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With over 20 years of experience running creative businesses, your host, Nicole Stevenson knows the joy and the struggles of being your own boss. Join her and her guests for business insights, life lessons and the stories behind their successes and lessons of their missteps so you can work smart, get creative inspiration, live joyfully and feel connected. Nicole is the CEO and Creative Director of Dear Handmade Life which produces Patchwork Show: Makers Festival and Craftcation Conference as ...
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A podcast about scrapbooking, stamping, cardmaking, die cutting and papercrafting in general. Listen to interviews with designers and creatives who help empower beautiful, meaningful handmade creation. Get behind the scenes looks at the product creation process and other fun handmade topics!
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Nicole shares a special announcement, a thank you gift for all of you and closes out the season before our podcast goes on winter break. We'll see you all again in January 2023 for a new season.Por Dear Handmade Life
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152: How to Create a Soul-aligned Instagram
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Nicole chats with Instagram branding strategist Kat Coroy about how to create an authentic brand on Instagram that attracts your ideal customers, ways to create content without feeling overwhelmed, a mindset shift to help you feel more confident on social media, how to deal with negativity online and more.…
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What does a visionary relationship with your finances look like? Nicole talks with Jessie Susannah Karnatz aka the Money Witch about healing your relationship with money, creating change in your financial life, how to determine who your big financial goal is, the real reasons behind your money issues and more.…
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150: Radical Authenticity in Your Life & Creative Business
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How are radical authenticity and self-acceptance drivers in the growth of creativity and business? Healer, Licensed Therapist, Ritualist, Yoga Instructor Shirley Johnson joins Nicole for a conversation about how if you’re not growing and moving towards being your true self, you won’t be able to build a sustainable business and irresistible brand. T…
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149: Making a Living From Your Art
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What sets doers apart from dreamers? How do you know if you should take the leap and turn your artistic passion into a business? Ilana Griffo & Katie Johnson, artists, published authors and co-owners behind Goodtype join Nicole for a conversation all about what it takes to make a living from your art. They talk about how to know if it's time to qui…
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148: Clarifying and Sharing Your Brand Story
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What is your brand story? How do you clarify your vision and create branded purposeful content that supports it? Brand, Content Marketing Strategist and avid storyteller Vivienne Okafor joins Nicole to answer these questions as well as talk about how to keep with the changes on social media, the importance of market research and how to do it on a b…
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How does gratitude play a role in goal-getting? How can realizing that as Jack Canfield said, “there are only three things you can control: what you think, what you visualize, and what you do” change your life? What does success look like? How can you fully embrace the good things in your life and move towards joy? Nicole chats with her friend of 2…
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146: 6 steps to handle your inner critic
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Whats's the biggest thing that’s holding you back in your creativity and business? It's actually YOU or more specifically your mindset. Your mindset can limit you and keep you in your comfort zone where everything is known and relatively safe, there's no risk of failure or making mistakes but there's also no chance for bringing the brilliance that …
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How can practices like breathwork, human design, EFT and the law of attraction help you find the flow and get unstuck in your life, creativity and business? That’s what we talk about with author and instructor Kerry Burki in today’s episode. Even if you’re more practical than woo-woo I urge you to listen with an open mind as adding these tools to y…
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144: Passion to Product to Profit
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If you’re a maker who is just starting your business, this episode is for you. Business owner, podcast host, educator and bestselling author Sue Monhait shares insights from her 30+ years in business to help early stage creative business owners shorten the learning curve to having a successful business. We talk about how to know if there’s a market…
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143: Common Mindset Spirals & How to Crush Them
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Even the most successful business owners deal with impostor syndrome, negative beliefs, limiting mindsets and other underlying issues that can sabotage their path from where they are to where they want to be. On today’s podcast we talk with Topsie VandenBosch a Mindset & Emotional Intelligence Coach & Consultant about these common mindset spirals a…
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142: Wealth, Living Authentically and Spirituality
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What does a happy and abundant life look like? How do you know if you’re wealthy? What does it mean to be semi-retired? How can you plug the plug leaks of time, money and energy? These are some of things Nicole and life and wealth coach Alyssa Blackwell-Hammond talk about during this episode. This episode has a bit more woo-woo talk (think sacred s…
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Handmade Healing Through Creative Outlets with Marie Nicole Designs
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On this episode of the Life Handmade Podcast, we are joined by Marie Heiderscheit, of Marie Nicole Designs! Hear Marie explain how finding creative outlets allowed her to process her emotions and work through the grief of losing her son. Marie also shares helpful insights to stretch your supplies and offers advice for crafting with your kids! Find …
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141: Being Authentic & Impactful on Instagram
