Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Julie Thompson is a shining example of what is possible in Design Suite. She made 200 sales in a single month during her first year as a Design Suite member. Learn more about Julie's experience as a designer! Find out more about Julie Thompson at https://www.etsy.com/shop/CedarHillDesignShop and https://www.etsy.com/shop/blueblossomtees   Want to learn more and join a Design Bootcamp? Join he...

Designers who take big actions are rewarded with long term results. Carina talks about some big actions and how they have changed her life. Episode 335 Big Actions Leads to Big Results __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your dreams a...

Carina talks a little bit about Chapter 11 called Learning From Adversity from Napoleon Hill's book Outwitting the Devil. She encourages designers to use difficult experiences to make their design business even better and cites examples. Episode 334 Out Witting the Devil _________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s...

Hayley Berry is the owner of Type Affiliated. She talks about getting her first jobs, her love of hand lettering, and the brilliant way she got her first mural job. Hayley gives some great strategies for making money as an artist in this not to be missed episode! Find out more about Hayley at https://www.typeaffiliated.com/ . Episode 333 Profitable Freelance with Hayley Barry  __________ Love to c...

As a designer, one of the things that we should try to do is eliminate friction in our workflow. When we switch from medium to medium or project to project, it can sometimes be really difficult. Learn more about this friction and some ways to eliminate it in today's episode. Episode 332 From Vacation Mode to Work Mode __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know...

Are you your own hero making your own decisions about your life? Carina dives into why she thinks you should be your own hero. Take her up on her challenge at the end of this episode! Episode 331 I Need a Hero __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path...

Slow and Steady wins the race! Designers need to hear this probably more than any other profession because building a design business requires perseverance and patience. Learn more about how designing a little every day will get you to your dreams. Episode 330 The Slow and Steady Work __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit?...

Carina loves bringing the "weather" with her because the energy we bring affects so many things including how others treat us and how we treat ourselves. Learn why she is so adamant about asking for support not permission in today's episode. Episode 329 Ask For Support Not Permission __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passion...

Carina talks a little bit about Chapter 11 called Learning From Adversity from Napoleon Hill's book Outwitting the Devil. She encourages designers to use difficult experiences to make their design business even better and cites examples. Episode 334 Out Witting the Devil _________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s...

Carina poses the question, "Why Not You?" Why can't you become a craft designer? Why can't you be a fabric designer? Your unique style is needed and important. Episode 328 Why Not You? __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of m...

Carina talks about her last Facebook Live where she talks about "sales not skills." When we change our focus, the things we focus on grow. Learn more in today's episode. Want to listen to her free Facebook live? Join the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/184630781684563 Episode 327 Sales Not Skills __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know...

Carina's guest is Sharia Morton, a Design Suite member and soon to be Design Coach. Sharia has learned how to make sales every day in her design business. Learn more about what she is doing and how far she has come as a money-making designer! Learn more about Sharia at www.shariamortondesigns.com Join Design Bootcamp here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/a/2147517829/FQRGZ2os Episode 326...

Carina dives into the Levels of Design and what they mean. Discover where you are as a designer and how you can use the levels to up level your career. Episode 325 What Design Level Are You At? __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down the path of making your...

Carina digs into her free PDF and wants you to get it too! Write the word SEVEN on her Instagram feed at www.instagram.com/carinagardner to have her DM you the PDF. In this episode, she teaches more about three of the seven tips. Episode 324 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming A Surface Pattern Designer __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn...

Carina talks about three books she has recently read that she think you might also enjoy. She has really been pouring into gratitude and enjoying the journey recently. Episode 323 Book Review: 3 Books I Recently Read __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lead you down t...

Carina talks about how the British rowing team started asking this one question to become a sensational team. She flips the question so that as a designer you can use that same question to see whether you are taking the right action steps in your design business to be profitable. Episode 322 Will It Make the Boat Go Faster? __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to kno...

Have you ever wondered if you jumped too fast? Or maybe thought you were done before you were? Carina talks about designers who stop before they are fully ready in today's episode. Episode 321 The Flaky Vs. Dense Croissants __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Prosper will lea...

Carina talks to Design Suite Member Wendy Bertagnolli about how many sales she has made in less than 6 months in the program. She talks about why she was compelled to join and what she is doing now. Learn more about Wendy at: https://linktr.ee/Wendy01?utm_source=linktree_admin_share Episode 320 Expensive But Powerful Decisions with Wendy Bertagnolli __________ Love to create, design and craft? Hav...

Carina talks about her experience of planning two parties at once and how in some ways this represents the way she has built her Design Suite Program. By doubling the efforts of both great design and sales, she is able to get more done in a shorter period of time. Episode 319 Looking Over the Costco Cart  __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your...

Carina talks about how it does not take a lot to get slightly off course. The good news is that being scattered can be fixed rather easily. Learn how you can get back on the path. Episode 318 Adjustments For When You Get Slightly Off Course __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s new book – Design Profit & Pros...

Carina talks about her time as a young mom, when she was Creative Director of Cartabella, and the difficulties of becoming a designer. She describes how success is so much closer than new designers think if they are willing to work hard and smart on their businesses. Episode 317 3 Assumptions You Should Not Make __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to tur...

Aja Fillmore talks about why she joined a Design Bootcamp and why she knew Design Suite was the right step for her. Learn how Aja went from $0 to $400 a month to $2400 a month! Learn more about Aja at  https://www.ajafillmore.com/ Instagram(s) @ajafillmore.creations @ajanicole.designs  Etsy Shops https://www.etsy.com/shop/AjaFillmoreCreations https://www.etsy.com/shop/AjaNicoleDesigns Episode 316...

Carina talks about her time as a young mom, when she was Creative Director of Cartabella, and the difficulties of becoming a designer. She describes how success is so much closer than new designers think if they are willing to work hard and smart on their businesses. Episode 315 The Possibility Conundrum __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your p...

Lisa Baldwin has been focused on design success. Learn more about her story as a Design Suite member and now as a Design Suite Coach on the Carina Gardner, Inc. Team. Learn more about Lisa at Instagram(s)  @lisaannedesigns @designsbylisabee @coffeemommacreations Etsy Shops https://www.etsy.com/shop/LisaAnneDesignsShop https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignsbyLisaBee https://www.etsy.com/shop/CoffeeMomma...

As women, we sometimes don't think about putting ourselves first especially in our design businesses. If we go fully in on our design businesses and stop acting like it is just a "little side business," we can accomplish so much. Learn more in today's episode. Episode 313 What To Do When You Have Never Put Yourself First __________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you alw...