Crafty Ass Female

Tazhiana Gordon + Krystal Iduñate start off by talking about their creative backstories and how they “got into” the online scrapbooking community. Tazhi + Krystal talk about The Scrappy Sisters - their new podcast - and how it came to be (SPOILER ALERT: from sliding into DMs). They share that JUST SHOWING UP is the key to amazing, wonderful opportunities opening up. The girls discuss projects they...

Ali Edwards has returned & we couldn't be happier! This episode begins with Ali talking about the “collective trauma” that we are all in the middle of and how we’re fine, but there’s an underlying trauma hum present. Also, how or even do we document it? Ali talks about story telling, playing with product, December Daily® 2020, and including hard times from this year while looking for the magic. Th...

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Andi Shepard starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early years of creativity, and how her mom encouraged her give advertising a try before diving into engineering. 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, A + K talk about how fast September went and how they are celebrating the start of October with the BIG SWITCH over from Patreon to The Awesome Ladies Project! Both A + K talk about how you have to be knee deep in something before you realize whether or not it works for you…and how that’s kind of how they felt about Patreon. It was working until it wasn’t, and now it’s on to the n...

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A + K are starting Season 7: The Season of The Unexpected in full RESILIENCE mode having been #doingthedays since we’ve been dealing with a global pandemic these past few months. The girls talk about how ‘the unexpected’ rest of this hard year might have an ‘OH NO’ negative type of vibe to it, but could also be viewed as kind of an exciting unknown adventure that takes a positive spin. This is a p...

A + K started this season back in March QUARANTINED. We were all at home, things were rapidly changing, and we have all been doing our best. With over half a million downloads under our belt - RESILIENCE was the lens through which season 6 was viewed through…and IT. WAS. SPECIAL. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit w...

In this 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 aligned to your message and purpose. They girls also discuss the difference between creating vs. creating under pressure, and how ACCESSIBLE Kristin’s Daily Pages are - whether you’re a seasoned scrapbooker or a beginner - with very little suppli...

In this episode, A + K talk about how September is the new January when it comes to setting goals and getting things done. Even historically, the autumn months were the time to work hard and harvest a.k.a. ‘get things done’ season. Kristin is planning an upcoming program tied to her Book of Me and a rebrand of The Awesome Ladies Project, while Amanda has been prepping for all the extra stuff throu...

In this episode, A + K talk about how September is the new January when it comes to setting goals and getting things done. Even historically, the autumn months were the time to work hard and harvest a.k.a. ‘get things done’ season. 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

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In this episode, A + K talk about the ways you can tell stories through photography. The girls discuss Kristin’s upcoming week-long photo challenge starting on Monday, August 17th that will teach you the following: How to use photography prompts to help you tell a specific story How to use whatever camera you have to get great results How to decide when a photo is good enough for your story How to...

In this episode, A + K check-in with each other about where they’re at via Kristin’s super fun, low-impact little currently list that has been out in the world since 2012. Check out craftyassfemale.com for the full show notes with links! 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

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In this episode, A + K talk about Kristin’s framework for telling scrapbook stories, and how almost every story can be broken up into one of the three categories (with some inevitable overlap as well): Everyday scrapbooking sees the beauty in the stories of our routines. Adventure scrapbooking is the highlight reel of our best, special, and most eventful, life-moments. Introspective scrapbooking i...

In this episode, A + K talk through about the ways they are planning on documenting 2020. Amanda is planning to continue blasting out her weekly memory keeping pages in her Passion Planner®, and has taken to her website for deep dives and detailed posts. Kristin talks about her plan to jump back into pocket scrapbooking in a 3x8 album to have a chronological account of 2020. YES! She will also con...

In this episode, A + K discuss what it means to find your voice and be the narrator of your story — both topics in her 6-week course FIND YOUR VOICE. LESSONS INCLUDE: What is Storytelling? Telling Your Stories Who Are You -- The Storyteller What Do You Have to Say? Expressing Your Voice Building On Your Story This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

2020 is not only what year it is, but also a number synonymous with good vision. In a lot of ways, this year has helped us see more clearly, and we are only half way done! We want to know how you’re documenting it all. 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, A + K start by talking a bit about the last 6 months of 2020 and how NOBODY thought it would look like this. They discuss where we are all at with the pandemic and how everything we’ve been through has affected how we’re framing our summer plans. Amanda talks about how her INSPIRED SUMMER PLANS are revolving around the removal of accumulated clutter, both in her exterior (apartmen...

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In this episode, A + K revisit the topic of COMPARISON-itis since ‘comparing ourselves to others’ is something we do A LOT of while scrolling, especially this past week with the Black Lives Matter movement and wanting ourselves to be better and do better now that awareness, learning, and UN-learning has increased. Amanda + Kristin talk about new ways you can think of about hobbies, absorbing inspi...

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Cara Newhart starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early years of creativity, what her first creative business was, and how once she hosted her first art retreat, she was hooked! Cara talks about the trying times we’re living in right now, and how her full-time travel based business was effected by it. Cara answers the question WHY ART JOURNALLING? in the grand scheme of her business an...

In this episode, A + K talk about Kristin’s upcoming six-week storytelling workshop entitled FIND YOUR VOICE starting next Monday, May 25th. Amanda + Kristin talks about what was Kristin’s inspiration behind the workshop, the format and pacing, the six different modules the class is broken up into, and why NOW is the perfect time to spend time finding and reflecting on your voice. This is a public...