Windowsill Chats

Margo is joined by Millennial Money Coach Cortney Cruz. After a decade-long career in finance, Cortney took her experience both from her corporate background and her personal financial transformation and built a business teaching women what they weren't taught in school and empowering them to use money as a tool to create the lives they want. She is passionate about helping women take back control of their finances to create more freedom, flexibility & fulfillment in their lives and lives by the motto "You can build wealth and #treatyoself."

Margo and Cortney discuss:

• Cortney's personal money and entrepreneurial journey
• Misconceptions and stigmas around money management
• The mindset, intention, and action required for changing your relationship with money
• How money aids in creativity
• Breaking generational curses and building generational wealth
• Things you can start doing today to your money habits and increase your wealth
• How you can build wealth and treat yourself at the same time

Connect with Cortney:

https://www.instagram.com/moneywithcortney/

https://www.tiktok.com/@moneywithcortney

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www.windowsillchats.com

www.instagram.com/windowsillchats

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Margo is joined by Margaux Kent, Co-Founder of Peg and Awl. Margeaux and her husband Walter created Peg and Awl without a plan but rather a fortunate pairing of two minds, different but in sync. Together with a team they create from olde things, treasures found and recovered from misfortune and neglect, relics of the unusual, the confused and the macabre, cut and pulled and built into wearable curiosities, inscribable keepsakes and usable, long-lasting treasures.

Margo and Margaux discuss:

• How Peg and Awl began and the first product they listed on Etsy
• How she manages a creative business, working with her husband, homeschooling, and more
• The importance of tooting your own horn and promoting oneself and how she tries to instill this into her kids
• Peg and Awl jewelry creation and why they do everything in house
• Discovery: of new mediums and of understanding new and different topics
• How listening to poetry brings her a sense of peace
• Aphantasia and hyperphantasia
• And more!

After nearly bursting their house with the weight of materials, makers, and ideas, in 2012 Margaux and Walter decided to move Peg and Awl to the Atlas Casket Factory and in 2017, growing pains led them to seek new land. During their voyages, they discovered their new home, the Foundlings Building, in Port Richmond, Philadelphia which they consider an inspiring place to create more treasures, photographs, jobs, and joyful days.

Connect with Margaux Kent:

Pegandawlbuilt.com

https://www.margauxkent.com/

https://www.instagram.com/pegandawl/

https://www.instagram.com/thebrotherskent/

https://margauxkent.substack.com/

Connect with Margo Tantau:

www.windowsillchats.com

www.instagram.com/windowsillchats

Learn more about the From Line to Color Retreat in Cote du Rhone, France and sign up today!

Margo is joined by craft maker, Heather Donohue. Heather has been crafting since childhood and is known for her vintage-inspired Christmas stockings and tree skirts from felt and sequins as well as other creative commissions. She creates original content and craft projects for companies including Handmade Charlotte and Benzie Design. Her work has been featured in magazines, on stage, and online and although she considers herself an introvert, she loves leading in-person craft workshops. Her craft lab is in Minneapolis, where she lives with her husband, their twins, and cavalier king charles spaniel.

Margo and Heather discuss:

• Her creative path and how she runs and manages a business built on Christmas products
• How she went about monetizing her creations and a go-getter personality
• What success looks and feels like and how she'd like her business to evolve
• Advice and tips for others wanting to put themselves out there
• Working through introvertedness to leading workshops
• Creative burnout
• And more!

Sign up for Windowsill Workshops with Heather Donohue - Creating a Bejeweled Felt Tree Ornament!

Mentioned:

The New Standards Holiday Show

Alt Summit Conference

John Derian Co.

Fair Play Projects and Toys.

Connect with Heather:

heatherdonohue.com

instagram.com/heathdon

facebook.com/heatherdonohuecrafts.com

Margo is joined by former teacher & blogger turned entrepreneur, Anna Huff. As a business empowerment coach, Anna works to empower women to pursue their passions and live in authentic alignment with who they were divinely designed to be. Determined to make a difference, but burnt out and struggling to find alignment, for years, Anna played small. Thinking that if she just did more, worked harder, learned more, and achieved more she would find what she was looking for. What she discovered was that nothing she could ever do, earn, or say would make her any more worthy of becoming who she was divinely designed to be. That, in fact, it wasn't about becoming anything at all. But rather, Unbecoming. Which was how she developed her coaching philosophy of Unbecoming, the work of peeling back the layers of who you have had to be in order to reveal who you were divinely designed to be.

