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Our longest-running guest is back for another encouraging episode. This week Amy Maricle is reminding us to slow down, take a deep breath, and spend time making our art. We chat about her new book, Draw Yourself Calm, her advice for when we can’t quite slow down enough to focus, and about the upcoming Radiant Art Retreat where she will be taking us through her Drawing Closer To Nature retreat. Get shownotes here: www.lauren-likes.com/blog-1/how-she-creates-606-draw-yourself-calm Get info on the Radiant Art Retreat: https://lauren-likes.com/florala-nature-retreat

Should you turn that creative hobby that everyone constantly says "you should sale that!" about into a business? That's the question Etsy experts + artists Katie and Taylor Smith from Shop Studio Sisters answer in this episode! Shownotes: http://www.lauren-likes.com/blog-1/how-she-creates-605-hobby-vs-business Check out Katie + Taylors Etsy Course: https://studiosisters.teachable.com/p/dream-create-sell?affcode=852380_t_p1chie Get the info for the Radiant Art Retreat: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6250611757d9b15fd00f8139

Let's talk setting creative goals for your summer! Get Shownotes here: Register for Capture + Create with code HOWSHECREATES: https://lauren-likes.com/blog-1/how-she-creates-604-summer-goals https://capturecreate.teachery.co/capture-create-sales-page

Is there any better experience than walking into an Anthropologie and soaking up the droves of inspiration that cover every wall, product, and window display? Today, Erika Lavinia, Senior Display Director of Anthropologie shares the behind the scenes of what it’s like to be an artist at one of the most creative stores, how to accomplish GIANT creative projects, how to hold your ideas loosely to let them grow, how to put less pressure on the creative process and so much more! This episode is packed with wisdom, encouragement, inspiration, and peeks behind the curtain….Plus! This episode is a part of my How She Creates Good series where I highlight people who are using their creativity to create good in the world. Erika shares about how Anthro is using art + window displays to advocate for sustainability and supporting our pollinators! For shownotes + links visit: https://lauren-likes.com/blog-1/how-she-creates-603-anthropologie Sign up to get more info on the next Radiant Art Retreat https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6250611757d9b15fd00f8139

Maybe you have been experimenting with finding your creative style and you just arent sure what to call it yet? You can’t really define it, but ‘you know it when you see it’. Today, Im going to break down exactly how to define and give a name to your creative style, why you need to do this, and help you get into that oh so desire ‘flow state’ when creating. Don’t forget to download the PDF guide to finding your creative style below! Get Shownotes + the PDG Guide Here: lauren-likes.com/blog-1/how-she-creates-602-a-guide-to-defining-your-creative-style Watching: Physical (on Apple+) Listening: Wide Open Spaces Radio (on Spotify) Reading: The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek (on Scribd, read free for 2 months here https://www.scribd.com/g/4ah8he ) Loving: Olive & June Nail kits (Get 20% off here https://lauren-likes.com/olive ) Shop my courses: https://lauren-likes-courses.teachery.co/courses/lauren-likes-courses Shop Etsy (use code howshecreates for 10% off!): https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenLikesArt

Welcome to season 6 of How She Creates!! Im thrilled to be back for another season of creative chats, growth, and making new friends. Today Im sharing a little life update - where are we headed next?!, Im sharing 8 tips for how to find your creative style, and 4 things Im loving lately. Listen in and let’s get this crafty party started! Don’t forget to download the PDF guide to finding your creative style below! Show Notes: Click here to download the free guide + journaling questions for finding your creative style: https://lauren-likes.com/blog-1/how-she-creates-601-a-guide-to-finding-your-creative-style Watching: Justified (on Hulu) Listening: The A Beautiful Mess Podcast https://abeautifulmess.com/category/podcast/ Reading: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance https://amzn.to/3Gy0mrw Loving: Get $50 off HungryRoot here https://www.hungryroot.com/r/XGUG8R0G Shop my courses: https://lauren-likes-courses.teachery.co/courses/lauren-likes-courses Shop Etsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenLikesArt

