Design shouldn’t be magical and easy all the time. If it was, everybody would already be doing it! Instead it is the designers who role up their sleeves and get down into the hard work and strategies that make things really happen.Purchase Carina’s new book Design Profit and Prosper here:  https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosperEpisode 273 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why Design Should Not Be All Lollipops and Rainbows__________Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/freetraining__________About Carina Gardner:Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.comWatch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/So many of you are seeing how to become Profitable in my new book Design Profit and Prosper! It’s available on Amazon in kindle, paperback, and hardcover. There has been no better time to get into design and you are going to love learning how to stand out in the market! Plus, my new Masterclass specifically for this book is now available! Go to designprofitprosperbook.com to learn more!