Crafty Ass Female

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_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aed436-21_brand-ambassador-kristin-tweedale)

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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 House and writing lots of speculative fiction. Follow along with her adventures on Instagram and Twitter @megan_nerdnest
Elizabeth Heinz resides in Peoria, AZ. She's married and happily raising two boys, Bailey (22) and Joshua (19). She also has an affectionate Boston Terrier, Bond. She works part-time at Midwestern University as a standardized patient. When she's not crafting, she enjoys hiking, pickle ball, reading, and gardening. She's passionate about writing her story.
Amber Dawson is 38, and has been scrapbooking in some form or another since she was about 15 years old. She live in PA with her boyfriend and his three kids who are with them part-time. Therefore, a lot of her documenting is of her and her partner, their 2 kitties, and the kids when they visit. She's done WITL albums for the last 2 years and has really enjoyed the process of digging deeper into their lives.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCBloFAPH3e0z7h2OsSDskzQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adawson816/
*Amy Gretchen *lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband and one of her three daughters. She has been memory keeping since her first scrapbook 20 years ago. Since then her passion has evolved to include everyday photography as a way of telling her story. She loves how photos + words help her to see life more fully and have gratitude for the details. Documenting life on a weekly basis through pocket pages fits perfectly with her goal to capture the everyday moments and keep it simple.
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/amygretchen
Instagram | https://instagram.com/amygretchenstudio

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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 creative habit.
Register for free today at theawesomeladiesproject.com/dailypages
OR right on the front page of the Awesome Ladies Project App
Very Special Guests:
Shannan is a minimalist, mostly-digital scrapbooker from Sydney, Australia, where she lives with her husband, and her 12 and 15 year old kids. She has been scrapbooking since 2008 and loves music, movies and cooking. Her scrapbooking style is very clean and simple so Daily Pages have been a way to play and get over perfectionism. Shannan also designs digital scrapbooking templates and supplies at her shop shannanpages.com.
Christine is a longtime crafter, scrapbooker and documenter, and relatively new Awesome Lady. She is a lover of pretty papers, paints, inks and all things crafty. Christine lives in Northern New Jersey with her husband, daughter and Havanese.
Juli is a recovering perfectionist obsessed with purple. You can usually find her scrapbooking, reading, or taking care of her many plants. Through the ALP community she’s learned “my story matters”—even when you’re single & don’t have kids.

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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 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 creative habit.
Register for free today at theawesomeladiesproject.com/dailypages
OR right on the front page of the Awesome Ladies Project App
Very Special Guests:
Carol Anne Wall is a long-time scrapbooker and an early Daily Pages enthusiast. She lives in Saint Paul, MN with her husband, youngest daughter, and two Scottish Terriers.
Carrie is a long time scrapbooker and craft supply hoarder who loves pretty paper more than almost anything else in life. She lives in Washington state with her husband, two cats, and an overstuffed craft room.
Jacqueline is a wife, teacher, procrastinator, and mess maker. I live in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada, and I scrapbook and make cards while dabbling in other crafts.

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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 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 creative habit.
Register for free today at theawesomeladiesproject.com/dailypages
OR right on the front page of the Awesome Ladies Project App
Very Special Guests:
Kinjal is a wildly enthusiastic Londoner, who lives with her partner and 2 tiny sproglets (children) in the cloudy capital of England. She loves all things scrapbooking and stationary and can usually be found under a pile of LEGO bricks or daydreaming about the parallel universe in which she is a minimalist!
Ann lives in the UK and is married with two grown up children. She currently works full-time and loves being able to get home in time to join the 5pm Daily Pages Zoom.
In her own words: "I have been crafting for a long time, started out with cross stitch and then got in to scrapbooking. I joined the UK Stampers Network about 12 years ago and that got me interested in stamping and paper crafting and I take part in ATC exchanges etc with them. I find crafting a great way to switch off from all the stresses we have and just lose myself in a creative project. I am so glad I found Kristin and the Awesome Ladies Community, it definitely helped me get through all of our lockdowns."
Honore is a treasured and stalwart of the Daily Pages community and I was so incredibly happy for her to join us for this discussion.
In her own words: "I have been playing with scrapbooking nearly 20 years; everyday I do is a new learning experience. I'm a member of the "bye bye baby generation" - WWII and a long-retired public librarian and training coordinator of library associates - persons who worked in public libraries but did not have a master's degree in library science."

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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

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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

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