Does creating for other people affect your creativity? How can you nurture your own creative process and style, while also creating custom work for others? In this episode brand designer, hand letterer, and artist, Kercia, chats with me about how the influence of clients (and even Instagram) affects our creative work. We chat about creative routines, prioritizing our own creative voices, how the input from others affect our work, and lots of creative musings - as always! See the show notes here: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-how-others-affect-our-creative-work-with-kercia-janhow-others-affect-our-creative-work-with-kercia-jane-ep-513/ Shop Lauren's Etsy on Black Friday: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenLikesArt Sign up for free weekly creative challenges: www.lauren-likes.com/newsletter

Curious about how someone decides to leave everything they know and move to a new country? Listen in! Im telling the story of our move to Korea and then to the UAE + how Stories From Here came to be. Ill also share what I've learned along the way from telling these stories and hopefully you can use these lessons to jumpstart your own creative processes! Use code HOWSHECREATES TO join Stories From Here for 10% off: http://courses.lauren-likes.com/ordinary-gratitude/ Registration closes October 23, 2021 For shownotes: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-my-expat-story-what-i-learned-from-telling-stories-ep-512/ To join my newsletter with weekly creative challenges: https://lauren-likes.com/newsletter

This episode is like a coffee chat between two serial creatives. Lauren and Emily talk all things creative process and mindset. We talk about our struggles, our joys, how we view our creativity and our creations + the ideas around all of it. We share what we wish people understood about creativity, creative people, and their own creative process. Full of wisdom and encouragement, this is the perfect episode that will make you feel like you're creating and chatting with artist friends. For show notes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-creative-truths-with-emily-thompson-episode-511/ Sign up for Lauren's free photography webinar series: https://lauren-likes.com/newsletter

Today's guest is an expert when it comes to helping others nurture their creativity. Nicole is full of wisdom and grace for curiously creative who are looking to find the creative gems hidden inside themselves. In this episode, she shares her own story of the struggles to find her own creative success, exercises you can do to find your creative purpose, and a whole lot more. Thank you so much to this week sponsor Wireframe. Listen here: https://link.chtbl.com/wireframe?sid=podcast.howshecreates For shownotes and links visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-finding-your-creative-purpose-with-nicole-stevenson-of-dear-handmade-life-ep-510/

Have you ever struggled to help your partner understand your hobby? This is the number 1 struggle people share with me in their creative journey - lack of support and encouragement for their creative endeavors. I asked Life Design experts, Carlos and Susanne Hidalgo, to share the story of their relationship in today's episode. They open up about their struggles to define their own identities separately and as a couple, the death of their marriage, how they resurrected it and have designed a life of adventure and joy together. They share loving advice for supporting yourself and your partner through your creative journeys and encourage you to create your own Life Design. For more info visit the show notes here: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-relationships-hobbies-how-to-design-a-life-of-support-fun-together-ep-509/ Thank you to Wireframe for supporting this episode! Listen today by searching Wireframe in your podcast player or here: https://link.chtbl.com/wireframe?sid=podcast.howshecreates

This week Lauren is rounding up the most inspirational women she knows and sharing their best qualities. Listen in to celebrate these amazing creative, generous, tenacious ladies. Shop handmade weavings, earrings and guided journals on Etsy with code HOWSHECREATES for %10 off: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenLikesArt For show notes and more visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-women-who-inspire-ep-508/

Have you read all the self-help books on being productive, getting organized, and having the workspace of a robot? Are you a creative person who LOVES ALL THE THINGS and is really easily distracted? US TOO!! Come play with us in this episode where two enneagram 7, ADHD, creatives share about our struggles when it comes to getting things done. Our brains just don't work the same as the typical productivity zen master and so the typical solutions don't either. So join us as we figure it out and share what we've learned and how we manage to get things done and still have all the fun! *BONUS! you can also watch this episode! The video recording is in the shownotes below! For shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-productivity--minimizing-tips-from-disorganized-maximalists-ep-507/ Sign up to receive free weekly creative challenges here: http://lauren-likes.com/newsletter

