Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Learn to take advice from those you are modeling your design career after, not those who do not! Learn more about asking less of those who aren’t designers and more from those who are profitable the way you want to be profitable! Purchase Carina’s new book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Episode 272 on the Make and Design Podcast: Stop Taking Bad Advice __________ Wa...

In Carina’s new book Design Profit and Prosper she talks about the three hurdles a designer must jump over to be successful. Learn more about hurdle number one in this episode! Purchase Carina’s new book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Episode 271 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why the Software is Hurdle #1 __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Mo...

Carina talks to designers weekly and is astounded to see designers continuing to do the same thing that is not getting them results. Learn more about changing behaviors so that your results also change. Purchase Carina’s new book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Episode 270 on the Make and Design Podcast: Stop Doing the Same Things But Expecting Different Results ____...

Carina’s new book goes through several models meant to help aspiring designers see where they can improve so that they can become profitable. Carina’s Design Process Model will help you see if you are making it through all the steps of design. Get the new book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Episode 269 on the Make and Design Podcast: Learn About the Design Process M...

Carina already announced her new book, but she has another big announcement! In just another month you will see a new series of videos hitting her youtube channel that you will not want to miss. It includes new collections from her in a new format. Learn more in today’s episode! Purchase the book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Subscribe to Carina’s YouTube channel s...

Carina has a few favorite online markets that she has designed for over the last 15 years that she loves! Learn more in today’s episode! Carina’s new book is Now available! Purchase the book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Episode 267 on the Make and Design Podcast: 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-M...

The last couple of years Carina has been doing scary things, but it has also helped her grow. Learn how scary things can make us stronger. Episode 266 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why Scary Things Make Us Stronger __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinag...

Let’s talk about color and emotion! Carina loves it when we use color to help us change or state our feelings. Learn more in today’s episode.  Episode 265 on the Make and Design Podcast: How You can Use Color in Your Every Day Life __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work http...

Real change happens when new people come into our lives and there is a disruption in routines and habits. Learn about the two things that disrupted Carina’s life. Episode 264 on the Make and Design Podcast: The Two Things In My Life I Changed The Most For __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Thi...

Carina wrote a book which is now available for presale on Amazon! Her new book Design Profit and Prosper is meant to help you understand the design process better so that you are taking the right action steps to become a money-making designer. Purchase the book here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designprofitprosper Episode 263 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why I Wrote a Book __________ W...

In today’s episode, Carina talks about the power we each have to make our dreams come true. When we take actions we can give ourselves the momentum to build our design businesses. Learn more in today’s episode! Episode 262 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why You Are Powerless If You Aren't An Action Taker __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface...

Carina talks about the one thing that differentiates the hobbyist from the business owner. If you can make this one thing happen, you have an actual business!  Episode 261 on the Make and Design Podcast: Do You Have A Hobby or A Business? __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Wo...

Carina talks about the three reasons designers are struggling to create. Join her in this episode to see what we can control and can’t control as designers. Episode 260 on the Make and Design Podcast: What Prevents You From Creating __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work htt...

Carina sees lots of ways that designers don’t even realize they are losing money. Learn 3 ways she sees designers losing money and time in today’s episode. Episode 259 on the Make and Design Podcast: 3 Ways to Lose Money as a Designer __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work h...

Designers go through evolutions just like any other career. Learn more about the journey of a designer in today’s episode. Episode 258 on the Make and Design Podcast: The Evolution of a Designer __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/free...

Carina dives into how adding Live Retreats to Design Suite happened. She recaps in January 2023 in Hamilton, Missouri at the Missouri Star Quilt Retreat Center. Learn about the activities, tours, and workshops Design Suite enjoyed while they were there. Watch the youtube channel for excerpts of the event at www.youtube.com/carinagardner Episode 283 Recap on the January Live Retreat in Quilt Town U...

When Carina reads about designers, she loves to see how they stand out. She specifically loves Coco Chanel for the way she made her mark. Learn more about how we can use the designers before us to teach us how to differentiate ourselves as designers. Episode 256 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why I Love Coco Chanel __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled S...

Mari Reisberg works with creatives to help them find ways to incorporate daily acts of creativity. Learn more in this episode about Mari and her methods. You can find more about Mari at www.sustainingcreativity.com. Episode 255 on the Make and Design Podcast: Creative Crisis with Mari Reisberg __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craf...

Dig in with Carina as she talks about 3 things that make a designer different in this market. You are going to love learning how to set yourself apart! Episode 254 on the Make and Design Podcast: 3 Things That Make A Design Different __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work ht...

So much of the drama in getting our design work happens in our head. Learn how you can create a drama free zone as you design. Episode 253 on the Make and Design Podcast: Drama Free Design __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/freetraini...

Carina talks to Meg Goodman who is the host of the Sew and So Podcast for Bernina and Michaelynn Rose the Director of Marketing for Bernina about what is new! You don’t want to miss this episode!   Want to learn more about Bernina? Go to bernina.com to learn more about where you can get one of their products! Episode 252 on the Make and Design Podcast: What's New At Bernina with Meg Goodman a...

Success for all designers looks different. Determine what will make you feel successful to win in this design game! Episode 251 on the Make and Design Podcast: What Does Success Look Like to You? __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/fre...

Design Suite’s Etsy coach SuiKim Friedmann joins Carina today as they talk about Carina’s recent Regency experience, making money, and more! Episode 244 on the Make and Design Podcast: Your Etsy Shop with SuiKim Friedmann __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.ca...

Do you know what a designer’s most powerful tool is? Find out in this episode what Carina uses to keep her on track as a designer! Episode 249 on the Make and Design Podcast: A Designer's Most Powerful Tool __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinagardne...

Carina goes over the 4 traits that good designers have in common. Learn how to utilize these traits to build your own design business! Episode 248 on the Make and Design Podcast: Four Traits of a Good Designer __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That Don’t Work https://www.carinagardnerc...