This episode is all about the “secret menu”, a concept that Lauren dreamed up for offering unprofitable skills that she still enjoys doing for herself and others. The hosts discuss the value of thinking of your own secret menu and how it can become a creative form of community care. This conversation is an invitation to pull your untapped abilities out of skill purgatory and put them to good use.

Episode Mentions:

• Rachael’s Soup Gala Birthday Party
• Rachael’s Orange-Themed Birthday Party

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected]. 

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

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• Website
• Instagram
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Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Rachael is ready to get serious about being an artist; so she and Lauren discuss a common component of presenting yourself as one: a portfolio. When describing your creative work and ambitions, it can be extremely helpful to have a curated selection of pieces to back it up; but many questions arise when attempting to build an online portfolio. In this episode, you’ll gain some insight towards answering those questions for yourself. Is it okay to have one-off works vs a series? How can you focus your practice around certain theme or through-line while allowing yourself to follow all of your curiosities? Listen to learn more!

Episode Mentions:

• Check out The Juice Box here!
• For more portfolio advice, watch Lauren’s Adobe course.

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected]. 

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Lauren sold most of her things in the months leading up to moving back to BK and absorbed helpful lessons around sales, customer service, and communication that she brought back to her business. In this episode she shares these lessons with Rachael and reflects on how they were more easily absorbed when she was selling “stuff” (chairs, furniture, etc) as opposed to her creative work and services.

Episode Mentions

• Lauren’s NYC Bedroom Storage Project
• Lauren at Creative Mornings NYC

We are now booking workshops and speaking engagements as a duo! To bring us to your conference or organization, reach out to us at [email protected].

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

In the conclusion of this first Crash Course mini-series, the hosts are sharing some of the commonly overlooked aspects of selling a workshop. They discuss how to navigate specific scenarios that they've encountered in hosting creative events and send you off with some encouraging words. 

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here!

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

• Website
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• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

With a workshop concept locked in, Lauren and Rachael begin developing their idea into a more well-rounded offering. They work through how to provide the most valuable experience for workshop attendees, how to market the event, and what price point will cover costs while making a worthwhile profit for them as hosts. Throughout this phase of planning, they provide nuanced insight on what to consider when tailoring a gathering toward your own goals. 

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here.

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

• Website
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• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Lauren and Rachael brainstorm on a guided experience that merges both of their skills and teaching styles. In pitching ideas to one another, they land on a workshop that they are both jazzed to facilitate! The big question is: Can they develop this idea into a strong, marketable offering?

Episode Mentions:

• Lauren's Tutorial on Turning Junk Mail into Paper Clay for Crafts  
• Lauren's Upcycled Croissant  
• Lauren's Upcycled Pedestal Planter  
• Shoutout to Meg Lewis and their 'taper mache' method. Check out their work here!  

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here!  

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

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• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Welcome to Crash Course! A Chaotic Creative mini series about gathering in the material world. Follow Lauren and Rachael as they plan a workshop that you can actually attend this November in New York City! In part one, the gals share how they began teaching and why they believe workshops are a great way to grow your creative community and business. 

Shoutout to The Dugout Podcast, which was an inspiration for this format. Go check them out!

Join us for this special in-person creative workshop in NYC on November 13th! Get tickets here.

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

• Website
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• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
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• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

In this wide-ranging conversation, Rachael and Lauren discuss how they stay creatively grounded in periods of grief; they then realize that the conversations they’ve had as friends and co-hosts have had a grounding effect as well. This season’s closing coincides with the closing of chapters in the respective lives of the Chaotic Creatives team and in this long indulgent sendoff, your gals are looking forward even while holding the sadness that comes with change.

Episode Mentions

• Brené Brown: The Fast Track To Genuine Joy (HuffPost 2013)  
• King’s Hawaiian Lilikoi Crunch Cookies  
• How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis 
• Lauren’s (mysterious) Adobe course, Perfecting Your Portfolio is out now! 

 Sponsors 

• Creative Coaching with Rachael Renae  
• Mural Mockups by Hom Sweet Hom

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected]

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

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Lauren’s links:

• Website
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• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
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• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

In this penultimate episode of season 3, Rachael and Lauren both find themselves at the precipice of major change in their lives. They discuss how the nature of these changes have influenced their priorities and styles of decision-making. Expanding beyond the new seasons in their lives, they raise the importance of doing what you can to prioritize your creative work, and honing your intuition by practicing decisiveness in everyday scenarios.

Episode Mentions:

• Paper pulp on Lauren’s blog
• Grit by Angela Duckworth
• Rachael’s Creative Visioning Workbook 
• Dusen Dusen Backyard Mosaic

Sponsors:

• Creative Coaching with Rachael Renae
• Mural Mockups by Hom Sweet Hom

For a transcript of this episode, contact us at [email protected].

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching

Get a sense of what a creative coaching session is like as Lauren and Rachael help each other with specific challenges they are facing in their respective businesses and lives. Each host listens and offers insights to help the other move closer to achieving their goals.

Episode Mentions

• Here is the Forbes article about Mud Witch, and the inspiration behind their ceramics.
• Check out Lauren's website for an example of the "trail mix" style portfolio.
• Learn more about Lauren's 4-Week Portfolio Procrastinator program!

Sponsors

• 1-on-1 Coaching with Lauren
• Creative Coaching with Rachael

The transcript for this episode can be found here!

Cover art designed and photographed by Kristle Marshall for Hom Sweet Hom

If you love what we are doing and want to support us, head to patreon.com/chaoticcreatives

Follow the pod on Instagram @chaoticcreativespod and tag us in the projects you’re working on while listening!

Say hi or tell us a silly lil joke: [email protected]

Lauren’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• Online Classes

Rachael’s links:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Juice Box
• Creative Coaching