Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Hayley Berry is the owner of Type Affiliated. She talks about getting her first jobs, her love of hand lettering, and the brilliant way she got her first mural job.

Hayley gives some great strategies …

As a designer, one of the things that we should try to do is eliminate friction in our workflow. When we switch from medium to medium or project to project, it can sometimes be really difficult. Lear…

Are you your own hero making your own decisions about your life? Carina dives into why she thinks you should be your own hero. Take her up on her challenge at the end of this episode!

Episode 331 I Ne…

Slow and Steady wins the race! Designers need to hear this probably more than any other profession because building a design business requires perseverance and patience. Learn more about how designin…

Carina loves bringing the "weather" with her because the energy we bring affects so many things including how others treat us and how we treat ourselves. Learn why she is so adamant about asking for …

Carina talks a little bit about Chapter 11 called Learning From Adversity from Napoleon Hill's book Outwitting the Devil. She encourages designers to use difficult experiences to make their design bu…

Carina poses the question, "Why Not You?" Why can't you become a craft designer? Why can't you be a fabric designer? Your unique style is needed and important.

Episode 328 Why Not You?

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Carina talks about her last Facebook Live where she talks about "sales not skills." When we change our focus, the things we focus on grow. Learn more in today's episode.

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Carina's guest is Sharia Morton, a Design Suite member and soon to be Design Coach. Sharia has learned how to make sales every day in her design business. Learn more about what she is doing and how f…

Carina dives into the Levels of Design and what they mean. Discover where you are as a designer and how you can use the levels to up level your career.

Episode 325 What Design Level Are You At?

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Carina digs into her free PDF and wants you to get it too! Write the word SEVEN on her Instagram feed at www.instagram.com/carinagardner to have her DM you the PDF. In this episode, she teaches more …

Carina talks about three books she has recently read that she think you might also enjoy. She has really been pouring into gratitude and enjoying the journey recently.

Episode 323 Book Review: 3 Books…

Carina talks about how the British rowing team started asking this one question to become a sensational team. She flips the question so that as a designer you can use that same question to see whethe…

Have you ever wondered if you jumped too fast? Or maybe thought you were done before you were? Carina talks about designers who stop before they are fully ready in today's episode.

Episode 321 The Fla…

Carina talks to Design Suite Member Wendy Bertagnolli about how many sales she has made in less than 6 months in the program. She talks about why she was compelled to join and what she is doing now.

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Carina talks about her experience of planning two parties at once and how in some ways this represents the way she has built her Design Suite Program. By doubling the efforts of both great design and…

Carina talks about how it does not take a lot to get slightly off course. The good news is that being scattered can be fixed rather easily. Learn how you can get back on the path.


Episode 318 Adjustme…

Carina talks about her time as a young mom, when she was Creative Director of Cartabella, and the difficulties of becoming a designer. She describes how success is so much closer than new designers t…

Aja Fillmore talks about why she joined a Design Bootcamp and why she knew Design Suite was the right step for her. Learn how Aja went from $0 to $400 a month to $2400 a month!

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Carina talks about her time as a young mom, when she was Creative Director of Cartabella, and the difficulties of becoming a designer. She describes how success is so much closer than new designers t…