Episode 9: Crafter's Block + Creative Ruts

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Episode 9: Crafter's Block + Creative Ruts

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51 minutes

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Jan 22, 2018

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Crafter's block + creative ruts are very real, and Amanda + Kristin talk about ones they've experienced, and how they worked through them.

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Jan 22, 2018

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Crafty Ass Female is a podcast dedicated to helping women embrace and use their power and creativity. We believe you are a capable BADASS, who already has all the tools you need to make beautiful things and make beautiful things happen. We’re just here to remind you.

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Episode 14: Comparison-itis: Do you got the 'ITIS'? ...you know...that monster inside your head that makes it reeeeaaallly hard NOT to compare yourself to other crafters, artists, and humans who you feel are just doing better than you are. There's a definite difference between feeling INSPIRED by who someone is + what they do, and catching the ITIS about it. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 25: Crafting + Kids w/ Megan Anderson: The best part about our month of May of guest interviews with some of the craftiest ass females we know is how wonderfully, wildly different lives all of us ladies lead, yet how interconnected EVEN STILL we truly are. We are honored to have Kristin's soul-lady + BFF, Megan Anderson, the creative behind The Nerd Nest, wife, mom & caretaker to many children of various ages, and memory keeper extraordinare on the podcast today to share what she knows about crafting + kids. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 8: What's My 'Thing': Amanda + Kristin explore what it means to have a 'thing', how you can go about finding a 'thing', what we think tapping into your 'thing' should feel like in your body, & other bits + pieces surrounding this question. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 2: Amanda's Story: Amanda Zampelli shares her life with you. by Crafty Ass Female
76 min listen
Episode 6: Goals for 2018 + Inspo for the New Year: Amanda + Kristin discuss the process of how they come up with focuses going into the new year, and what their own projects + goals are for 2018. by Crafty Ass Female
70 min listen
Episode 3: Kristin's Story: Find out more about Kristin Tweedale, rukristin: Feminist Scrapbooker and the Awesome Ladies Project. by Crafty Ass Female
60 min listen
Episode 11: 30 Days of Lists + Low Impact Projects: #ListersGonnaList because DUH! we crafty ass females have a bunch of things to get done and we need to get them done efficiently! But what if the idea of lists could be reframed in our heads and thought of as creative exercise? ...a very low-impact, manageable way to get crafty? A + K say YES, PLEASE! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 10: Why We Scrapbook: Paper + memories. Memories + paper. A + K have a deep love & affinity for both, and chances are you crafty ass females visiting this space today do too. Let's discuss! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 12: Galentine's Day + Making Adult Friends: Ovaries before Brovaries! Uteruses before Dude-eruses! The spirit of Galentine's Day is alive on this podcast everyday since we love to celebrate you ladies, but today dives in to the specifics of the holiday + talks FRIENDSHIP. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 5: 'Best Nine' + Thoughts on Posturing: In this episode Amanda + Kristin discuss the Instagram phenomenon referred to as 'best nine' + offer an alternative way to think about it. Also on their minds going into the new year is the toxicity of posturing - on the internet, in crafting, and in life. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 16: Crafty Ass Madness Part 1 - Color: In our A + K's FAVE SUPPLIES episode, we asked you babes to fill out a survey of what your favorite TOP 5 go-to supplies are! We collected the data, organized all of it into groups + themes, and The Crafty Ass Madness Challenge was born - pitting your crafting essentials against one another to see what wins outs! In today's episode we're talking about the supplies we use to add COLOR (oh sweet COLOR) to our projects! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 38: Philosophies on Small Business w/ Joanna Alberti: In this episode, the girls talk to Joanna about her background + the origin of philoSophies™. She talks about what SHE handles in her business, and what parts of her business she gives over to licensing. Joanna + the girls also discuss 'Influencer' Commerce, playing the 'comparison' game, and what works for her. The importance of saying 'NO', taking breaks, and being there to pick up packages when UPS drops them off are also gems found in this episode! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 17: Crafty Ass Madness Part 2 - Paper: In our A + K's FAVE SUPPLIES episode, we asked you babes to fill out a survey of what your favorite TOP 5 go-to supplies are! We collected the data, organized all of it into groups + themes, and The Crafty Ass Madness Challenge was born - pitting your crafting essentials against one another to see what wins outs! In today's episode we're talking about PAPER supplies! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 21: #thursday3 + Taking Selfies: Here on Crafty Ass Female, particular themes seem to make their way into a lot of our episodes. Some of those themes include social media, the comparison trap, and fun creative challenges to try! Those themes can be found in today's episode as well "...but first, lemme take a selfie." ... by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 24: A + K Interview Ali Edwards: In honor of National Scrapbook Day coming up this weekend, the ladies of Crafty Ass Female bring you our personal memory keeping hero, the goddess of scrapbooking: Ali Edwards. (!!!) Ali's passion resides in that very special place where the stories and images of life intersect. Her work includes memory keeping product and project design, teaching, and blogging. Author of four books about memory keeping, Ali is well known for authentically capturing everyday life with photos and words and creating memory keeping projects from those moments that pass by in an instant. This episode kicks off our month of May of guest interviews with some of the craftiest ass females we know! YES! