Episode 59 How Creatives Can Use Time Management to Their Advantage with Megan Sumrell

Posted on by Carina Gardner

What’s more effective? Planning daily or planning weekly? Time Management expert Megan Summrell joins Carina on today’s episode to give you some surprising answers to those questions.

Megan walks through the basics of her Top Planner system to show you how to become more efficient. Thanks, Megan!
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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

About Today’s Guest

Megan Sumrell is a mathematician, software engineer, mother, dog mom, and time management guru. Her time management expertise can be found at www.megansumrell.com. 

Megan and Carina also co-teach a course on time management specifically for creatives! You can learn more about it here: https://www.megansumrell.com/creatives. 

Episode 57 Transformation with Diane Rooney

Posted on by Carina Gardner

Today I talk about true transformation with Diane Rooney! From struggling designer to now building a creative career, she tells how she is using my strategies to build a creative future.

You can find out more about Diane at www.dianerooney.co.uk.

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

Want to become a designer? Check out Carina’s next Design Bootcamp at http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp.

Episode 55 Primrose Hill with Melanie Collette

Posted on by Carina Gardner
Melanie Collette is a fellow Riley Blake Designer and we talk about her background as well as her new line Primrose Hill.

Find out more about Melanie at https://www.hellomellydesigns.com/.

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

Want to become a designer? Check out Carina’s next Design Bootcamp at http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp.

Episode 54 3 Questions I Ask Myself When the Panic Sets In

Posted on by Carina Gardner

Recently, I felt some of the symptoms of an oncoming Panic Attack. I’ll tell you more about dealing with it and what I asked myself to help myself in overwhelm.

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

Want to become a designer? Check out Carina’s next Design Bootcamp at http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp.

Episode 53 The 70-20-10 Rule with Emily Taylor

Posted on by Carina Gardner
Emily Taylor and I talk about creating our best work and her two books. She also gives us a sneak peek on upcoming projects! 
 
Find out more about Emily at https://collagequilter.com/ 
  
Find out more at http://www.carinagardner.com 
Watch this episode as video at http://www.makeanddesign.com 
 
Want to become a designer? Check out Carina’s next Design Bootcamp at http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp. 

Episode 52 Finding Creative Time As a Mom with Bonnie and Audrey

Posted on by Carina Gardner
Audrey and Bonnie are the moms from the Outnumbered Podcast. They have 19 kids between them, which makes finding creative time a struggle! Join us as we talk about making time for yourself!

Find Audrey at http://www.skirtfixation.com/ and Bonnie at https://bonnieandblithe.com/.

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

Want to become a designer? Check out Carina’s next Design Bootcamp at http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp.

Episode 51 Get Your Holiday Crafting and Quilting Gifts Done Now

Posted on by Carina Gardner

Do you like to give your friends and loved ones crafty creations for birthdays and holidays? On today’s episode of Make + Design,

 Originally published in October 2021, Carina talks about how to map out and plan your projects so that you get them done before the holiday you need them for! Carina loves the holidays and loves getting ready for them with lots of pretty creations! Tune in to see how she structures her holiday season!

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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 50 Stardust and Christmas Fabric with Bev McCullough

Posted on by Carina Gardner

Fellow Riley Blake designer Bev McCullough joins Carina for some insights on her recent fabric collection.

 To see some of the samples Carina and Bev talk about in this episode, please visit Carina’s youtube channel at www.youtube.com/carinagarder. 

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:
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

About Today’s Guest

Bev McCullough is an expert seamstress who began designing her own clothes as a teenager. She’s also a blogger who loves to share her work at https://flamingotoes.com/. Bev also designs fabric for Riley Blake Designs, has authored books on embroidery and jewelry making (available on Amazon) and can be found on instagram at flamingotoes.