Latest Creativeliving Podcast Episodes
306 Artist Success Stories featuring Tracey Diamond, Tracey Hayes and Grace Gallaher Fitzpatrick
Creative Thursday with Marisa - March 30, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsDo you ever wish interviewers would go into detail about the exact steps to that tipping point moment that transforms someone, (especially a fellow Creative) from struggling to success? As an interviewer, I'm working on it... When I bring guests on the podcast, I promise to dive deep...
Alexa Martin: Leaving the corporate world for a life of no regrets
Collage Creative with Amy Small - March 23, 2023 12:44 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the show, I have Alexa Martin. She is a teacher and life coach. I originally found her work because she taught a workshop at my yoga studio all about the art of saying no. How enticing is that! Show notes here!
305 What happened to Etsy? and 3 Tips to Selling Art Online
Creative Thursday with Marisa - March 23, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsDid you hear about what happened to Etsy sellers last week? After 16 years of selling Art online, getting an early start also selling on Etsy, there's one non-negotiable that I emphasize to ALL of the Artists I have the opportunity to work with, and I'm sharing it with you in today's episo...
Episode 163: Rachel Burke of @imakestagram (re-release episode 91)
Collage Creative with Amy Small - March 14, 2023 17:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the show I have Rachel Burke and to say I'm a little excited is the understatement of the year. Rachel is a fashion designer with a speciality in TINSEL and pom poms, which makes me so happy. I know I'm not alone in this - I can't wait for you to hear her unique path to finding this spe...
304 16 Lessons learned from 16 Years in Business
Creative Thursday with Marisa - March 09, 2023 22:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIn celebration of my 16th year as a Professional Artist this week, also what I refer to as my Dream come True Anniversary, I'm sharing 16 lessons I've learned along the way. Get comfy and grab your favorite beverage as I dive into what I'm glad I knew, and wish I would've known. In t...
303 What's the Best Environment to Spark Your Creativity with a special guest Alyssa Van Guilder
Creative Thursday with Marisa - March 02, 2023 22:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsNot just talking about your studio space today, or perhaps? a kitchen table studio like where I first started my Art business, but in today's episode I share a story about how I figured out what cultivated my most inspired creative times. It wasn't obvious to me until recently ~ first when...
302 A simple tip to help you focus
Creative Thursday with Marisa - February 16, 2023 21:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAre you someone who writes down your goals for the year or do you question if this ritual actually gets you the results you want? How about writing down your "word for the year"? Do these practices really make a difference or are they just busy work to remind us what we didn't accomp...
Bonus Episode: Creative Knitters Deep Dive
Collage Creative with Amy Small - February 16, 2023 17:54 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsBonus Episode alert! In this episode I do a deep dive into our Creative Knitters Membership. Learn more and show notes here.
Re-release ~ The Grocery Girls: Making things, saying anything on YouTube and that incredible sisterly bond!
Collage Creative with Amy Small - February 16, 2023 17:51 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the show I have the Grocery Girls!!!! Also known as Tracie Millar and Jodi Brown! If you’re anything like me, you spend time with these ladies on YouTube and Instagram, know a fair amount about them and yet you WANT to know a lot more! That’s where this podcast comes in...and we go dee...
Cadence Kidwell: Building Fuzzy Goat Yarns and Refusing to Consider Failure
Collage Creative with Amy Small - February 10, 2023 13:25 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the show I have Cadence Kidwell, the owner and founder of Fuzzy Goat Yarn Shop. Fuzzy Goat is a delightful and eclectic yarn shop located in Historic Downtown Thomasville – knitting together the community by putting consciously chosen yarns into the hands of both the new and experienced...
Lydia Morrow: Creativity and the Power of Letting Go
Collage Creative with Amy Small - February 02, 2023 18:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the show, I have Lydia Morrow aka @whatlydiamade. She is knitwear designer, a creative director and the list goes on. There was this strong message from Lydia to let go when you’re gripping too hard and it’s just not working – that you don’t know what’s on the other side until you do. C...
301 I just Want to Feel Like an Artist Again
Creative Thursday with Marisa - February 02, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsShould this podcast stay or should it go? Inspired by a variety of conversations with creatives I had at the start of this new year, the response to a spontaneous instagram post I created that is now my most liked post of ALL TIME, celebrating the 300th CT episode, all coinciding with a BI...
Episode 160: Amy + Inner Voice
Collage Creative with Amy Small - January 24, 2023 18:41 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsI'm getting back into the swing of recording every 10th episode as a solo episode. In this session, I share a little bit about what's in store for 2023 personally and for Knit Collage. Then I dive into the inner voice training I'm doing right now and tell you all what it's about...warning a litt...
Liza Laird: The Yoga Of Yarn
Collage Creative with Amy Small - January 19, 2023 15:25 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the podcast, meet Liza Laird. Liza is a spinner, knitter, yoga teacher and the author of a new book called the Yoga of Yarn. The Yoga of Yarn is a book of practices for the modern knitter. There are a total of 55 explorations - including knitting patterns, meditations, yoga movements, ...
300 Letting go of You’re Limiting Beliefs as an Artist - with guest Artists Jeanette Bergstrom, Erwin Ong and Marie-Laure Delage-Carlson
Creative Thursday with Marisa - January 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHow do you go from owning that you’re ready to be an Artist to having your career as an Artist support you in owning a house in France? Yes it’s possible! But first...when setting out to accomplish your dreams Ask yourself if you’re taking advice from people who are living what you w...