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How can you be authentic and impactful on Instagram for your creative business without spending all your time planning content, mastering every new feature and feeling overwhelmed? KatieMac our online operations director joins Nicole for this special episode where they sit down with Instagram strategist Manu Muraro, the founder of Your Social Team …
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140: Transitions in Business & Art
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Creative and entrepreneur, Margo Tantau and Nicole talk about the lifecycle of trends, forecast what’s next in design trends, how creatives can determine where to focus, when it’s time to push and when it’s time to rest, how to define what you do, what the creatives who meet their goals have in common, productivity culture and more.…
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139: Showing Up as Your Unapologetic Self Online
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If you've ever wondered how some people seem to have this fearless authenticity online, this episode is for you. Nicole talks with business mentor Erica Reitman about how to live a life that’s true to yourself, Erica’s evolution from interior designer to coach, how creatives can uncover and embrace their uniqueness, how to tackle social media witho…
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Balancing Life and Layouts with Meghann Andrew
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On this episode of the Life Handmade podcast, we are joined by Meghann Andrew! Meghann shares 3 key aspects of a layout to create the perfect page! She also breaks down her creative process and explains how she is able to find time for crafting while navigating a busy life! You can find the show notes to this episode here: https://www.scrapbook.com…
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What if instead of thinking of social media as an obligation, you thought of it as an opportunity that allowed you to connect with your ideal customer and have fun? It’s possible! In today’s episode Content Strategist & Creative Director Gabriella Layne-Avery shares the techniques, mindset and insight you need to transform your relationship with so…
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Starting Your Creative Journey with Victoria Calvin
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On this episode of the Life Handmade Podcast, we are joined by Victoria Calvin of Victoria Marie Designs! Victoria is here to give you an ultimate beginner's guide to scrapbooking! Listen in as Victoria shares advice she received and how you can apply it to your crafting journey! You’ll also hear her express the importance of getting involved with …
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Despite the fact that I ended up only asking designer, artist, and speaker, Adam J. Kurtz (aka Adam JK) only one of my official interview questions since the conversation flowed on its own, we actually covered many of the topics I wanted to touch on like admitting you don’t know what you're doing, Adam’s art and career, defining your version of suc…
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Uncovering Your Brand Story with brand expert Marina Girgis. Marina and I talk about finding what lights you up, vision mapping, finding your own idea of success, creating a lasting brand, discovering your brand's mission and values and how you don't have to wait for someone to give you the life you want but instead can create it for yourself.…
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The Importance of Telling Your Story with Jamie Pate
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On this episode of the Life Handmade Podcast, we are joined by the talented Jamie Pate! Jamie shares how important it is to tell your story and document your life. With Jamie’s advice, you will feel inspired and ready to take on your next cardmaking, scrapbooking, or other paper crafting project! You can find the show notes for this episode here: h…
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Financial planner Lauren Estes shares her insights for creatives to get their financial ducks in a row. Nicole and Lauren talk about money mindset issues, saving when you’re self-employed, the big mistakes she sees clients make and more.Por Dear Handmade Life
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134: How to Bust Through Your Goal-Getting Roadblocks
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Nicole helps you go from dream to done as she guides you through three key things you need to do to get your goals. Have you ever started going after something and found yourself losing steam? Or maybe you felt stuck during the process? Or you didn’t start because you weren’t sure what to do or felt overwhelmed? If so, this episode is for you. Nico…
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133: Find Your Focus, Goal-Get & Grow Your Business
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It's a new year and that means a fresh start, not just for you but also for your business. What do you want to do differently for your business this year? Join Nicole for this solo episode where she shares why proactive work is key to getting your goals and guides you through breaking down your big goal into manageable tasks and how to get accounta…
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Simplifying Storage and Organization with Totally Tiffany!
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On this episode of the Life Handmade Podcast, we are joined by the storage and organization guru and founder of Totally Tiffany, Tiffany Spaulding! Listen in as Tiffany shares her organization tips for getting your crafty supplies organized so that you can spend more time doing what you love, crafting! Tiffany’s advice can go well past your craft s…
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REPLAY: How to Take Better Photos with Your Phone - Chari Pack of Persnickety Prints
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On this episode of the Life Handmade podcast, we are joined once again by Chari Pack of Persnickety Prints! Chari shares helpful tips and answers the most popular questions she receives when it comes to mobile photography! Listen as she shares apps, editing, sizing recommendations, and so much more to help you get the best prints for your projects!…
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Leveling up and standing out with Lauren Keplinger, small business owner, Etsy shop consultant and mom of four. Lauren and I talk about analyzing and streamlining your business to increase profits and decrease your working hours, outsourcing, how to stand out in crowded market, mistakes she made early on, shifting your mindset, her advice for my mo…
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