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 408 Fashion and Textile Design with Annette Lennerup
Today Carina talks to Annette Lennerup who is a fashion and textile designer who now mentors other surface pattern designers. Learn more about her jounrey in today's episode.
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Classic Episode 3 Ways Craft and Surface Pattern Designers Can Sell More of What They Already Have
In this episode, Carina talks about the three ways that surface pattern designers and craft designers can reuse what they already have to make money. These tips will help you through the summer seaso…
Episode 407 The Hart and the Hunter
How often do you misjudge the things in your life that helps you versus makes you feel good? Today Carina talks about the weaknesses and strengths that we should recognize in our design businesses.
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Episode 406 The Precious Stone
If you let others assign your value, then you will have no idea where you stand. In today's episode Carina talks about the precious stone and how we can find value in ourselves as well as start livin…
Classic Episode 5 Keys To A Terrible Design Business
Carina explains how to improve your design business by avoiding these 5 mistakes that we all make at some point.
Classic Episode 5 Keys To A Terrible Design Business
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Episode 405 Can You Make Art That Sells?
Do you want to make art that sells? Carina talks about the formula that you need to make a creative money-making business. Learn more about Carina's new book and her master class you can get for FREE…
Episode 404 Animal Art with Tracey Rinaldo
Carina talks to Design Suite member Tracey Rinaldo about starting her animal art print business. Tracey explains using shows to help her gain momentum in this business and what she is doing to grow i…
Classic Episode The Story of Why I Went From Physical Products to Digital Products
Want to sell digital design products? In this episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina Gardner shares the story of how she went from physical design products to digital ones. Along the way, she…
Episode 403 Not To Be Missed Tutorials at the Illustration And Art Conference
The Illustration and Art Conference is around the corner and the content is AMAZING from 16 speakers! Mark your calendars for Feb 1-2, 2024 to join in this conference. Carina walks you through the sp…
Episode 402 Paper Flowers with Farren Celeste
Carina talks with paper flower designer Farren Celeste. Farren talks about making the transition from nurse to full time designer and how you can do it too! learn more about how you can also transiti…
Classic Episode Seven Creativity Starter Ideas
We are celebrating over 400 episodes at the Make and Design Podcast and are diving into some classic episodes! This is episode #18 where Carina talks about 7 Creativity Starter Ideas that will help y…
Episode 401 Interview with Astroid City Artist David Meikle
Carina interviews David Meikle who recently created the artwork for Wes Anderson's film Astroid City. To see all the thumbnails and artwork from this episode, please visit youtube.com/carinagardner. …
Episode 400 Should I Listen To Your Parenting Advice?
Would you ever take parenting advice from someone who wasn't a parent? How about design advice from someone who wasn't actively a designer? Carina talks about today how we should always be looking fo…
Classic Episode Morning Routine Run Down
Morning routines changed my life. Join me in this episode as I run through my morning routine and learn how to have calmer, more creative days!
Episode 397 Classic Episode Morning Routine Run Down
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Episode 397 I Was So Glad To Not Have All My Eggs in One Basket
Recent events at companies that have shut down have had Carina sighing with relief that she didn't have all her eggs in one basket. Learn more about how multiple streams of income can save your desig…
Episode 396 Deliberate New Years Goals for Designers
Carina talks about deliberate New Year's Goals and 3 things you should be looking for when you are creating them this year.
Episode 396 Deliberate New Years Goals for Designers
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Episode 395 UnMasking The Myths of the Dream Design Journey Part 2
Carina talks about the myths of the design journey in Part 2. Reality can meet big dreams if you want them to work for you. Carina talks about 3 myths that should be debunked during the design journe…
Episode 394 Unmasking The Myths of the Dream Design Journey Part 1
Carina talks about the 4 Stages of a business and works through how that looks for along the way for a designer. By seeing these stages then you can determine where you are and have the perseverance …
Episode 393 Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! Carina has a quick message for you today!
Episode 393 Merry Christmas
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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? C…
Episode 392 Transform Your Life With These 3 Design Habits
Have you been trying to find ways to make designing an easer process? Carina talks about three design habits she has that makes designing so much faster! Learn more in today's episode!
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