almost a decade) and that's one of the reasons that lead to their incredible success. They talk about the different things that they were both able to bring to this new business venture and how they were able to do over $100,000 in sales on Etsy last year, selling just stickers alone. Taylor and Katie are now creating a brand new course helping other people achieve creative business success in the same way they have with their new course: Dream, Create, Sell. Throughout the episode we talk about why they decided to create a course (they want to help other creatives and artists who are selling their work get more traction with their businesses). We also talk about

What are rukristin's Daily Pages? - Daily Pages are a project that rukristin came up with in the summer of 2018 - Each day, she opens up a small notebook to the first/next two blank pages and creates something with pictures, paper, words, or the bits of life - The Daily Pages project is a way for people to document their lives in a simple and accessible way. By using small notebook there is less surface to fill, which makes it simpler and faster to create pages and tell the stories of your life. - Through repetition and habit building, Daily Pages helps to create incredible outcomes — both on the page and inside the artist. What can Daily Pages do for you? - Daily Pages will make you a better artist. - You will level up your skills - Whatever tools you're using? You'll get better - You will find and develop your style - You will tell stories about your life that you wouldn't have otherwise - You'll use (more of) your stuff - You'll get new ideas for how to use your

More about this week's show: Scissors are so important as a scrapbooker! Here's a rundown of the scissors we talked about on today's show and the things they are best at. Everyday/all-around scissors: Grey/Yellow -- Westcott 8" Titanium Bonded Scissors (https://amzn.to/2R7Zqok) These are my everyday go-to scissors. I cut everything with these. I use them for Daily Pages, stickers, washi tape, whatever I need on a regular basis. These scissors definitely get the most use. Cutting straight lines: Purple -- Westcott Extreme Edge Titanium 9” (https://amzn.to/3npoao5) For cutting straight lines, the most important thing is a long blade with a 'bent' edge. I use these scissors for cutting straight lines on paper when my trimmer isn’t an option. Like when I need to cut paper that’s less than an inch wide, or when the paper is super small. Or when I don’t want to bring the trimmer with me on a trip. Another pair of Westcott Titanium scissors. These are my paper-only scissors. I don’t let the blades go near anythin

There's never a bad time to discuss some of the most important supplies that we use every time we go to papercraft. Inks form the foundation for stamping, creating color palettes, applying textures and so much more. I've been using Washi tape in more and more interesting ways recently - check out the Daily Pages Bootcamp and the @rukristin instagram to see much more.

This time on Crafty Ass Female, Brandi and Kristin dive deep into a topic that absolutely everyone feels. First we figure out the different forms of loneliness we feel, and how they manifest in our lives, especially creatively. We talk about the different ways we end up feeling about loneliness, and tactics to cope. Brandi explores how she feels loneliness for others, and much, much more.

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female podcast Brandi Kincaid is back for the second of a three episode series. Brandi and Kristin love to get deep on topics and authenticity is a good one. They get into a great conversation about what it means to be a person, a woman, and a small business owner, on the internet. There are constant changes on social media. Whether it's one of the the algorithms that you're supposed to be keeping up with or one of brand new features that you're supposed to be learning how to use and prioritize, there is a lot going on when it comes to 'trying to optimize' your presence on social media. But you don't have to optimize who you are on social media in order to show up and connect with people who are going to be interested in who you are and what you do. Kristin and Brandi talk about how as long as you show up as your authentic self, you'll do just fine.