Creative Dare with Brooke Skypala & Abbey Jo Havens

Abbey Jo bullies her neighbor into doing the podcast. She has so many creative talents and she lives right next door! Looks like we will be doing some fun side-quests together!

Will wins this episode! He actually brings his guitar and sings an original tune! We all attempt a song and this dare proves more challenging for some more than others!

Our friend Will joins us and reminisces about his past creative pursuits and how his journey led to becoming a pastor. His child-like wonder may have actually led him to a portal or at least reminded him of the importance of imagination.

Bailey returns to talk about our latest adventures! We all get inspired by the artful worlds around us!

Our friend Bailey sits down with us to chat about her creative endeavors.  From trumpeting to painting welcome mats to thrifting furniture and designing tattoos, we are reminded that there are so many fun ways to get creative!

Lacey returns with script in hand! One of our more challenging dares, but we complete it with a flourish!

Lacey describes her whimsical journey to how she became a published children's book author. She is fantastically creative in many aspects of her life including fashion, decorating, homeschooling and writing.

Jackie returns with fancy fingers and we discuss how the fashion dare went.

Jackie aka "Jules" is a perfect blend of sporty and artsy! She has lived in about 100 different places and has tried just as many artsy hobbies. As she will soon settle once again into a new place, she will have new opportunities to incorporate art into her life.

In this episode, Chris Step returns and we recount our karaoke adventures. This episode is a testament to how unexpected nights that start with reluctance, often end with happy memories.

Abby Jo and Chris Step, bonded over their shared love of hockey and adrenaline-fueled escapades. From their hilarious first encounter at a Dallas hockey tournament to Chris's penchant for getting in trouble on and off the ice, these two showcase the fun in unexpected friendships. In this episode of Creative Dare, Chris shares his creative ventures, including a new hockey stick brand called Puck Yo...

Our friend Anna sits down with us and we chat about our dare. Sorry the sound is a bit funky on this one. Still learning! But we got it figured out for next time.

Brooke sits down with some family members for a little California side-quest.

Our comfy sweatpants friend joins us on her birthday! She makes the world more beautiful through her creative talents and kind heart and she makes our lives better by being the bestest, most fun, thoughtful and a little weird friend. We love her!

Sometimes the adventure can be right in our backyards. We sit down with Kaki again to discuss where we went and what we did on our mini adventures. Recommendations we discussed (Look at me figuring out show notes!): First Fridays at Arts in the Sunset https://www.artsinthesunset.org/firstfriday Little Laos 3811 SW 6th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79106 Shi Lee's BBQ 1213 SW 3rd Ave, Amarillo, TX 79106

Our friend Kaki has many talents and a great eye for aesthetics. She can make everything look beautiful, she's a mom of a daughter and twin boys, she and her husband build houses and run a development business, and she is the hostess with the mostest!

Des returns and delivers a beautiful poem. We all complete the dare and then we share. We hope you enjoy and don't be coy, share yours too, why don't you?!

Our friend Desirae tells us of some unconventional ways she got creative in her youth. Oh how I wish I was a fly on the wall in that Luby's parking lot.

We sit down with Mallory to review dare #4. Which room did we tackle? Take a listen and find out how we rearranged our spaces.

Our friend Mallory takes us on her creative journey that led to her writing a fiction novel, Duck Dive! Turns out you don't have to live in a fancy pants apartment in New York City in order to be a published author!

We review dare #3 and talk about our cooking dare. New foods were cooked, eaten and enjoyed in the company of our brave friends.

The ultimate hobby-man sits down with us to tell about all his creative quests. Is he a mere mortal or is he a wizard?

We sit down with Erin again to review Dare #2! We relive some awkward dance moments and discuss how the dare went. We shimmied, we shook, we made dance tunnels, and we got lots of steps!

We chat with our friend Erin who tells us how she got to Texas by way of Spain and Albania. She is a multilingual mastermind, she crochets, she roller blades, and she DANCES. She may even be a spy, but don't tell her we are on to her.

Anna sits down with us again to review dare #1. A little poetry happens, Brooke almost gets kidnapped and Abbey Jo ponders the simple things.