Margo and Anna discuss:

• Her career path and listening to the things that excite and light her up
• The importance in recognizing our lifelong evolution
• How our thoughts and feelings are intertwined
• What it means to be in authentic alignment and how she helps others get there
• Her top tips for someone feeling stuck
• The Unbecoming framework
• Therapy vs coaching and understanding the difference
• How to figure out what's keeping you stuck
• And more!

Connect with Anna:

www.instagra.com/theannahuff

www.facebook.com/theannahuff

www.theannahuff.com

Margo chats with Make it in Design Co-Founder, Art Director, Author, Mentor and Print and Pattern Designer, Rachael Taylor. Rachael is a renowned creativepreneur who is most known for her quirky style, daring use of color and unique innovation. Her style is infectious, friendly, honest, informative and motivational and as a mentor she approaches her students and clients with a sense of relatability and her services are often described as "talking to an old friend who has the answers". Rachael has developed an educational online platform, delivered many comprehensive online design courses along with a members' club and taught over 25,000 individual students across 100 countries.

Margo and Rachael discuss:

• Creating work that attracts aligned clients and customers
• Using intuition and gut instinct while also being a realist
• Linkedin and other social marketing platforms
• Scheduling in and making time for creativity
• Her transition into creative education as a mentor and instructor
• Her upcoming book, Power Up Your Creativity
• Choosing the right course or mentorship program as a creative
• And more!

Connect with Rachael:

[email protected]

www.instagram.com/makeitindesign

www.instagram.com/rachaeltaylor_

www.instagram.com/rachaeltstudio

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Margo is joined once again by Ana Bianchi. First heard on episode 37 of Windowsill Chats, Ana is a designer, artist, illustrator, children book author and a maker of all kinds of things. Once tethered to keeping each of her creative worlds neatly separated, she now allows them to flow together and pour into one another all connected by her love for color. She has been drawing, painting and making colorful stuff her whole life. Ana sees each project as an art-making opportunity to make something special.

Episode Highlights:

• Ana's story and creative background
• Why she doesn't like when people say things like "I'm not creative" and how to reframe your mindset and perspective
• How to maintain a creative mindset in everyday activities
• Her multi-passionate personality
• Cookie decorating
• An upcoming retreat with Ana & Margo!

Sign up for cookie decorating with Ana (Windowsill Workshops)

Learn more about From Line to Color Art Retreat in France with Ana & Margo

Connect with Ana:

Creating with color, passion and purpose as your muses. Ana Bianchi has literally designed for the skies, and now gets to focus on things more down to earth. (Episode 37)

www.analovescolor.com

https://www.instagram.com/analovescolor/

Margo is joined by designer, artist, author, illustrator Zoe Ingram. Zoe has been illustrating since she could hold a pencil and professionally since 2013 after winning representation with her agent, Lilla Rogers. Zoe's forte is in designing patterns for textiles but she also enjoys editorial and book illustration. Animals and nature play a huge part in her work. Margo and Zoe discuss her experience in winning Lilla's competition for agency representation, how grief and loss has played a role in her creative journey, working full time on top of creative work, and much more.

Episode highlights:

• Entering Lilla's agency competition on a whim and without expectations and her agency experience since winning
• The power in taking chances on yourself
• Her first book deal for illustration (and other book projects)
• The grief of losing her husband and becoming the sole income provider
• Why she works full time on top of her creative work
• Making your days work for you (not vice versa)
• Giving yourself grace and letting go of the outcomes

Mentioned in this episode:

Oh My Gouache!: The beginner's guide to painting with opaque watercolour by Zoe Ingram

All books by Zoe Ingram

https://www.instagram.com/publicdomainrev/

Connect with Zoe:

www.zoeingram.com

www.instagram.com/_zoeingram_

www.ello.co/zoeingram

www.behance.net/zoeingram_

www.spoonflower.com/profiles/zoe_ingram

www.society6.com/zoeingram

Sign up for the November Windowsill Workshops - Illustrated Cookies with Ana Bianchi

