How She Creates Podcast

This weeks episode is really fun! I am chatting with Marrisa and Heather from Carve Out Time For Art. These ladies are the perfect example of the kind, down to earth and creativity loving people you can meet online. Their mission with COFTA is to connect makers and help them find time in their days to create more. This episode is really fun and has a ton of very specific and helpful tips for you to push that guilt to the side and say, ‘making is important and I will prioritize it!’. So dive in and listen today.

See full shownotes at http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-210-community-cofta/

I have been crushing on Joanna’s incredible work for years since we were in Crystal’s Year Of Creative Habit course where Joanna created more work than anyone in the class! Joanna’s work has always been some of my favorite because of her focus on city scenes. She has such a clear and defined style as she celebrates all the beauty and inspiration that the city holds. She shares how she finds inspiration, why she loves the city and tips for you to start sketching cities yourself! Listen in and get excited to take your next vacation in the city!

How She Creates Challenge

This week we want you to go outside and sketch a city scene! Be brave, take your sketchbook and preferred art materials and sketch your favorite area of your city. It could be in your neighborhood, downtown, anywhere that there are buildings to draw! Don’t feel like you can’t participate if you aren’t in a big city. Downtown areas in any city are the perfect inspiration scene! Share your work with us (and any stories from onlookers who spot you!) on the hashtag #howshecreates.

For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-209-abstract-cityscapes/

This week is another very important and special episode. I want this podcast to keep shining lights on women who are doing incredible things for the world and this episode is the perfect example of that. This week I am interviewing my, in real life, friend Abby. We taught a Zumba class together in Korea and I fell in love with her and her sweet family. They are kind, generous, selfless and oh so creative! Abby shares all about the creative process when it comes to expressing your creativity through dance. Her wisdom and words transcend all art forms and will inspire you to break a little more free in your creative work and be bold in your self expression. Abby talks about inspiration gathering, using your mistakes to grow, how to take on a new creative challenge (like dance) as an adult, and how creativity and dance helps heal our souls. She shares about their incredible plan to move to Nepal to be teacher trainers and to bring arts and healing to the community there.

A note about learning more and partnering with Abby & Ross for their work in Nepal:

If you are as excited and intrigued as I am about the Williamsons journey to Nepal they would like to invite you to fill out the “Join Us” form on our website and receive our newsletter and/or more info. They would love to keep in touch through their newsletter with stories from Nepal and can share how you can support them on this journey. Be sure to tell them you found them via How She Creates!

How She Creates Challenge

This week we want to see how you express your creativity through dance! Get out there and try a dance class or just turn on some good jams and get moving. Share a photo or video (!!) with us using the hashtag #howshecreates.

For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-208-dance/

Today’s episode is super special. I believe that I am here in this world to do good and elevate others who are doing amazing things. This weeks episode is one of those moments for sure. Get Messy has been supporting Art Feeds for years and I am so glad we have finally been able to sit down and let others in on how incredible this organization is. They are bringing art to kids in need and we could not be more proud to have a very small hand in that. In our conversation today, Art Feeds founder Meg, shares the Art Feeds story, how she prioritizes her own creativity while working a crazy demanding job, tips for encouraging creativity in kids and ways that you can help bring art + healing to kids near you.

For Shownotes visit:

http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-207-encouraging-creativity/

In this episode Crystal shares about going to the library – not the internet- for inspiration, reading habits, researching, prioritizing your time, creative habits, the benefit of art communities and so much more. Listen in as she has some great advice to help you move your creative work to have more meaning and to tell the story to help draw in your audience. Plus! There is a giveaway for this week’s How She Creates Challenge!

For more info and shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-206-creative-research-crystal-moody/

Caroline Zook is one of my personal creative mentors. I have loved her work and read every word she’s written for years. A lot of the beauty that YOU enjoy from my blog can be linked back to her teaching, inspiration and courses. So it was an incredible honor to spend time chatting with her about creative self care this week. She shares so much insight and I know that your soul will leave feeling refreshed and energized to get things done this week. We talk everything from communicating about your art and need for creative time to your family, giving yourself permission to feel your feelings, tapping into your soul and much more. Have a listen and then come hang out with us on instagram using the #howshecreates hashtag to let us know what you think!

How She Creates Challenge: This week we want to know: what does your soul need today? Our challenge is from Caroline’s great wisdom and intuitiveness, when you wake up in the morning ask yourself: what does my soul need today. It can be time to create, time to explore, time to get sh*t done! Anything. Spend a few moments of self reflection, see what your soul needs and then do the thing. Snap a photo of it and then share it with us under the #howshecreates hashtag.

Shownotes: http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-205-creative-self-care/

know I say this every week, but this is truly one of my favorite episodes ever. I love being able to elevate and celebrate the real life women in my own life who are doing amazing things and have invaluable knowledge and skills to share. Today you are going to get to meet one of my in-real-life friends, Amy. She is beautiful and funny and kind and a genius with a camera. She took these beautiful photos of us in Korea, which was one of the greatest gifts we have to remember our time in that beloved place. Amy has a keen eye when it comes to street and lifestyle photography and she is sharing all her knowledge on the podcast today. We talk best camera gear for getting out in the world easily, techniques and tricks for getting great shots, how to get your family and little ones involved (without being an instagram husband) and how to find and celebrate joy in your everyday life. PLUS! There is an amazingly adorable cameo by her littlest, Jonah, as he signs our episode off – so be sure to listen all the way to the end. Super bonus, Ill be in Germany with Amy in 2 days (!!) so, Ill be sure to be on the lookout for more of her photo genius and will share it with you on instagram, so be sure to say hi!

How She Creates Challenge

This week we want to see your street/lifestyle photos. Take some time this week to be present in the world, look for what you are thankful for and snap some natural photos of it and share using the #howshecreates tag so we can all see!

For more info and shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-204-street-photography/

In this weeks episode we talk about the scary start to your own online business, the difference between finding inspiration and refreshing yourself, tips for learning more about metal smithing, why its important to support local artists and about the importance of slow, hand making. 

How She Creates Challenge:

This week we want to learn more about local artists YOU love! Share your favorite local artists + their artwork with us using the #howshecreates hashtag so we can all support more hand makers! 

For all shownotes and more info visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/creates-ep-203-metalsmithing/

This week on How She Creates I am chatting with Brandi Kincaid who is wise, kind, colorful and inspiring. This conversation really convicted and encouraged me to get out into the world and be an observer of life. Brandi has a really special gift when it comes to being present with others and then turning small fragments of interactions and observations into very connected art. She shares her tips for listening in so you can also create more from your personal experiences, how to work through creative ruts and more about her process of taking an idea to reality.

This week we have a challenge for you. After you listen to the episode, go out, experience the world and turn it into art. Then share your observations and what you make with Brandi and I using the #howshecreates hashtag so we can all be a little more connected.

See full shownotes at http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ep-202-being-present/

Welcome to Season 2 of How She Creates! I could not be happier to be welcoming you back to this incredible community of creators. There is a lot of really exciting stuff coming up for you this season, plus a few changes around here. Caylee and Lauren are chatting in this episode about what’s new for the podcast, plus what we’ve been up to since the last podcast and what is inspiring us creatively lately.

During this conversation, Caylee shared some creative genius that actually launched us into a frenzy to create a full, free webinar on How to Find Your Creative Style. You can sign up for that webinar and get all the shownotes from this episode at http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-is-back/