Crafts With an Edge

Thanks for listening! That's a wrap on this podcast for now. 

The podcast may be ending, but EdgeCraft is not! Continue to interact on social media to enjoy the artwork, for general inspiration, and to be in touch about new products. If you'd like to learn paper quilling, you can sign up for workshops and get smaller tips and tricks on YouTube and the blog. 

Here are the links for all those opportunities: https://www.edgecraftatx.com/links

Marie Sonneman joins us in this episode to share about how to gain confidence and find your inner badass. Marie hosts the Ordinary to Badass podcast, and helps women gain confidence in their life and with their money. 

Here are Marie's 5 steps to gaining confidence: 

1. Clean out the cobwebs. We can’t move forward without dealing with the past and the things that have caused inner blocks for us.

2. Do hard things. Taking on a challenge in one area of your life will help you build confidence in other areas of your life.

3. Embrace failure. We can reframe so-called failure if we can just learn from it and pivot! 

4. Limit social media. The comparison game is strong on social media-- compare and despair!

5. Don’t believe every thought that you think. Try “that’s not true because___.”

Listen to the Ordinary to Badass podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ordinary-to-badass/id1479878786

Connect with on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ordinarytobadass

Connect on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Ordinary-to-Badass-996077157246398

Visit the Ordinary to Badass website: https://ordinarytobadass.com

Are you feeling stuck or blocked around your creative projects? Today I have a pep talk for you, with some raw encouragement that hopefully anyone can do: to make shitty art.

In this episode, I offer how to shift your mindset when you're stuck, along with 5 easy, practical tips that you can try any time.

Follow for more:

https://www.instagram.com/edgecraftatx/

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https://www.edgecraftatx.com/

Tiffany Vaughan joins us in this episode to share about her story and her business. She hosts the Hard Beautiful Journey podcast and offers coaching for women. 

She commissioned a quilled version of her logo, and we talk about the connection between the artwork and her story. 

Listen to the Hard Beautiful Journey podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-beautiful-journey/id1521381641

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mstiffvaughan/

Follow her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mstiffvaughan

Visit her website:  www.mstiffvaughan.com

We survived the 2021 snowstorm in Texas-- though it was a total shitstorm and completely preventable. I share our personal story, along with background of how this all happened in this week's episode.

Want to help relief efforts? Shop for items that will have 100% of proceeds donated to relief efforts: www.edgecraftatx.com/helptexas. If you're a crafter or artist who would like to offer proceeds from certain items, email [email protected].

Or donate straight to the groups doing great work. Here are my recommendations:

400+1: https://www.fourhundredandone.com/

Feeding Texas: https://www.feedingtexas.org/

Central Texas Food Bank: https://centraltexasfoodbank.org

Austin Area Urban League: https://aaul.org

Austin Justice Coalition:  https://austinjustice.org

This episode is for you if you’re a boss bitch, or want to step more into that energy. I dive deep into what's behind my recent "boss bitch" artwork: both the creative process that went into it, and the inspiration for the message I have for the world.

Check out photos and videos of the piece at instagram.com/EdgeCraftATX.

And quilling workshops are available now, with class pack and membership options! Sign up now at www.edgecraftatx.com/events

In this episode, Amy Coe from Snark Heart joins us to talk about how she channeled her anger toward political situations into subversive, empowering messages. She makes handmade jewelry, stickers, drinkware and more, all with messages meant to encourage and empower us through difficult times. Amy shares how she got started, where her inspiration comes from, and what's on the horizon.

Shop for snarky products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SnarkHeart

Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snarkheart/

Join the VIP Facebook Group for weekly giveaways and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/snarkheartvip

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Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@snarkheart

Season 2 is back with a more focused direction! Each episode will be about crafts, art, or creativity, and how it intersects with you living your most badass life. You can expect episodes that alternate between guest and solo episodes. Guests will include artists or women who are kicking ass in other arenas. Solo episodes will go in depth behind different artwork that I create, or provide creative inspiration, and more. All with an authentic energy to help you cut away the bullshit and step into your best, baddest life. Thanks for listening!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Reflections on this terrible and wonderful year with my boyfriend, Hayden. Lessons we've learned, holding space for grief, and finding great things in unexpected places this year. 

Find Hayden on Instagram @AustinIntimacySolutions or austinintimacysolutions.com. 

I'm taking a brief break during the holiday season to focus on my priorities: holiday orders! This is not goodbye, but I will be taking a break for December. I'll be back sometime in January. Have a great holiday season!