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 450 Be Creative with Meilin Fields
Meilin Fields is a creative currently working in Hollywood. She has her own podcast (you'll love how she got the name) and is working on several new creative projects. Learn more in today's episode! …
Episode 449 Creative Block? How to Reignite Your Inspiration
Feeling stuck in a creative rut? While there are bandaids to fix creative block, there is probably a bigger solution that you have not dug into yet. Learn what you should be doing to help those block…
Episode 448 The Business of Design: Turning Creativity into Profit
Don't miss out on the insights that could turn your talent into a lucrative business. Once you have a design foundation there are other things that you need to create a business that works. Carina go…
Episode 447 How Brittle Bone Disease Made Katherine Klimitas A Better Designer
Katherine Klimitas was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, better known as Brittle Bone Disease. Despite this, she has created a design and art business that has been extremely successful. Learn more …
Episode 446 The Business of Design: Turning Creativity into Profit
Don't miss out on the insights that could turn your talent into a lucrative business. Once you have a design foundation there are other things that you need to create a business that works. Carina go…
Episode 445 We Can Do Better, Surface Pattern Designers
Carina shares the current negative undertone she is seeing specifically in the Surface Pattern Design World. She talks about why she thinks this is happening and what is contributing to it. Learn mor…
Episode 444 Your Words Do Not Matter As Much As This Does
Our words matter but what about our actions? Our actions speak louder than words and today Carina talks about how this has shown up in her family life. Listen in on today's episode to learn more.
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Episode 443 Content Creation with Whitney Cernak
Whitney Cernak is the owner of Whiskey and Whit, a youtube channel and brand that does DIY projects. She talks about making the leap to content creator from corporate. Learn more at https://www.youtu…
Episodes 442 Middle of the Night Creative Inspiration
Carina talks about her recent middle-of-the-night "midnight epiphanies" or "nocturnal inspiration." Learn more how new projects can lead to new inspiration and ideas.
Episode 442 Middle of the Night C…
Classic Episode How Your Silhouette or Cricut Machine Could Be Making You Money
Looking for new business opportunities? Your Silhouette and Cricut design projects can help you bring in extra income! In this episode, Carina Gardner talks about the benefits of pursuing Silhouette …
Episode 441 Podcasting Strategy with Doug Sandler
Doug Sandler is the owner of Turn Key Productions who has an amazing track record in the world of podcasting. Listen in on how podcasting can help a creative entrepreneur use strategies to help their…
Episode 440 The Most Amazing Time For Creatives
This is maybe the most amazing time to be a creative because there is so much available to us to create unique businesses. Learn more in today's episode!
Episode 440 The Most Amazing Time For Creative…
Classic Episode 3 Ways to Lose Money As a Designer
Carina sees lots of ways that designers don’t even realize they are losing money. Learn 3 ways she sees designers losing money and time in today’s episode.
Classic Episode 3 Ways to Lose Money As a De…
Episode 439 The 15-Week Rework
Did you know that all the courses in Design Suite were going through a rework so that every single course is set up in semester-long, quarter-long, or mini coursework? Carina talks about why this sho…
Episode 438 The Struggle is Real When Your Planning Falls Through
Carina chimes in about her messed up calendar due to unexpected emergencies and how this can really mess with your design business. Learn more about how you can find peace with planning and the disru…
Classic Episode 0 to $100,000
Carina talks about starting her design business and what it took to get to $100,000. Learn more about the differences between contracts, digital designs, and so much more.
Classic Episode 0 to $100,…
Episode 437 When I Realized That Distribution Was The Reason I Was Failing
Everybody wants to make a great product. Very few people want to market it. Learn about the advice Carina's has gotten about distribution that has helped her succeed in design.
Episode 437 When I Real…
Episode 436 3 Ways To Turn Your Hobby Into A Side Hustle
Ever wondered what are some of the ways you could make money from something you love? Carina breaks down three ways that you can create a side hustle in todays episode.
Episode 436 3 Ways To Turn You…
Classic Episode Two Things That Will Make You A Great Designer
What are the two things that will make you a great designer? Learn about it in today’s episode!
Classic Episode Two Things That Will Make You A Great Designer
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Love to create, design and craf…
Episode 435 Results from Online Courses with Shannon Boyer
Shannon Boyle is an award-winning course creator who helps instructors create online courses that create transformation. Learn more about Shannon and how she helps people in this episode.
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