Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Ever wanted to make your hobby a career? Today Carina interviews Chelly Ontis about her Creativepreneur Summit which is coming up May 19-21, 2024! You will not want to miss all the speakers in this e…

Do you ever feel like you spend all your time making products and don't actually spend anytime getting people to see and BUY your product? Carina talks about the inner Artist and inner Marketer in to…

As a crafter, have you ever thought about designing your own files for your Cricut or Sihouette machine?  If yes, then this episode is for you as Carina digs into why you should design your own files…

Carina talks about the one thing that differentiates the hobbyist from the business owner. If you can make this one thing happen, you have an actual business! 

Classic Episode 261 Do You Have A Hobby …

Today we are talking about sublimation and DTF with experts Angie Holden and Cori George. Get a free ticket to their sublimation camp by going to https://crafting-camps.teachable.com/a/aff_xxxcd0qz/e…

Emily has recently 3x'ed her own financial design goals in her design business. Learn how she did it in today's episode.

Learn more about Emily at www.harpernco.com

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Carina has a few favorite online markets that she has designed for over the last 15 years that she loves! Learn more in today’s episode!

Classic Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For

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Have you ever wondered why you are so tired after you have only spent an hour designing? For many of you, decision fatigue is a major factor. Learn why in today's episode.

Episode 429 How Decision Fat…

Have you ever been in a Creative Funk? It is not fun and can be down right depressing. Carina talks about creative funks and how you are not alone in today's episode.

Episode 428 The Creative Funk

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While Carina may encourage younger people to go back to college to get their design degree, going back to college may not make sense for those that are in other stages of life. In this episode, Carin…

Leah Loret de Mola talks about her 9 months in the Design Suite program and everything she has accomplished. Want to learn more about Leah? Check out her site at https://leahannidesign.com/.

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Are you worried about how AI is going to affect the design industry? Listen in on today's episode where Carina pulls back the curtain on AI and design.

Episode 426  AI is NOT Your Competition

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On today’s episode, Carina shares a list of three ways that you can start thinking differently from the competition in order to make it as a surface pattern designer. A surface pattern designer is a …

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…

Carina has a few favorite online markets that she has designed for over the last 15 years that she loves! Learn more in today’s episode!

Classic Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For

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Leah Rae and Todd Getts are marketing specialists in the digital space and share their expertise on working together as a married couple and how they divide roles. If you have ever been interested in…

Are you struggling with finding a creative process that works for you? Carina talks about building a creative process that is individualized.

Episode 422 Creative Process

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Love to create, desig…

As women, we sometimes don't think about putting ourselves first, especially in our design businesses. If we go fully in on our design businesses and stop acting like it is just a "little side busine…