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 9: Crafter's Block + Creative Ruts: As crafty ass females, who love sharing our creativity with world, there's very little more frustrating than sitting down to make something beautiful and coming up with diddly squat! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 4: One Little Word 2018: Amanda and Kristin talk about the One Little Words of their past, present and future. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 15: Spring Cleaning + Organizations: Happy first Monday of March! We are only six days away from Daylight Savings beginning + functioning on summer's timing! YAAAASSSSSSSSSSS! A + K can't think of a better time to get motivated to spruce up your space! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 1: Welcome to Crafty Ass Female: Welcome to the Crafty Ass Female podcasts. Meet your hosts Amanda Zampelli and Kristin Tweedale as they tell you a little about themselves, the show and everything else. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 26: Diversity in Crafting + Choosing Joy w/ Nita Patterson: We are so honored to have Amanda's beautiful friend + fellow #plannerbabe, Nita Patterson, wife to 'a whole husband’, creative, child of God, fashionista extradordinare, super-force + modern woman in the world on the podcast today imparting inspiration + strength + life lessons + the most amazing wisdom. This episode is dedicated to the loving memory of Christopher Aiden Patterson. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 20: #The100DayProject: In this episode you'll hear Amanda + Kristin talk about their past experiences with #The100DayProject, share what artistic endeavor each is planning for this round of 100 days, and give a bunch of suggestions for how YOU can participate! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 18: Crafty Ass Madness Part 3 - Embellishments: In our A + K's FAVE SUPPLIES episode, we asked you babes to fill out a survey of what your favorite TOP 5 go-to supplies are! We collected the data, organized all of it into groups + themes, and The Crafty Ass Madness Spring Event was born - pitting your crafting essentials against one another to see what wins out! In today's episode we're talking about the supplies we use to EMBELLISH! by Crafty Ass Female
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A + K's Favorite Supplies: Oh, craft supplies! We love you! ...but for this particular episode, we wanted to focus on these two questions: What do you absolutely NEED to have by your side when crafting? and What do you NEVER STOP using? by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 7: Planners + Organization: Amanda + Kristin reveal their 'planner' plans going into the new year, and how they organize projects + tasks. They also discuss putting life's 'negotiables' & 'non-negotiables' into their planner, how early they plan in advance, & answer the very frequently asked question: "Do you throw out your old, used planners?" GASP! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 28: The Art of Being (An Artist) w/ Melody Hansen: This is the last interview in our May series of interviewees, our first batch of conversations from some of the Craftiest Ass Females we know, and we couldn't have been prouder to share their stories + wisdom! Today we're talking to Melody Hansen, one of Amanda's artistic inspirations. She is originally from Lausanne, Switzerland & currently living in Toronto, Canada, is a modern day artist that dabbles in graphic design, illustration, art direction, music, curation, + writing. Amanda recently took her creative workshop entitled The Art of Being (an Artist) + couldn't recommend it more! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 22: A + K Talk Mental Health: A lot of people suffer from anxiety + depression their entire life, but never understand what they're experiencing can be an illness -- until fear + hopelessness flood every inch of their body + there is a blaring sign that SOMETHING. IS. WRONG and they need to get help. We hope this episode sheds light on why you might feel the way you feel, let you know you're not alone, and be a part of this cultural movement to destigmatize & bring awareness to how the struggle w/ mental illness is real. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 69: Keep Going w/ Austin Kleon: Amanda + Kristin couldn’t have planned any better that episode 69 (wink, wink) of the podcast would feature our very first MALE GUEST: the one, the only, AUSTIN KLEON! Laaaaaadies! We made it happen! by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 32: Let's Get Feminist: Amanda + Kristin start by defining what feminism is and what it is to them. Later in the episode, we hear what inspired Kristin to become rukristin: feminist scrapbooker. The girls also give examples from their real life of times they've picked up SEXIST VIBES while out in the world interacting & discuss how those vibes should not be taken lightly. They are truths...they are your truth...and are telling of what is going on. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 52: Craft Hangout w/ Eliza Kapitan: Eliza Kapitan talks to A + K about how her podcast Craft Hangout came to be + how it’s evolved. She also discusses attending + speaking at Podcast Movement, the world’s largest gathering of podcasters. The ladies then chat about keeping the imperfect parts of conversations while recording into the final cut of the episode, and how Eliza makes guests feel at ease right from the beginning. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 23: Podcasting So Far + Patreon: Amanda + Kristin have been hosting this podcast for the past four months & releasing a show (or two) every week for your listening pleasure. ;) In this episode, the girls talk about the growth + evolution that's taken place in such a short amount of time, and how bringing Crafty Ass Female to Patreon was the logical next step. by Crafty Ass Female
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Episode 9: Crafter's Block + Creative Ruts

Episode 9: Crafter's Block + Creative Ruts

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