Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans

One whole year ago, we nervously released our first episode out into the world. 364 days later, we have two full seasons, two mini seasons, and two bonus episodes under our belt. In a special anniversary episode, we chat about how sharing online has evolved for us, some of our favourite moments, and how podcasting has helped us grow in ways we didn't necessarily expect. Thank you so much for your...

Spring has sprung, and with it comes a burst of mojo! We're procrastinating on our spring cleaning by chatting about craft room organisation, learning when to let go of creative projects, and that time Car lost her sewing machine (and how Rach never lets her forget it!). Season three coming soon! Don't forget to subscribe to be the first to listen! Come join the conversation on instagram: instagra...

Spring is just around the corner, but first we have to get through the August slump! We chat seasonality in crafting, riding the mojo rollercoaster, and using small daily creative projects to help keep us grounded

While we plan season three, there's plenty of fun and chats going on behind the scenes. In our first Winter Mini Ep, we're sharing what we're creating and planning, reading ad watching, and chatting life in general. Join the conversation on Instagram - instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigans

With end of financial year comes long days and long to-do lists, so what better way for two crafty finance nerds to procrastinate than to record a bonus podcast episode! We are chatting what we've achieved in the last six months, set some goals for this week, and start planning out projects for the next six months.

We made it! Another wonderful season wrapping up, and to celebrate, we have some very special guests to chat about creative habits and a crafty life. Thank you so much for joining us this season, and we look forward to seeing you in a couple of months with Season Three!

Instagram is our main stomping ground for both connection and memory keeping these days, rather than blogs. A freeze frame of a split second doesn't always tell the full story though, and today we are chatting about why we chose to share what we share, and also how scrolling instagram and comparing everyone else's perfection to our own daily life impacts our creative process

Before we were podcasters, before we were instagrammers, we were bloggers. We are diving into nostalgia and revisiting those days, and chatting about why we loved blogging as a format for sharing our projects, and as a way to connect.

Who knew craft could be so scary? Apparently it is! We fear dropping a project and regretting it later, we fear losing mojo half way through, we fear letting a project go, and we fear that good old fashioned worry of social media - a dint in our pride when we admit we "failed" on a project we've already shared publicly! Join the conversation on instagram at instagram.com/ministryofcraftyshenanigan...

When the going gets tough, the crafters get going...to the project pile! Today we are chatting about how we use craft to ground us when we are feeling All The Things, and to help us process our big emotions. We also chat accountability and languishing - are we feeling flat because we haven't bee crafting or are we avoiding crafting because we feel flat? Join the conversation at instagram.com/minis...

Bringing together thread from episodes 3 & 4, we wrap up our discussions on productivity, and chat about how our perspectives vary, as well as prioritising creativity even when life gets busy.

Productivity seems to be the name of society's game, but what does that look like when you are a compulsive crafter, and don't have a 9-5? How does our self-image and identity play into our desire to appear productive (even if just to ourselves), and in the end, does it really matter?

Some projects have a clear purpose and outcome. some exist simply because they are fun to make. We chat over some of our projects that don't always have a tangible purpose, but are still crucial to our creative process. Along the way, we take a side trip into group projects, and creating as a tool for connection. The shownotes with today's links and downloads can be found at http://ministryofcraft...

We chat about some of our more iconic projects and more ambitious schemes, to try and tease out what it is about a project that tickles our crafty mojo and has us obsessed with it... or why we give up almost before we start.

Over the first two years of the pandemic, we've both had major shifts in our creative practices. In this episode, we chat about how Rach switched from perpetual procrastinator, to finishing all the things, and why Car suddenly filled a heap of journals. We talk word of the year, non-pandemic influences, and the importance of mindset and where we started from.

Thanks so much for listening in to our summer mini series! Today we are wrapping up and reflecting on what we worked on over summer, plus some reflections on how our New Years journal

What do a horse lead and a bottle of instant coffee have in common? This week we are chatting about the weirder parts of crafty life. Weird supplies, strange locations, oddball projects...join us as we laugh at ourselves and some of the more out of the box aspects of our pursuit of creative play.

This week we are wrapping up summer holidays and sharing some of our "currentlys" - what we are reading, watching, planning and starting.

Kicking off 2022 with some fun. This week are are looking at some of the more divide tribal wars of the crafty community - Bernina vs Janome, Canon vs Nikon, Aida vs Linen, and more

That's a wrap on season one! Today we are chatting about how this fun project has grown us personally, added new dimensions to our friendship, our favourite episodes, and our plans for season two. Thank you so much for joining us for season one!

This week we are chatting about online classes, and doing vs collecting them. We look at what makes us stick with a class, why we choose what we choose, and how we integrate them into our creative practice.

December is one of our biggest months of creative adventures, and today we share our plans for the month to come. We take you down the rabbit hole of planning and expanding on a project, and how we combine ideas to make an ambitious project list achievable. We also talk about the importance of creative play to each of us personally, and also how we use creative play in our friendship during busy s...

This week, we are chatting all about learning new things. Both of us have an incurable sense of creative curiosity, and if one of us is down a rabbit hole of new and shiny, the other isn't far behind. We talk classes vs winging it, how affordability & access impact our experiments, and perfectionism and growth.

This week, we chat about how our creative partnership is such a helpful part of our individual creative processes. We look at how accountability is a helpful way to leverage our partnership when we lack motivation, and why we value a partner being there to encourage us through the trickier parts of creativity. We also visit some of the projects we have on the go at the minute that are a joint effo...

This week, we mark a decade of quilt camp - and our second cancelled camp - chatting about organised retreats, outgrowing those and creating our own, plus why we think camp is a cornerstone of our group's friendship.