Episode 177: Exploring Everyday Making with Christine Herrin of Everyday Explorers Co

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

65 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 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

67 min listen

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

48 min listen

Episode 35: Creating True Success w/ Jaclyn Carter: In this episode, Jaclyn drives right into how her successful toddler art class ART(ists) & CRAFTS organically came to be + grow into what it is today. Five years in the making, she talks about the challenges at the beginning, how transitioned it from a side-hustle to her main source of income, and how she arrived at these key words for her business: CREATE. SHARE. CONNECT. Jaclyn also talks about how she doubled her income without even realizing it, and her NEXT BIG IDEA for an adult craft class! by Crafty Ass Female

81 min listen

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

61 min listen

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

57 min listen

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

51 min listen

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

80 min listen

Episode 2: Amanda's Story: Amanda Zampelli shares her life with you. by Crafty Ass Female

76 min listen

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

16 min listen

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

84 min listen

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

41 min listen

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

51 min listen

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

65 min listen

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

64 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

54 min listen

Episode 36: Paper-crafting #realtalk w/ France Wisniewski: Today we're bringing you the smooth-sounds (her voice is so soothing) of France Wisniewski, the paper-obsessed graphic designer & owner/creator of Bananafishstudio. She specializes in creating modern paper/digital elements as well as rubber and photopolymer stamps inspired by her love of memory keeping, paper-crafting, and simple straight-forward design. by Crafty Ass Female

77 min listen

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

54 min listen

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

61 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 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

70 min listen

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

94 min listen

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

59 min listen

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

66 min listen

Episode 27: Planning, Family, Church, + Writing w/ Erica Canant: Let's keep the inspirational convos going, shall we?! We are thrilled to share the love & light of Amanda's really good friend, bae, boo, wittle deer, sister for another mister, bestie from Texie, Erica Canant, with ya'll today! (...who just had a birthday this past weekend! Happy Birthday!) She is a mom of three, wife to Phil, writer, creative, #plannerbabe, Happy Planner® Design Team member, child of God, group leader, Crafty Ass Female to the MAX, super-force + modern woman in the world today, who loves lettering, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, face filters, lip-synching in the car with the kiddos, etc. She's all around awesome, with so much grace + wisdom to share! by Crafty Ass Female

70 min listen

Episode 30: Social Media Here & Now: FOLLOW LIKE COMMENT. FOLLOW LIKE COMMENT. FOLLOW LIKE COMMENT. REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT. It seems like communicating and functioning in the middle of 2018 means taking it day by day, post by post, picture by picture, caption by caption, hashtag by hashtag (you get the point)... A + K felt the need for an episode solely on social media since the topic has popped up in so many of our previous 29 shows from one angle or another, and since we as women need to become more aware of its pervasive nature so we can better protect ourselves while still utilizing it to keep connected with our friends and support our creative endeavors. by Crafty Ass Female

64 min listen

Episode 33: Extravagant Hope & Grace w/ Brandi Kincaid: In this episode, Brandi talks about being a collector in this world, how she moved into full-time freelance illustrating by organically allowing herself to grow, the practice of creating and keeping commonplace books, and shares the BEST ADVICE SHE'S EVER GOTTEN (!!!) with us. The ladies also chat about how Brandi had to let go of the pressure she put on herself to use the tools she thought she SHOULD be using, and use instead what WORKS FOR HER, end of story. by Crafty Ass Female

72 min listen

Episode 34: Optimizing Your Craftiness w/ Danielle Spurge: Welcome to Crafty Ass Female's 'Summer of Special Guests' : our second series of amazing, inspiring interviews with a badass bunch of creative & resourceful women that Amanda + Kristin are thrilled to be able to share with you! Today we're talking to Danielle Spurge, a maker and craft business consultant who loves iced lattes and pop music. Through her work at The Merriweather Council, Danielle teaches creative people how to turn their crafty tendencies into profits. On her blog and podcast, Danielle aims to inspire and support makers in business and share insights from her eight years of experience selling handmade work online. Danielle believes in celebrating the reality of gainful self-employment through craft and wants to help more artists, crafters and designers share their work with more confidence. by Crafty Ass Female

65 min listen

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

60 min listen

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Episode 177: Exploring Everyday Making with Christine Herrin of Everyday Explorers Co

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