Make and Design with Carina Gardner
Carina Gardner unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner has a Ph.D. in Design and was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric and die cutting files while teaching other designers how to create meaningful design work while making a residual income online.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 557
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 17 Four Books That Made Me More Intentional
On today’s episode of Make and Design, Carina continues her series of periodic book reviews by sharing four books that helped her to become more intentional.
The first book on her list is “Atomic …
Episode 16 How To Find Your Art Style with Jeanie Dickinson
On today’s episode of Make and Design, Carina is joined by artist and designer Jeanie Dickinson, who is also a member of Carina’s Design Suite. Jeanie takes us on a deep dive into her creative proce…
Episode 15 We Are What We Do
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina tells the story of how she trained for her first half-marathon. Adding the consistency and focus of training for a half-marathon shifted her…
Episode 14 Paper Crafting with Kelly Wayment
On today’s episode of Make and Design, Carina talks to crafting expert and instructor Kelly Wayment about her career. The ladies discuss Kelly’s trajectory from getting started in paper crafting as a…
Episode 13 The 3 Best Ways to Level Up Your Designing
Today’s Make and Design features three HUGE tips for taking your design work to the next level. Find out how Tip #1 helped Carina to create residual design income so that she is free to focus on big…
Episode 12 Our Philosophy with Getting Started with Social Media with My Sister Kim Friedmann
Carina’s sister and Etsy guru SuiKim Friedmann joins the Make and Design Podcast today to discuss how to get started with social media. Carina starts by telling a “from the mouth of babes” story abou…
Episode 11 What 3 Questions You Should Be Asking Yourself Every day
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina explores the three questions that we should ask ourselves as designers every single day. She shares valuable insights into how she approaches…
Episode 10 Mod Meow Fabric with Amanda Niederhauser
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Riley Blake fabric designer and quilter Amanda Neiderhauser stops by to give us all the details on her latest fabric line, Mod Meow! She and Carina…
Episode 9 Books That Helped Me Save Time
On today’s episode of Make and Design, Carina shares some of the books that she’s read over the last year or so that have been tremendously helpful to her. These are some books that helped her chang…
Episode 8 Juggling Kids and Summer with My Sister Kim Friedmann
Carina is joined by her sister and Etsy guru SuiKim Friedmann on today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast. Carina and Kim get real about the struggles of parenting while running a business duri…
Episode 7 What Design Flows Looks Like For Me
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina talks about flow state and how she, as a designer gets into Flow. She talks about some of the ways that daily routines and habits help achiev…
Episode 6 Are You Using Your Planning Season Wisely?
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina comments on the seasonal ebbs and flows when it comes to revenue in the design industry. She gives some tips on how to set up your annual cal…
Episode 5 How Committed Are You To Doing What You Say You Are Going to Do?
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina looks at a BIG word: Commitment. She analyses what it takes to be a person who says what they say they’re going to do and how that relates to…
Episode 4 Can You Tell If Your Work is Good, Better, or Best?
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina examines when it makes sense for designers to do good work, when it makes sense to do better work, and when it makes sense to do your very be…
Episode 3 Three Ways to Trade Money for More Time with My Sister Kim Friedmann
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina is joined by her sister, Etsy guru SuiKim Friedmann. Together they talk about how to trade money for time. Carina’s first tip is to purchase …
Episode 2 Why Wanting is Different Than Belief
On today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina takes a deep dive into why just because you want something doesn’t really mean you BELIEVE you will be able to get it. Belief is powerful esp…
Episode 1 Hello!
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Welcome to the Make and Design Podcast!
Carina Gardner welcomes you to the very first episode of the Make and Design Podcast, a show about makers, designers, and worki…