How She Creates Podcast

Curious about what life in the world of a pattern designer is like? In this interview, Erin Dollar of Cotton & Flax, shares her love for creating modern patterns, how she deals with things she doesn’t know how to do, where she finds inspiration and even shares a story about how she broke into a library once - and now she wants you to do it too!

For show notes, links and to connect with Erin and Lauren visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates:-ep-306-pattern-design/

In this relaunching episode of Season 3 Lauren is sharing about the shifts that are happening in her life, creative business and podcast. Sometimes changes can feel like earthquakes in the moments, but when we look back on our story we see that these were actually only small, incremental shifts that make perfect sense in hindsight. Listen in to hear Lauren’s BIG NEWS, what’s next for her and you and be the first to hear about the new interview series that’s coming to How She Creates. Plus I tell the story about what happened when we bought a VW van from the 80's on eBay.

For more info and show notes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates:-ep-305-making-shifts/

Do you want to set creative goals for 2019 and actually achieve them? The key to making more + better art in 2019 is reflecting on what worked, what went well, what you loved and what you struggled with in 2018 and using this to help guide your future art + creativity. Listen in as Lauren and Caylee, for the 3rd year in a row, answer these questions to help them do just that. We share what worked for us, what didn’t and how we plan to grow as artists next year.

Plus! We have a free 16 page workbook you can download and answer the questions yourself. Let’s make 2019 our most creative year yet together!

For shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ep-303-creative-goal-setting/

How does having purple carpet, a failed Etsy shop and 2 degrees in Social Work add up to me becoming a professional artist? Today's episode will tell you how. In this episode I am walking you through my creative story, from my childhood hobbies, to choosing a major, to starting a blog, to being broke and how a major career change to becoming a creative business owner all worked together to lead me to where I am today. If you like storytelling, this episode is perfect for you. I trace the threads of art, travel and teaching throughout my life's experiences to find that even when I didn't feel like an artist I was, in fact, living a creative lifestyle.

For show notes visit: www.lauren-likes.com/podcast

Welcome to Season 3 of How She Creates! This season we are calling out everyone - from the plant ladies to the writers to the chefs to the meeting notes doodlers - to live a creative lifestyle. What does that even mean? How can simple tasks in your normal day to day life be an act of creativity? Want to feel like you showered in joy today? Listen in and get ready to go on a creative adventure this season.

Let's get curious and go explore something.

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I’m back! After 3 months off of taking time to process, travel and plan for next year I’m ready to share with you the Season 2 Finale episodes of How She Creates. In this episode I am recounting what was hard, what I accomplished, the 10 things I learned from my first year as a creative entrepreneur and how I plan to tackle my second year. I talk about the importance of collaborating with others, scheduling, setting goals + celebrating accomplishments and how to get what you want. Listen in to learn more and share your best advise with me on how you plan your days and stay focused.

Add your voice to the conversation using the tag #howshecreates and by following me on instagram @laurenlikesblog.

If you love the show + creativity, please leave a review on iTunes!

For full shownotes visit: www.lauren-likes.com/podcast

Do you have a PERFECT vision in your mind of what your artwork should look like? Are your crippled by fear because the real life translation of it might not match up? Today Lauren is walking you through how to work past that fear and start bringing your creative visions to life. Sign up for the newsletter here for more helpful creative essays each week.

Add your voice to the conversation using the tag #howshecreates and by following me on instagram @laurenlikesblog.

If you love the show + creativity, please leave a review on iTunes!

For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ep-225-bringing-your-vision-to-life/

How is your 100 Day Project going? Are you keeping up? What are you learning? What is working and what isn’t? Caylee and Lauren answer all these questions and more in this episode as we check in about 20 days into the project. We also share lots of great tips for you to help keep your project successful. Add your voice to the conversation using the tag #howshecreates and by following me on instagram @laurenlikesblog.

If you love the show + creativity, please leave a review on iTunes!

For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-the-100-day-project-check-in/

Today we are talking with Isabela Tavares, professional costume designer and university professor about her creative process. Isabela shares so much wisdom on topics from dealing with criticism, collaborating, copying versus being inspired, gathering and translating inspiration and more. She shares about her experiences designing costumes for plays and television all over the world. This episode is a fascinating look behind the scenes of just how much creativity, work, thought and purpose goes into every aspect of a show and the people behind it. You will love learning more about this creative field, plus Isabela shares how you can use your own clothing and creative practices to add more meaning and depth into your every day life just by getting dressed each morning.

Add your voice to the conversation using the tag #howshecreates and by following me on instagram @laurenlikesblog.

If you love the show + creativity, please leave a review on iTunes!

For full show notes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ep-223-costume-design/

Why is it important for you to take online courses as a creative person? How do you choose the right one for you? How do you actually get them done and learn from them? Caylee and I teach online creative classes, but more importantly we LOVE taking them. We're sharing our knowledge, from sitting on both sides, to help you get the most out of your creative classes and most importantly: MAKE STUFF. Add your voice to the conversation using the tag #howshecreates and by following me on instagram @laurenlikesblog.

 

If you love the show + creativity, please leave a review on iTunes! For full shownotes visit http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-creative-classes/