Margo is joined once again by the lovely Abby Campbell for a Q&A session! Together, Margo and Abby answer questions submitted by listeners and discuss topics such as what to do when you struggle with sharing your art, the underutilization of LinkedIn, how to tailor your messaging to reach the right people, and more. Abby has always had a passion for photos of all kinds and the love of visual art took her to the University of Central Missouri where she received a BS in Broadcasting and Film. This is where she began to really learn the art of storytelling through photos and video. Fast forward, she spent time working on an outdoor television show, producing national and regional television commercials, and informational/how-to videos before moving on to other projects that continued to hone her craft in visual storytelling.

Margo and Abby discuss:

• What to do when you struggle with self promotion and social media marketing

• Finding motivation, owning your craft, and authenticity
• Knowing and understanding your audience
• How to tailor your message
• Using LinkedIn to create connections
• How to get your work out when you're feeling discouraged
• Getting the attention of an agent or companies
• And more!

Mentioned in this episode:

Episode 78: Doing it your way... Social Media deconstructed. Connect with others in the way that feels right for YOU with Debbie Saviano

Episode 93: Permission to Show Up and Grow. Standing Up for Your Potential with Abby Campbell

Connect with Abby:

https://www.abbyjcampbell.com/

www.instagram.com/ajcampkc

Connect with Margo:

www.windowsillchats.com

Sign up for Windowsill Workshops

https://www.instagram.com/windowsillchats/

Margo is joined by the very serious, but never solemn, creative ball of energy, Zoë Collins. Zoë believes that color is not to be wrestled with, but spun like magic, that art cures the troubled soul and that taxes are a privilege, not a curse. Her work has been described as colorful, powerful, fresh, quirky, witty and mad. She writes, draws, paints, prints, collages and teaches and believes that peace comes from within, from working out who you are and being gentle with your perceived failings. She loves showing people how to be creative, both in person and online and is a firm believer that creativity is a muscle we are all capable of flexing.

Margo and Zoe discuss:

• The common feeling of loss or lack of purpose when you don't have a plan or path
• The strong desire or wanting to be good at everything you do
• Why recognition is important to her and how she realized this
• Creativity as a muscle
• Problem solving as a form of creativity
• What she's learned through therapy, meditation, and other intentional practices
• How to find your authenticity advice for tapping into your own creativity
• Self-discovery and her latest project, You: Artfull Self-Discovery

Zoë currently lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her husband, two kids, favorite girl dog, and a large elderly cat.

Mentioned in this episode:

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D. Perry

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

Taking Your Creative Practice From Undiscovered to Unforgettable Through PR With Beth Nydick

Connect with Zoë:

https://zoecollins.art

https://www.instagram.com/zoecollinsart/

https://facebook.com/hoodlumfriends

https://www.skillshare.com/r/user/zoecollins

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Margo is joined by Fairy Brand-Mother and friend Kelly Sinclair. Kelly radiates a bright energy while equipping passionate entrepreneurs with the magic wand to get visibility for their business brands so they can make more impact. In a world where people work on average a third of their lives, Kelly believes it's so important that work is a source of joy instead of drain. When entrepreneurs run successful businesses, the world is a happier place, and Kelly brings the combination of strategy and magic required to help others transform their business to the next level with confidence.

Margo and Kelly discuss:

• Kelly's path and why she jumped off the corporate career ship
• What PR, visibility, marketing have in common and how it relates to you as a creative
• The power in taking action to get results
• Making connections and building relationships
• How to get past the nervousness of taking a risk
• Gaining confidence and competence through repeat processes
• How you can start to get visible in your business today with her 100-day visibility challenge!

Corporate PR girl turned entrepreneur, Kelly has taken her big-brand experience and brings it to small businesses. She's a national award-winning communications professional, best-selling author, small town, girl-mom of two, and past president of her local Chamber of Commerce.

Connect with Kelly:

https://ksco.ca/

https://www.instagram.com/ksco_kelly/

https://www.instagram.com/ksco_entrepreneurschool/

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