Make and Design with Carina Gardner

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 Bernina’s family business. Learn more about what makes a Bernina sewing machine so exceptional.   Want to learn more about Bernina? Go to bernina.com to learn more about where you can get one of their products! Episode 247 on the Make and Design Podcast:...

Carina has a brand new workshop that she is giving away for free! It will go over the 3 secrets that aspiring designers need to know about. Learn more about these secrets as well as her Design Suite program in this episode. Episode 246 on the Make and Design Podcast: How to Become A Money- Making Designer __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Patt...

Carina talks about her first job, her daughter’s first job, and how it relates to the hard work that goes into a designer’s first year. Episode 245 on the Make and Design Podcast: My 15 Year Old Got A Job! __________ 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.carinagardnercours...

Design Suite’s Etsy coach SuiKim Friedmann joins Carina today as they talk about adding Etsy to the mix in Design Suite and all the wins Design Suite members are having. 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 T...

What we do today can be a blessing to our future selves. Learn more about things you can do today that will make your future brighter as a designer. Episode 257 on the Make and Design Podcast: Gifts to Future Me __________ 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...

It’s the beginning of the year so Carina shares what she is doing for her one word in 2023! Learn how she came to decide on this year’s word. Episode 253 on the Make and Design Podcast: My One Word in 2023 __________ 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.carinagardnercours...

Carina loves the new year and starts dreaming about big things to come. Use this beginning to move forward in positivity and action! Episode 253 on the Make and Design Podcast: Dreaming Big in 2023 __________ 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/f...

It’s about to be a brand new year. Carina talks about goals vs. vision in today’s episode. Learn what she is changing in her New Year’s Resolutions. Episode 241 on the Make and Design Podcast: Your Vision for 2023 __________ 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.carinagard...

Mindi Huebner is a mindset coach and we talk about the upcoming 2023. Learn more about the science behind how we change our thoughts around our identities.   Find Mindi’s podcast at www.mindihuebner.com/podcast Follow Mindi at https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdXR36nP/   Episode 240 on the Make and Design Podcast: Design Identity with Mindi Huebner __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A M...

Hey! It’s the day after Christmas and Carina reflects on the year. It was a banner year for Carina Gardner, Inc. Grateful to all of you who have come along on this design ride with me. Episode 239 on the Make and Design Podcast: A Day After Christmas Reflections __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time...

Christmas is just a couple of days away! Hope you are have plans for this holiday and are sharing it with those you love. Episode 238 on the Make and Design Podcast: A Little Christmas Cheer __________ 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/freetrai...

There is always a tug a way between what is easy and putting effort into something. Let’s talk about the differences and how we can put more effort into our design businesses. Episode 237 on the Make and Design Podcast: Easy vs. Effort __________ 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...

There is always a tug a way between what is easy and putting effort into something. Let’s talk about the differences and how we can put more effort into our design businesses. Episode 237 on the Make and Design Podcast: Easy vs. Effort __________ 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...

Why DOES great design matter? Let’s talk about it in today’s episode. Episode 236 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why Great Design Matters __________ 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/freetraining __________ About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner...

I’m sitting down with my friend and Creative Director Cindy Cloward. She talks about how Riley Blake got started and introduces Riley Blake’s new line of Batiks! This is a not-to-be-missed conversation! Watch on the youtube channel at www.youtube.com/carinagardner to see all the stunning fabrics. Episode 229 on the Make and Design Podcast: Doing Things We Don’t Like Doing __________ Watch Carina’s...

Building a new design business requires a lot of time. Sometimes illness, family, friends, and life circumstances get in the way. Carina talks about some of the things that can make running your successful design business difficult and how to overcome crazy circumstances. Episode 234 on the Make and Design Podcast: When Life Gets In The Way __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A...

If being an artist is a natural gift, than how do we grow from it? Carina debunks some of the ideas around natural talent in this episode.  Episode 233 on the Make and Design Podcast: Is Being An Artist An Innate Talent? __________ 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.car...

The first year is an investment as a designer. Learn more about what the first year looks like as a design business owner. Episode 232 on the Make and Design Podcast: The First Year 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 https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/fre...

Today Carina’s guest is Faigie Kobre who teaches art with alcohol inks. Learn more about what she does at https://creativityreignited.com. Episode 231 on the Make and Design Podcast: Getting Started with Alcohol Inks with Faigie Kobre __________ 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...

Carina digs into the use and understanding of icons in design! It’s a little bit of design theory and a little bit of understanding the psychology of what we see. Episode 230 on the Make and Design Podcast: Understanding How to Create Icons __________ 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...

One of the best things about being a designer is ALL the fun things we get to do. But just like every other business, there are parts that aren’t fun. Let’s dig into what that looks like! Episode 229 on the Make and Design Podcast: Doing Things We Don’t Like Doing __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Ti...

How do you become a designer who creates designs people want? Learn more in today’s episode. Episode 228 on the Make and Design Podcast: Create Designs People Never Stop Buying __________ 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/freetraining _________...

Today Carina talks with Dianna and Justin Rammel the owners of Raspberry Creek Fabrics. Learn more about digital fabric printing with Dianna and Justin!   https://raspberrycreekfabrics.com/ Episode 227 on the Make and Design Podcast: Digital Fabric with Raspberry Creek Fabrics __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Withou...

Just like any other business, designers have to take care of customers. Learn more about things you can do in your design business to prevent lots of customer service issues. Episode 226 on the Make and Design Podcast: Customer Service Prevention __________ Watch Carina’s FREE training, How to Become A Money-Making, Fulfilled Surface Pattern and Craft Designer Without Spending Time On Things That...

Failure is a part of winning. Learn why failure is a good thing! Episode 225 on the Make and Design Podcast: Why I Am Okay With Failing __________ 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/freetraining __________ About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner is...