Crafty Ass Female

Kelly Purkey starts off by talking about her backstory a bit, strolling down memory lane referencing the workshop she hosted where A & K met, and why she decided to pay the women on her design team.
The girls chat about Kelly’s new products for December and how she always strives to create something new every year and create products for those documenters that don’t have photo-heavy holidays.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

Caylee Grey starts off by explaining where her title ‘Fairy Art Mother’ came from, and tells A + K how Get Messy kind of “fell from the heavens” into her life and how she turned it into a business.
In a world that focuses so much energy beautifully curated images and moments, Caylee makes ‘MESS’ a word to strive for and celebrate! Getting messy, says Caylee, is dancing naked in perfectionism’s face!
The girls chat a bit about depression and Caylee shares the small steps she took to get out of it. Amanda talks about how breathing is sometimes all you have for the day, and that blends into a conversation about what a NonZero Day is.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

find out more at craftyassfemale.com

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

Elise Joy starts off by jumping right into her first book Big Dreams, Daily Joys and tells A + K how the idea for it came about. She also talks about a bit about her blog, and why Instagram is her main jam now.
Elise goes into how she prioritizes her multiple business and creative ventures, and how she defines HAVING SUCCESS WITH HOBBIES. We also hear Elise talk about goal-setting in such a pragmatic way!
PRE-ORDER BIG DREAMS, DAILY JOYS NOW !!!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

Caytlyn Cole starts off by recounting her creative backstory to A + K and how she always knew she was going g to have a creative career. She also talks about how she got started in memory keeping & the creation, break from, evolution, and relaunch of Push Print Studio! YAY!
Amanda gushes about how good Cay’s designs are, and feels like Push Print Studio is a digital print shop where each card is like the favorite card you’d pick out of a whole collection!

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

Rachel Gajardo starts off by explaining to A + K how she created her Instagram account to get a planner company’s attention. She also talks about her ‘tunnel vision’ in thinking there is only one right way to be a creative person, and forgetting that there are so many possibilities & models for living a creative life! She’s proof!
Rachel’s answer the question ‘Why pop culture?’ and goes into detail about what we’re all dying to know about: (1) where does she get all her stickers and (2) her process from choosing a theme to the sticker hunt to how far in advance she plans.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

find out much more at craftyassfemale.com

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

When she isn't painting on rocks or wrangling her tiny humans, Alisha Joy likes to write about some pretty amazing and uncomfortable topics: shame, belonging, self-love, vulnerability, grief, jealousy (you know, the fun stuff!) But the thing that really gets her fired up is happiness: how to create it, where to find it, and why we sometimes feel it's out of our reach. (Don't worry, it's NEVER out of our reach. Like, never ever.)

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

The Crafty Ass Females take some time before some big interviews to talk about all the ways we want to hear from you and find out more about you. Make sure to be a part of our Patreon community and let us know more about yourself, your crafts, your femininity and even your ass.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

In this episode, A + K check-in with each other about where they’re at mid-summer, different angles you could take to tell your story, and where they want to go with their creative energy.
Amanda thought she would use summer to catch up on her memory keeping, and talks to Kristin about how she’s not doing enough PLAY / PRACTICE with her crafting. Kristin talk about her morning pages practice and how it allows her to “just play”.
A + K each talk about their identity as a creative artist and putting self-imposed rules on their projects. Amanda’s been exploring how she can use IG stories & her digital space to supplement her paper memory keeping..
The girls also reflect on where they are at with their one little words for the year. Amanda talks about what’s FOUND and Kristin talks about how she thought her word PROJECT would have been a louder word than it has been.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe