Girl Gang Craft The Podcast

Julie Nguyen, the artist behind Fake Cakery, grew up with a passion for baking and began her culinary education and career as a baker at the age of thirteen. Her business specializes in producing realistic-looking dessert themed art that function as stash boxes, grinders, and more.  In this episode, Julie shares her insight about going viral, building a product based business, having a  social med...

Amy Larson is the founder of culinary retail brand Overseasoned and the owner of her Newport, Rhode Island flagship store Matriarch, a gift and book shop that spotlights woman owned businesses. In this episode, Amy tells us how she transformed her love of food from a side hustle, to a full-time business venture. How vending at craft fairs expanded her audience and grew customer interest, and when...

Nicole Stevenson, founder of Dear Handmade Life, is a pillar in the creation of California Craft Fairs. Phoebe and Nicole talk about the beginning days of starting Craft Cation and Dear Handmade Life, growing a successful business by managing a team, dedicating time to being creative, and balancing it all while being present for her family.   Key Points: ✿ Nicole tells us about the early days of s...

In this solo episode, Phoebe talks about craft fair tips– how to treat each show as an experiment, tips and tricks for load-in and load out, ideas for booth displays, and more.    Key Points: ✿ Social media does not define our success and how we are perceived on social media does not define our success. ✿ Craft Fairs are a great opportunity for increasing revenue, building community, and gaining a...

Emily Chandra is the owner and founder of Seacoast Stilettos, an inclusive dance space that encourages folks to reclaim their power with dance. In her signature Seacoast Stilettos dance classes, Emily serves empowerment and community along with hype at her Peabody, Massachusetts studio.   Key Moments from this episode: ✿ Emily tells us how we can use dance as a beautiful and cathartic way to relea...

Viral Marketer, content Creator, and Public Speaker, Andrea Casaonva takes us on her journey of becoming a sensational solopreneur from her work in the early days of TikTok, starting an agency, to stepping into her investor era as a partner and advisor for multiple companies. Andrea tells us her personal experiences of being an immigrant to the U.S, living with mental health issues, and overcoming...

Solo Episode on making business decisions that support sustainable practices.   As a product based business, you have so many decisions to make about the actual products. Do you have to make everything yourself? Can you hire help? What materials should you use? What are the margins like? How are you going to make a profit?    We get into all that and more: ✿ Environmental Sustainability + Business...

Published author and retail expert Tina Wells has been a lifelong strategist and entrepreneur since she founded her first of many companies at 15 years old. Today, Tina is a renowned published author of 20 books, founder of a multimedia content venture, and retail designer and brand expert having several original collections launch in Target stores Nationwide.    On today's episode, Phoebe and Tin...

Today on the pod, Phoebe gets us hungry for MONEY SNACKS!    Money Snacks are an ACTIVE and DIRECT way to make money RIGHT NOW. They are ACTIONS that are attached directly to money and help fill the money void small biz owners are feeling in the down seasons.     Ways to bring in Money Snacks:   ✿ Pitching partners ✿ Emailing retailers ✿ Client outreach ✿ Re-selling clothes ✿ Dog walking ✿ Picking...

Phoebe is joined by actor, teacher, and creative mentor Kate Bone, founder of Wonderwell, an interdisciplinary creative studio and community focusing on the intersection of creativity and well-being.  Kate shares her journey through the performing arts and how the need to share creative embodiment in a communal space led to the creation of Wonderwell and the WonderBody Studio. Key moments and take...

On today's solo episode, Phoebe explores ✿ Bravery, and how you don't need to be 100% confident just to show up for yourself ✿ Showing bravery by running your business against resistance and pushback ✿ Continuing to try or to create, because you know it's in alignment with your ethos ✿ How you show bravery by setting boundaries for yourself and others ✿ Saying "no" to the things that push back aga...

Angela Henderson's drive to see women find independent success is the heart and soul of her self made consulting business. Through her work and from her own life's journey, Angela helps lead her clients to a worthy life of self-love and acceptance by creating a path to healing inner traumas, shedding unfulfilling relationships, and owning accountability in order to grow a profitable business witho...

Hello Creatives! Welcome to 2024! We're so happy you're here with us. After almost 4 years of the Girl Gang Craft Podcast, we're back with solo episodes featuring me, founder Phoebe Sherman, to bring you the BTS of GGC, Craft Fair insights, tips for entrepreneurs, and just sharing my opinions and my messy life, as a way to get closer to YOU.  Today, we dive into  ✿ The amazing flexibility entrepre...

On today's episode, Phoebe interviews Janet Mesh, the CEO and Co-Founder of Boston based company Aimtal, a fully remote integrated marketing and consulting agency for B2B tech companies. Janet and Phoebe get into the importance of establishing core values for your business, how a direct to consumer business model can use LinkedIn for marketing strategies, and the "rule of 3" when repurposing conte...

Sarah Gottesdiener is the founder and designer of The Moon Studio, a creative collective that aligns intuitive foundations with mystical practices for all types of inspired folks who wish to explore their creative powers. As an intuitive and skilled educator, Sarah curates a range of valuable workshops through The Moon Studio such as money magic, boundary work, tarot, and the magic behind decision...

Janine Mulone, founder of Feel Good Retail, is the indie brand hype squad we need as small business owners to cheer us on for our growth and encourage us when sales are low. With her stacked resume launching brands and opening brick and mortars, Janine curates her consultations with actionable strategies catered to your business to drive sales and bring longevity to your brand. In this episode, we...

Manu Muraro, the ultimate creative entrepreneur, is the founder of one of GGC's fav content management programs "Your Social Team" and "Your Template Club" which encourages femme forward businesses to confidently burst through the algorithm bubble and promote with pride by offering scroll-stopping post templates and individualized curated campaigns to make your business thrive.    In this episode,...

Jacky is the sole designer and founder of MCLC, the pop-perfection slow fashion footwear brand that you may have seen rocking your socks off everywhere from TikTok to Trixie Motel. In this episode, Phoebe and Jacky discuss how the daily need to find balance in an ever changing world led Jacky to create her breakthrough design, The Balancing Act Boot. We learn that Jacky takes on all the roles; fro...

Chelsea London Lloyd is an actress, comedian, self-proclaimed "grief gal", host of the "Dying of Laughter" podcast, and voice note advocate who happens to go way back (to theater club) with our founder Phoebe Sherman. In this conversation, Phoebe and Chelsea discuss what they have in common when it comes to balancing multiple creative projects, clients, revenue streams, and acts of self care in di...

This week we are in conversation with one of Girl Gang Craft's kindred spirits across the pond. Elizabeth Stiles left her successful career in the fashion industry in the UK to teach multi-hyphenate entrepreneurs what she knew best: manufacturing, marketing, and mindset. Her business journey flourished from a one-to-one approach to a large online community and course offerings for people who want...

Sam Reece is famous for being good at comedy, writing, and crafting. But in order to be really good in her creative pursuits, she had to learn how to be bad. In this conversation with Phoebe Sherman, Sam talks about the origin of her viral "Shitty Craft Club" brand and how she turned it into a source for self love, career development and community.  In this episode  you will learn:  How making tim...

"Life's too short to not do all the things you love." These are the words Camly Nguyen lives by. Camly is a well-known food and travel content creator who has worked with some of the biggest names in the food and beverage industry. But her online business is actually her creative outlet, one that she purposefully keeps separate from her 9 to 5 working as a data and strategy lead for Russell Westbr...

Harley Jordan made a name for during the pandemic as a social media strategist who was bringing more transparency to the secretive world of the influencer industry. But after hitting burnout as the founder of a successful influencer agency and podcast, she knew she had to pivot. Harley joins Phoebe Sherman in this episode to talk about the philosophy and success of her  'Do Less Club' - a communit...

At first glance, Skyler Mapes seems like she's been living in a storybook. From meeting her husband/business partner on a serendipitous trip to Rome, to trading her unfulfilling architecture career for an international entrepreneurship path, to co-founding Exau Olive Oil and turning it into a viral sensation during a global pandemic, Skyler has a captivating and unique story to tell. But the road...

Self-taught witch and founder of Lady Moon Co. Inc. Laura Wong (she/her) joins Phoebe Sherman for Girl Gang Craft Pod's first interview ep of the year. Laura Wong considers herself a creatrix - uniquely connected to her inner feminine source of creative power. The founder of Lady Moon Co., Inc., Wong has curated an online space that's part podcast and part online shop, where she sells all sorts of...