Episode  455  Revitalizing Your Creative Process with the Artist’s Way

If you are wanting a “do over” in your creative process, Carina talks about two things you can do that she teaches on from the Artist’s Way. She has recently been working on a new course from the University of Arts & Design Business that incorporates the principles from the Artist’s Way. Learn how these two things that help you be more creative than ever before!

Episode  455  Revitalizing Your Creative Process with the Artist’s Way

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Have you ever wanted to create your own personalized planner. Whether you want to create one just for yourself or you want to sell your unique planner, you will not want to miss my workshop coming up on July 24th. This is a 3 hour workshop on Illustrator and InDesign and it’s currently 50% off. Join at

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/planner-workshop

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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 454 Money and Mindset with Steve Hamoen

Steve Hamoen has great insights on why revenue matters as he runs his multiple businesses. Learn more in today’s episode.

Want to find out more about Steve’s podcast? Go to The Money Mindset Mentoring Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Episode 454 Money and Mindset with Steve Hamoen

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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 453 Books, Books, and More Books

Carina recently purchased a lot of books as she is determining some of the books she wants to introduce into the curriculum at the University. She goes over several of the books she is considering. While not every book will make it into the final curriculum, all of these books will help Carina make informed decisions about what she thinks students need to help them build their businesses.

Episode 453 Books, Books, and More Books

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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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 452 Introducing the University of Arts & Design Business

Carina introduces the University of Art & Design Business which will open up for its first semester in fall 2024. Learn more about Carina’s decision to start a university to help creatives create businesses. Learn more about the university at www.uadb.education.

Episode 452 Introducing the University of Arts & Design Business

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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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 450 Be Creative with Meilin Fields

Meilin Fields is a creative currently working in Hollywood. She has her own podcast (you’ll love how she got the name) and is working on several new creative projects. Learn more in today’s episode! https://meilinfields.com/

Episode 450 Be Creative with Meilin Fields

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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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 449 Creative Block? How to Reignite Your Inspiration

Feeling stuck in a creative rut? While there are bandaids to fix creative block, there is probably a bigger solution that you have not dug into yet. Learn what you should be doing to help those blocks turn into flames that will light your business on fire!

Episode 449 Creative Block? How to Reignite Your Inspiration

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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 448 The Business of Design: Turning Creativity into Profit

Don’t miss out on the insights that could turn your talent into a lucrative business. Once you have a design foundation there are other things that you need to create a business that works. Carina goes over some of those things in today’s episode.

Episode 448 The Business of Design: Turning Creativity into Profit

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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 447 How Brittle Bone Disease Made Katherine Klimitas A Better Designer

Katherine Klimitas was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, better known as Brittle Bone Disease. Despite this, she has created a design and art business that has been extremely successful. Learn more about how she uses physical limitations to still create the work and life she loves.

Find Katherine’s work at https://kakartnola.com/.


Episode 447 How Brittle Bone Disease Made Katherine Klimitas A Better Designer

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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 446  The Business of Design: Turning Creativity into Profit

Don’t miss out on the insights that could turn your talent into a lucrative business. Once you have a design foundation there are other things that you need to create a business that works. Carina goes over some of those things in today’s episode.

Episode 446 The Business of Design: Turning Creativity into Profit

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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 445 We Can Do Better, Surface Pattern Designers

Carina shares the current negative undertone she is seeing specifically in the Surface Pattern Design World. She talks about why she thinks this is happening and what is contributing to it. Learn more and how we can do better in today’s episode.

Episode 445 We Can Do Better, Surface Pattern Designers

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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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/