Welcome to Episode 25 of life I design, the Podcast!  I am all about reflecting and setting intentions especially at this time of year. Have a listen and I hope this episodes inspires you to sit with a journal and spend some time reflecting on the year that is coming to a close and set some fun goals and intentions for the new year!

We are taking a break for the holidays and will be back in January with new episodes! Comment and let me know what you'd like to hear more about in the coming year!

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Some key links for you to have handy;

I have created a freebie to help you price your art because as new artists, pricing can sometimes be the thing that holds us back. Click the link here https://lifeidesign.ck.page/978c7a7af4 to grab your free copy!

Make sure to subscribe to ⁠www.lifeidesign.com⁠ so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here ⁠www.watercolormadesimple.com⁠ and access all the freebies when you do!

Visit YouTube here ⁠youtube.com/@lifeidesign⁠ for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/⁠

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 24 of life I design, the Podcast!  In this episode I am sharing one of biggest regrets as a multi-passionate creative and artist.

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Try a new style of artmaking and share with me on Instagram by tagging me @lifeidesign and use the hashtage #lifeidesignartchallenge

Some key links for you to have handy;

I have created a freebie to help you price your art because as new artists, pricing can sometimes be the thing that holds us back. Click the link here https://lifeidesign.ck.page/978c7a7af4 to grab your free copy!

Make sure to subscribe to ⁠www.lifeidesign.com⁠ so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here ⁠www.watercolormadesimple.com⁠ and access all the freebies when you do!

Visit YouTube here ⁠youtube.com/@lifeidesign⁠ for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/⁠

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 23 of life I design, the Podcast!  This episode is all about the key items, tech, and art supplies that I have in my studio and are ones I recommend you to think about using or having in yours too! It's a fun one!

Here's a link to my Amazon shop Lists where you can find some of these favorites https://www.amazon.com/shop/lifeidesign

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Some key links for you to have handy;

I have created a freebie to help you price your art because as new artists, pricing can sometimes be the thing that holds us back. Click the link here https://lifeidesign.ck.page/978c7a7af4 to grab your free copy!

Make sure to subscribe to ⁠www.lifeidesign.com⁠ so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here ⁠www.watercolormadesimple.com⁠ and access all the freebies when you do!

Visit YouTube here ⁠youtube.com/@lifeidesign⁠ for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/⁠

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 22 of life I design, the Podcast!  In this episode I share something big that I learned while working on my book. It's the one thing that I believe fuels all creative practices. I hope you enjoy this one as I celebrate the one year anniversary of my book Watercolor Made Simple.

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Some key links for you to have handy;

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here ⁠⁠www.watercolormadesimple.com⁠⁠ to help you along your watercolor journey and get access all the fun painting sessions when you do!

I have created a freebie to help you price your art because as new artists, pricing can sometimes be the thing that holds us back. Click the link here https://lifeidesign.ck.page/978c7a7af4 to grab your free copy!

Make sure to subscribe to ⁠www.lifeidesign.com⁠ so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Visit YouTube here ⁠youtube.com/@lifeidesign⁠ for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/⁠

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 21 of life I design, the Podcast!  This episode is all about starting a daily painting routine. I share my best tips, mindset advice and ways to start a daily painting practice and how to make it easy!

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Some key links for you to have handy;

I have created a freebie to help you price your art because as new artists, pricing can sometimes be the thing that holds us back. Click the link here https://lifeidesign.ck.page/978c7a7af4 to grab your free copy!

Make sure to subscribe to ⁠www.lifeidesign.com⁠ so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here ⁠www.watercolormadesimple.com⁠ and access all the freebies when you do!

Visit YouTube here ⁠youtube.com/@lifeidesign⁠ for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/⁠

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 20 of life I design, the Podcast!  In this episode I am going chat about how to know if you are ready to sell your art or if your art is even good enough to sell!

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Some key links for you to have handy;

I have created a freebie to help you price your art because as new artists, pricing can sometimes be the thing that holds us back. Click the link here https://lifeidesign.ck.page/978c7a7af4 to grab your free copy!

Make sure to subscribe to ⁠www.lifeidesign.com⁠ so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here ⁠www.watercolormadesimple.com⁠ and access all the freebies when you do!

