Crafty Ass Female

Lauren Hooper starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early years of creativity, what her first creative business was, and how once she hosted her first art retreat, she was hooked!
Lauren talks about the trying times we’re living in right now, and how her full-time travel based business was effected by it.
Lauren answers the question WHY ART JOURNALLING? in the grand scheme of her business and creative practice. She also discusses her favorite mediums, and a bit about the process.
Lauren talks to A + K about how she diversifies, The Flight of the Hummingbird, the Marco Polo app, and how RESILIENCE - this season’s theme - is a core life value of hers!

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Tina Aszmus starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early foray into design, her background with Studio Calico, and how she’s inspired by flowers, plants, and the illustrations & textures of vintage children’s books.
Tina & the girls then go into how much scrapbooking trends have changed, and how years ago it was all about adding more, more, more while now, it’s more of an attitude of LESS.

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Tracey Clark starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early creativity, how she got into photography, and how the next stepping stone in her creative lifestyle always seemed to present itself. She explains explains how blogging was like journalling on steroids
Tracey then goes into how the current state of affairs didn’t disrupt her family’s routine all that much, but how it got her wondering how she could help get people through this. Using her superpower of simplicity, the idea of PICTURE HOME was born!

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Heather Spooner starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about how a decision to try to sell a few handmade Halloween cards on Instagram sparked her creative career and embarked on the journey of how to make a hobby into a business.
Heather’s then goes into the heart of her story that centers around how she broke out of this box-checking lifestyle and ended up accepting a life of happiness for herself and nobody else.
Heather also talks to A + K about how and why she left her career as a teacher, how she ended her engagement to her college boyfriend, made a serendipitous ‘airplane friend’ who ended up becoming her wife, and flipped the table on the script others and society had written for her life.

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Joy Frame jumps right into telling Amanda + Kristin about her idea for a collective kid-friendly space for adults where women could come together: Cabin Fever Coffee and Play House. Joy is very much in the beginning stages of making this idea come to life, and it’s so intriguing to listen to her talk about it in the light of recent COVID outbreak.
Joy also explains her role as a social worker and dealing with complex emotions. The girls talk about how structure and routine can be a healthy way cope and combat anxiety, but it’s also important to sit without judgement if you need to be idle.

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After 3 successful wedding seasons and the 2020 election on the horizon, MK was itching to chat about her political interests again. In a matter of months during the "off season" for weddings in Chicago, MK created First Hundred Days, a podcast inspired by the 'first 100 days of a presidency' ideology. She speaks with politicians and recent college grads alike and new episodes are out every Tuesday!

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Picking up right where Season 5 left off, SEASON 6 is HERE and the theme for this season of Crafty Ass Female is RESILIENCE - something we could all use right now.

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Adriana Picker starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about coming from a creative family of women who were always cooking, gardening, or making something. She then goes into how she pursued journalism & design in college before realizing that her illustrations were in high demand and that she could make a living from her artwork.
Adriana also explains how sticking to her niche of botanical illustration has allowed her to work with a variety of brands in numerous ways. She takes what she’s known for and broadens it in ways that work for her.
Adriana also talks to A + K about how she keeps her take on ‘botanical’ modern and relevant with COLOR and COMPOSITION, and the tools and techniques she used to create her new book, Petal.

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Amber Kemp Gerstel starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about how she went from a child psychologist to starting up Damask Love and making it her full time gig.
Amber also explains the newest edition to the Damask Love family: YayDay Paper Company - a digital subscription service offering delightfully designed stationery, craft projects and planner goodies that you can print from home. She discusses how YayDay allows her to have flexibility and fun when it comes to creating diversity in paper products.
Amber also talks to A + K about how she keeps to her brand’s story, knows when to add people to her team, and how she spends the few minutes before she falls asleep every night to dream as hard as she can!

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