Crafty Ass Female

Kate Smith is an artist obsessed with making humans smile. Every joke, piece of art and product she creates is meant to be shared—meant to give you a small, simple and fun way to put joy into the life of another. She wants to remind you how good it feels to make another human happy. She wants to show you it doesn’t take much. And she wants to encourage you to do it every day. Kate lives, works and...

More about Nicole Stevenson: Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and creative director at Dear Handmade Life. She can't recall a time in her life when she wasn't making something. At 24, she turned my passi...

Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and creative director at Dear Handmade Life. She can't recall a time in her life when she wasn't making something. At 24, she turned my passion into my profession when sh...

Taylor and Katie Smith are sisters who have a top 1% Etsy shop where they sell vinyl and planner stickers. Katie designs the stickers and all the stickers are printed on site. The Smith sisters are two totally different humans (and that's one of the reasons Kristin was so excited to talk to them — the other that she's been friends with Katie for almost a decade) and that's one of the reasons that...

What are rukristin's Daily Pages? - Daily Pages are a project that rukristin came up with in the summer of 2018 - Each day, she opens up a small notebook to the first/next two blank pages and creates something with pictures, paper, words, or the bits of life - The Daily Pages project is a way for people to document their lives in a simple and accessible way. By using small notebook there is less s...

More about this week's show: Scissors are so important as a scrapbooker! Here's a rundown of the scissors we talked about on today's show and the things they are best at. Everyday/all-around scissors: Grey/Yellow -- Westcott 8" Titanium Bonded Scissors ( https://amzn.to/2R7Zqok ) These are my everyday go-to scissors. I cut everything with these. I use them for Daily Pages, stickers, washi tape, wh...

There's never a bad time to discuss some of the most important supplies that we use every time we go to papercraft. Inks form the foundation for stamping, creating color palettes, applying textures and so much more. I've been using Washi tape in more and more interesting ways recently - check out the Daily Pages Bootcamp and the @rukristin instagram to see much more. This is a public episode. If y...

This time on Crafty Ass Female, Brandi and Kristin dive deep into a topic that absolutely everyone feels. First we figure out the different forms of loneliness we feel, and how they manifest in our lives, especially creatively. We talk about the different ways we end up feeling about loneliness, and tactics to cope. Brandi explores how she feels loneliness for others, and much, much more. This is...

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female podcast Brandi Kincaid is back for the second of a three episode series. Brandi and Kristin love to get deep on topics and authenticity is a good one. They get into a great conversation about what it means to be a person, a woman, and a small business owner, on the internet. There are constant changes on social media. Whether it's one of the the algorithms...

In this week's episode, Kristin invites one of her favorite people onto the show, Brandi Kincaid, for a special three episode series. This first episode centers around the amazing project, Extravagant Hope, that Brandi has been working on (and Kristin has been hearing about) for years now. Important topics in the conversation: Things that you care about can take so much longer than you think they...

After some introductions, Laura and Kristin talk about how they met, and discuss their history with scrapbooking and memory keeping. Kristin introduces her longtime scrapbook friend and Awesome Ladies All Access Club member Laura Kaplan. Laura is a teacher from the Chicago suburbs with an amazing family that she's been scrapbooking for 20 years. Kristin and Laura talk about * how they both got int...

Crafty Ass Female is now produced by the Awesome Ladies Project, an amazing community that also is the best place to discuss new episodes and so much more. Visit theawesomeladiesproject.com/dailypages to find out more about Daily Pages and the upcoming Daily Pages Anniversary Celebration, kicking off on April 1st and continuing all month long. And check out theawesomeladiesproject.com/box for a sn...

One more vault episode before new Crafty Ass Female, and we're bringing you all the way back to episode 20. This was the first time we ran the 100 Day project, and we talk about the history of it, and why it is so popular and meaningful. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/subscribe

In this episode you'll hear Amanda + Kristin talking about selfies + Kristin's #Thursday3 weekly selfie challenge where she calls you to: (1) take + post a photo of yourself, (2) share three 'right now' things, and (3) tag three of your friends to do the same Kristin defends feeling awkward in photos, makes excellent points on why taking a photo of yourself is better than having others take a phot...

Kristin starts off the episode with her plan to move into 2021 with Daily Pages, and lets you know about The Reset, a 30 day anti-racist visual reflection challenge, starting soon. Kristin also talks about her 100 Days of Daily Pages. In the vault episode, Kristin talks to Amanda about how Daily Pages came to be. The show touches upon alignment and the feeling of landing on a project that’s aligne...

In this episode, A + K wish everyone a Happy New Year and talk about what they’ve been experiencing and how they’ve been feeling at the start of 2021! Kristin talk about her plans for this year including: • The Reset w/ Dynasti Hunt • The Book of Me • Daily Pages !!! • how she’ll be memory keeping Amanda goes into her 2021 plans, and as part of it, she has decided it’s time to leave the show. YES,...

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According to Ali Edwards, the creator of the annual one little word® project, a single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting, or rich and soft and slow. In this episode you'll hear Amanda + Kristin reflect on this past year with each of their words & how they showed up for them. The girls also talk about their experiences...

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Shannan Manton starts off by telling A + K how she got started scrapbooking, and how she inevitably came to the realization that she could “throw out the rule book” and be as silly and ‘real’ has she wants to be when documenting her life! Shannan discusses how efficiency WINS when it comes to her scrapbooking, and how - even though a majority of what she creates lives on the computer - she shares...

Brandi Kincaid starts off by telling us how “cute” 2019 Brandi was after living through 2020. She shares that she was in the hospital feeling lonely & scared at the same time as the world was going through the loneliest & scariest time as well. Brandi discusses how she is making room for life as it is, how she speaks a language of grief in her life in a way that redefines it for herself, and how “...

Kelly Purkey has returned for the third (!!!) time to talk to A + K about her digital Election 2020 kit and questions that came up surrounding documenting politics and the election in general. The girls explore this topic and an interesting conversation unfolds. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.rukristin.com/s...

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Em Randall is a painter, illustrator, and designer who works from a constantly messy desk in Northern Michigan. Inspired by whimsical nostalgia and magical verity, her work often features strong women in a combination of both authentic and impossible realities. When she’s not working on a new project, you can usually find Em in the kitchen trying out another biscuit recipe, or lounging on the couc...

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