Visit YouTube here ⁠youtube.com/@lifeidesign⁠ for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/⁠

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 19 of life I design, the Podcast!  We are back! And with so much to share with you! Yes, there will be more art, creativity, advice and guidance along with some business in the mix too! This episode is just a short way of saying “Hey” and that you can expect to have more episodes come your way!

Get your watercolour supplies out, grab your favourite bevvie and hit play!

Some key links for you to have handy;

Make sure to subscribe to www.lifeidesign.com so you can be the fist to hear about offers, updates and special events happening before we share with the public.

Grab your copy of my new book Watercolor Made Simple here www.watercolormadesimple.com and access all the freebies when you do!

Visit YouTube here youtube.com/@lifeidesign for some tutorials and videos that you may enjoy.

Follow Nicki on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/

Lastly, please take a few minutes to rate, review and follow this podcast along on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  Thank you and happy creating!!

Welcome to Episode 18 of life I design the podcast.  This episode is all about my advice from growing as an artist but the evolution of being an artist, and mindset and everything around that!

Before we being getting into all of that, I have to share that this episode will be our last for this season - Season 1! 

18 episodes and some great information so far!

I’ve look at the episodes I’ve created to-date and am really happy with what I’ve shared so far and now it’s time to plan the next season and what direction I want to go with not only topics, but even bringing in guests and having some great conversations.

I’m not sure what season 2 will look like yet, but I am open to any suggestions from you about what you’d like to hear more about so please do comment, email, and let me know your thoughts! Starting this podcast was a passion project of mine, and I’m just really happy to have been able to share my story and experience with you.

If you’ve been tuning in so far, thank you again for your time, attention and I hope that you've been inspired along the way to follow your creative passion and to be light and free with how you express your artistic side!

Thank you for joining me, your host Nicki Traikos.  I am an artist, instructor and creative business owner.

I started and built life I design in 2012 from home, while raising a family and learning how to juggle it all!

The podcast is my way of pulling back the curtain and inviting you to step into my home studio so we can get candid about all things art, business and life, to help YOU create a life that YOU design!

I hope you subscribe, press play today and tune in as I share my best tips, advice and encouragement!

To learn more, please visit...

Website: https://www.lifeidesign.com for blog posts, shop, current offerings;

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/ is where I spend my time being social;

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifeidesign for my best watercolor tutorials;

Watercolors Made Simple https://www.watercolorsmadesimple.com for my newest class!

So excited to share more watercolor tips with you in this episode!  If you haven't tuned into episode 7 where I share my first round of watercolor tips, go ahead and listen to that one first!

If you have some experience with watercolor painting and want to know what you can do to grow your skills, I'm sharing some of my favorite tips here!

If you are new here, welcome and thank you for joining me, your host Nicki Traikos.  I am an artist, instructor and creative business owner.

I started and built life I design in 2012 from home, while raising a family and learning how to juggle it all!

The podcast is my way of pulling back the curtain and inviting you to step into my home studio so we can get candid about all things art, business and life, to help YOU create a life that YOU design!

I hope you subscribe, press play today and tune in as I share my best tips, advice and encouragement!

To learn more, please visit...

Website: https://www.lifeidesign.com for blog posts, shop, current offerings;

My Newest Watercolor Class: https://www.watercolorsmadesimple.com/nicki-special Registration is now open

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/ is where I spend my time being social;

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifeidesign for my best watercolor tutorials;

Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/nickitraikos where I teach bite size art & calligraphy classes.

You’ve spent years on a subject that you love. You’ve had success, experiences, good or bad and now you’re thinking about teaching others.

I say go for it!! If it’s on your mind, you have real life experience with what you want to teach and you’re being called to share your passion, knowledge and ideas with others, then do it!!

Welcome to episode 16 of life I design the podcast where I’m going to give you some personal insight into figuring out if you are ready to teach your craft!

Press play and let's get started!

I hope you subscribe, press play today and tune in as I share my best tips, advice and encouragement!

To learn more, please visit...

Website: https://www.lifeidesign.com for blog posts, shop, current offerings;

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifeidesign/ is where I spend my time being social;

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lifeidesign for my best watercolor tutorials;

Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/nickitraikos where I teach bite size art & calligraphy classes.