"Having a space to share photos of things I loved, of hard things, and things that were difficult to explain gave me the space to say this is who I am and people liked that. It gave me a chance to connect with others and hear their stories." In this special episode Im interviewing my friend + student Ashleigh Hess about her experience in Stories From Here. She shares what she learned in the course, her big takeaways and accomplishments, how it gave her the path to be vulnerable and connect deeper into relationships and about her love of storytelling! Stories From Here is open until April 23rd and you can use code HOWSHECREATES for 10% off. Learn more and register for the course here: http://courses.lauren-likes.com/stories-from-here-live/ For shownotes to watch this episode as a video visit here: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-vulnerability-in-storytelling-with-ashleigh-hess-ep-506/

"What you're doing today is important and if it brings you joy you should document it." Today I have the most special guest! MY MOM! She's here to share her 25+ years of storytelling wisdom, of how she's made 250 scrapbooks of her life, and share how I became a storyteller! Listen in for some fun stories, insights, and wisdom! Don't forget! Stories From Here opens on April 12th and you can use code HOWSHECREATES for 10% off. Sign up for updates here www.lauren-likes.com/newsletter and take my free photography course here https://mailchi.mp/lauren-likes/0vho33if0b For shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-storytelling-with-my-mom-ep-505/

Im honored to have Lisa Congdon joining us for this episode in the series How She Creates Good as she shares how she views and uses art as activism. She shares tips for how we can share about the things we care about through our art and using our creative talents. Plus! We talk about her incredible new book, You'll Leave A Trail Of Starts. Lisa shares about how to translate the things you're learning in your own life into art. Plus so much more! Don't forget! Stories From Here opens on April 12th and you can use code HOWSHECREATES for 10% off. Sign up for updates www.lauren-likes.com/newsletter Sign up for my free photography course here: https://mailchi.mp/lauren-likes/0vho33if0b For shownotes visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-good-art-as-activism-with-lisa-congdon-ep-505/

In this episode we are joined by the incredibly inspiring Kate Sullivan! Kate is a four-time Emmy Award Winning Journalist and is currently the creator and host of To Dine For with Kate Sullivan on PBS where fantastic food and great conversation meet at the guest’s favorite restaurant. Today she shares behind the scenes of what it's like to create so publicly during covid, what she's learned from the creative endeavors of entrepreneurs and she shares tips to help you interview the important people in your life to tell your family's story. Get Lauren's free 5 Day Photography Course here: Free Photography Course: http://www.lauren-likes.com/FREECOURSE For shownotes and links visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-ask-questions-tell-stories-eat-well-create-relentlessly-with-kate-sullivan-ep-503/

Did you know that my first creative business was in middle school selling plastic keychains?! Then in high school I taught make your own jewelry workshop? And in November of 2020 I opened my Etsy shop with clay jewelry? YEP! In this episode I trace the creative thread that has led me to be where I am in my creative career today. I share the good, the bad, and the goals of my new creative venture + some encouragement for you if you're looking to get started creating with clay yourself. Shop my jewelry on Etsy and use code HOWSHECREATES for 10% off here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurenLikesArt For shownotes and links visit: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-the-creative-path-to-finding-a-medium-you-love-ep-502/

Hey friends! Welcome to Season 5 of How She Creates! It's been a while since we chatted, so let's catch up on all that's been happening in our lives and business. Plus I'll share what's in store for Season 5 of the show, the new episode schedule and what you can be looking forward to (and who!). Take the free photography course here: www.lauren-likes.com/freecourse See shownotes and links here:http://www.lauren-likes.com/welcome-to-how-she-creates-season-5/

This is a long-awaited episode recorded back at the beginning of Covid where I dive deep into creative cycles with my good friend Misty Granade. All the wisdom stands up more than ever right now as we are all navigating creative cycles in our lives right now. Misty shares her experience and practices when she is in deep creative mode, what she does when she finishes a big project and when she is totally stuck. We have a fun, laidback chat about how we reset our brains when we're stuck or overwhelmed and navigating all the emotions and challenges that come with creating while living your life. Thanks so much to our Sponsor www.Sculpey.com use code HOWSHECREATES10 for 10% off your online order! Get shownotes here: http://www.lauren-likes.com/how-she-creates-creative-cycles-with-misty-granade-ep-412/