Episode 81 3 Ways to Cut Down Your Design Time

December 22, 2021 by Carina Gardner

Need to design quickly? In this episode, Carina Gardner will share three tips to cut down your design time.

When you produce more products, you will be able to pull in a bigger paycheck using the same materials that you started with.

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY
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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
Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 80 Focus on the One

December 20, 2021 by Carina Gardner

Who are you designing for? In this episode, Carina Gardner talks about the importance of catering to your ideal customer.

Learn more during the design process by focusing on the One instead of the masses.

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY
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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
Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 79 Permission to Be in The Present

December 17, 2021 by Carina Gardner

In today’s episode of the Make and Design Podcast, Carina talks about remaining present during the busy holiday season.

Listen to the differences between people who live in the past, the present, and the future. Which kind of person are you? Carina, as a planner and brainstormer who tends to live in the future, gives some tips on how she approaches “being present” for the people around her.

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY

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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

Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 78 3 Reasons Your Might Be Experiencing A Creative Block

December 15, 2021 by Carina Gardner

Creative block can be a real problem. Sitting down to design should be a relaxing and enjoyable experience, but often we may be unable to do anything with that blank screen or paper.

Here are three reasons why you might be experiencing creative block and what you can do to help solve this issue.

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY

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About Carina Gardner:

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com

Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 77 We Are What We Consume

December 13, 2021 by Carina Gardner

What do you consume? Of course, Carina isn’t just talking about what you eat but what you listen to, watch, and do.

Our consumption leads us to what we think about and ultimately leads to our actions. Very often, we aren’t thinking about how we are consuming. Instead we just do it. Analyze with Carina your current consumption habits and how can you flip those habits to become a producer.

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY

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About Carina Gardner:

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com

Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 76 Embroidery with Bev McCullough

December 10, 2021 by Carina Gardner

Carina meets up again with fellow Riley Blake designer Bev McCullough about her embroidery business.

Bev shows some of her work (see more at www.youtube.com/carinagarder) and talks about the art of embroidery.

Learn more about Bev and her new book at instagram at @flamingotoes.

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY

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About Carina Gardner:

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com

Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 75 Three Crafts I Recommend You Try This Holiday Season

December 8, 2021 by Carina Gardner

While most of the time Carina is talking about design on this podcast, she also likes to MAKE the things she designs.

Here are 3 fun crafts that will be fun for you over the holiday season! I hope you have a chance to make these recommendations!

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY
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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
Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 74 Why The Aha Moments Can Change Your Life

December 6, 2021 by Carina Gardner

Aha moments are important moments in time where if you implement the idea, you can completely change the trajectory of your life.

Carina tells you a simple story of when a simple aha moment changed something that made her life a little easier.

These small (or big) aha’s have the ability to make your life easier or better. Take them and figure out how to move your design career forward!

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Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY
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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
Check out her most popular program, Design Bootcamp, here: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp

Episode 73 Creative Memberships with Elizabeth Chappell

December 3, 2021 by Carina Gardner

Carina talks with Elizabeth Chappell who is the owner of a membership program for quilters. Get the inside scoop as Carina and Elizabeth dig deep about creative businesses and memberships.