Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans

With four seasons and just shy of two years of podcasting under our belt, today we are reflecting on the growth we've experienced over our podcasting journey. We chat about how we have held to our mission statement - creativity, community, connection and collaboration - and what a blessing our podcast community has been.

Whether you've been here since the beginning, or just finding us, thank you for making it possible for us to mark this amazing milestone for our podcast.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

This week we take a trip into our podcasting archives and revel in the growth we have achieved so far. We discuss how we stay motivated and keep showing up to a creative project when it doesn't have all the new project shine.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

Social media is all about sharing parts of ourselves, but what does it mean to share part of ourselves without a project to hide behind? Today we are chatting about feeling vulnerable, choosing what to share, and podcasting without a project.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

Often, our creative time is our anchor in an otherwise busy day, a moment of peace and mindfulness to centre ourselves. But what if our mindful & sefl care doesn't look like it "should"? If it doesn't fit in a neat little box? Today we chat about the influence of marketing a specific idea of mindfulness & self care, and how it shows up in creative spaces...and what we choose to do instead.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

Group projects have long been a mainstay of our creative practice, but slowly we are dropping off. In today's episode, we look at crafting to fit in, wanting to stand out, and the joy of true belonging.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

Our identity as crafters & creative folk is shaped by so many influences, and today we are unpacking where we "fit",and end up starting to prepare our bug out bags for the zombie apocolypse...things got a little unhinged along the way!

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

Motivation and productivity, we're finding, is rather like the chicken and the egg. Are we productive when we're motivated, or does being productive give us the motivation to create?

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

Sometimes life can get us so overwhelmed and languishing that picking up a project just feels too hard. Today we chat about how we get ourselves out of a rut and into a project - and how crafting helps pull us out of general life overwhelm.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

What is it about a blank page that makes it so hard to get started? Or why do we find it hard to keep going on a project?

Today we chat about the ways we get in our own way, how life gets in the way, and tease through a couple of real life examples of why we are blocked at the minute.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans
Or on our website: ministryofcraftyshenanigans.com

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative

We started the year off with a bang, and lots of big plans...how are they fairing after a few months and a whole lot of life? Join us for episode one of season four as we chat about goals, giving up, and the encouragement of making our struggles with keeping up visible.

Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans is a weekly conversational podcast on creativity, connection, community and collaboration. We invite you to grab a project and a cuppa, and join us around our virtual craft table, as we chat inspiration, motivation, friendship and our creative process.

Find us on instagram: instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans

Your hosts:
Rach - instagram.com/barefootcrafter
Car - instagram.com/carrosecreative