Dylan Ayaloo: On Slowing Down + Going Inward
Collage Creative with Amy Small - January 11, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday is a special episode with Dylan Ayaloo or as he calls himself, the Inner Work Guy. Originally I planned to release this in a few weeks time but after we chatted I knew it had to go live sooner. When a new year begins, there’s such a push to make goals, do more, be better etc. and what Dyla...
299 How to Wrap Up 2022 + Get Ready for 2023!
Creative Thursday with Marisa - January 05, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsDo you have a special ritual or practice to close out the past year, to welcome in the new year, besides clinking glasses filled with your favorite sparkling beverage at the strike of midnight. In years past, right after my new year's toast, maybe I picked a word for the year, but I usuall...
Episode 157: Vanessa Vargas Wilson ~ Craft Gemini
Collage Creative with Amy Small - January 03, 2023 20:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsHi everyone! Today on the show I have Vanessa Vargas Wilson! She is the force behind Crafty Gemini. At Crafty Gemini she teaches and shares many of the things she love: sewing, knitting, quilting, cooking and gardening. It feels like there's not much she doesn't do! Let's dive in. Show notes her...
298 What Worked What Didn't 2022
Creative Thursday with Marisa - December 29, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThe tradition continues for the 3rd year in a row! I'm back with my 2022 year in review. At the close of each year, I share a behind-the-scenes studio wrap-up of what worked and what didn't when it came to my art practice and my creative business. How did my work impact my personal...
297 When You're Not Feeling Creatively Inspired, Try This!
Creative Thursday with Marisa - December 15, 2022 08:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWhat's your go-to when you're just not feeling inspired? How do you get back into that Creative flow? In today's episode, I share a story about a recent experience that I almost talked myself out of multiple times, which ended up being a game changer for me on so many levels, from le...
296 My Best Tip for Kickstarting Your Creativity
Creative Thursday with Marisa - December 08, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIs prioritizing creativity on your list again for 2023? or is it just me 😉 (actually this year was pretty decent for me because I used the tip I'm sharing with you here more than I thought I'd have time for) How'd it go this year for you? Did you feel like you made time for Art making the ...
295 My New "GameChanger" Planning Tip!
Creative Thursday with Marisa - December 01, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsMy planning practice, or rather my planning obsession, has reached a new level and I've got a brand new tip to share with you in this episode. Inspired by another new love for project management - something that before my business started to grow to include a team that I had no idea "was a...
294 Why I Don't Recommend Selling in Collections
Creative Thursday with Marisa - November 17, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAre you feeling frustrated that you aren't getting any traction in marketing and consistently selling your work? This might be why... Not all marketing trends are the best strategy, especially for Artists starting out. With a new "Art expert" popping into my social media feed every o...
293 This is the Exact Strategy I used to Grow a 6 Figure Art Business
Creative Thursday with Marisa - November 10, 2022 15:44 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIn almost 300 episodes I haven't shared EXACTLY how I started my Art business, how is that possible? The truth is that business owners can get so distracted by shiny squirrel syndrome (listen to this previous podcast episode no.) and all the latest marketing strategies, that we can miss th...
Shelbey Monae: On a mission to diversify what you read!
Collage Creative with Amy Small - October 13, 2022 14:49 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsToday on the show I have Shelbey Monae! She is the founder of Shelbey and the Bookstore, a black, female owned bookstore with a big mission; to share and get more folks reading books from diverse authors across all different genres. She dives into this in all the juicy details in this episode an...
292 Artist Success Stories
Creative Thursday with Marisa - October 13, 2022 07:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsSharing inspiration from your fellow Creatives with Artist Success Stories with you in today's episode with 4 guest Artists and Expansive Artist members. My favorite kind of conversations to have ~ as we do! we touch upon a lot of topics on this journey of an Artist: how the decision to s...
291 How do I Know I’m ready to Sell my Art
Creative Thursday with Marisa - October 06, 2022 23:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWho decides when you're ready? Is it you? Is it an Art teacher or Gallery owner? Is it your family, your partner? Is it the inner critic living in your mind? (You know that one that's not always the most supportive...) One of the most common objections I hear from Artists starting ...
290 My Art's on TV!
Creative Thursday with Marisa - September 29, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHave you ever wondered how Art gets chosen for TV + film? As an Artist whose work is featured in the 2nd highest grossing feature film of all time, The Avengers Endgame, I'm going to break it all down for you in this episode. It's not just because I live in Los Angeles that my Art ha...
289 My Biggest Takeaways from the Profitable Artist Plan + 4 Ways to Adapt to ALL the Industry Changes
Creative Thursday with Marisa - September 22, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAre you frustrated with all the changes? Do you find the resistance creeping in along with a wish to just keep things the same for a while, already! I see Artists coping with similar struggles over and over, and it doesn't help that there are also a lot of shifts happening all at onc...
288 How to get seen on Social Media with Not Your Average Marketing Founder Zach Spuckler
Creative Thursday with Marisa - September 05, 2022 23:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsDoes posting to Social Media feel like a waste of time? Like it's getting harder and harder to be seen, let alone know if you're reaching your Ideal Collectors? There may be an important step you're missing, and an opportunity you haven't even considered, especially if you're just st...
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