Episode 404 Animal Art with Tracey Rinaldo

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Carina talks to Design Suite member Tracey Rinaldo about starting her animal art print business. Tracey explains using shows to help her gain momentum in this business and what she is doing to grow it.

You can find Tracey’s art or even put in a custom order at   http://www.thecraftedacre.ca/

Check out her Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftedAcre

Find her on Instagram at https://instagram.com/craftedacre

Want to join a Bootcamp? Join here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/a/2147517829/M8oFYrT3

Episode 404  Animal Art with Tracey Rinaldo

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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 dishware, 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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Classic Episode The Story of Why I Went From Physical Products to Digital Products

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Want to sell digital design products? In this episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina Gardner shares the story of how she went from physical design products to digital ones. Along the way, she provides tips for building a thriving design business by selling digital products online.

Episode 152 The Story of Why I Went From Physical Products to Digital Products

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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 dishware, 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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Episode 403 Not To Be Missed Tutorials at the Illustration And Art Conference

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The Illustration and Art Conference is around the corner and the content is AMAZING from 16 speakers! Mark your calendars for Feb 1-2, 2024 to join in this conference. Carina walks you through the speakers and their topics, which include Procreate, Illustrator, Photoshop, Painting, Sublimation, and Glowforge to name a few! Get your free ticket at www.designsuitecourses.com/event. Event signups will close January 30th. Early bird pricing for the All Access Pass ends January 20th.

Episode 403 Not To Be Missed Tutorials at the Illustration And Art Conference

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Episode 402 Paper Flowers with Farren Celeste

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Carina talks with paper flower designer Farren Celeste. Farren talks about making the transition from nurse to full-time designer and how you can do it too! learn more about how you can also transition from a part-time side hustle to a full-time creative career.

 Find out more at: https://farrenceleste.com/

Join Farren in her free online workshop – Intro to Paper Flower Making. The sign-up is here:

https://farrenceleste.com/pages/intro-to-making-paper-flowers


Check out her Instagram at @farrenceleste

Episode 402 Paper Flowers with Farren Celeste

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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 desig n 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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Classic Episode Seven Creativity Starter Ideas

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We are celebrating over 400 episodes at the Make and Design Podcast and are diving into some classic episodes! This is episode #18 where Carina talks about 7 Creativity Starter Ideas that will help you if you are in a creative rut.

Episode 18 Seven Creativity Starter Ideas

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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 dishware, 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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Classic Episode Morning Routine Run Down

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Morning routines changed my life. Join me in this episode as I run through my morning routine and learn how to have calmer, more creative days!

Episode 397 Classic Episode Morning Routine Run Down

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Love to create, design, and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Episode 397 I Was So Glad To Not Have All My Eggs in One Basket

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Recent events at companies that have shut down have had Carina sighing with relief that she didn’t have all her eggs in one basket. Learn more about how multiple streams of income can save your design business. 

Episode 397 I Was So Glad To Not Have All My Eggs in One Basket

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Episode 396 Deliberate New Years Goals for Designers

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Carina talks about deliberate New Year’s Goals and 3 things you should be looking for when you are creating them this year.

Episode 396  Deliberate New Years Goals for Designers

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Episode 395 UnMasking The Myths of the Dream Design Journey Part 2

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Carina talks about the myths of the design journey in Part 2. Reality can meet big dreams if you want them to work for you. Carina talks about 3 myths that should be debunked during the design journey.

Episode 395 UnMasking The Myths of the Dream Design Journey Part 2

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Episode 393 Merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas! Carina has a quick message for you today!

Episode 393 Merry Christmas

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Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a reality. Get your copy today!

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designprofitprosper

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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.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/