The And She Looked Up Podcast

Continuing with the theme of Inspiration, Melissa and Lisa discuss how you can better cultivate inspiration in your day to day creative life. You can connect with the podcast  on: Instagram at @andshelookedup   Facebook   YouTube   Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUp For a list of all available episodes, please visit: And She Looked Up Creative Hour Podcast Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down...

This month's theme is all things Inspiration!  Melissa and Lisa kick off this month sharing their top ten online and offline sources of inspiration for artists, designers, makers, and creators.  They are hearing each other's lists for the first time and after you have listened to this episode you will walk away with 20 new and likely surprising, brilliant sources of inspiration for the n...

For the final installment of their month long theme of COURAGE, Melissa and Lisa talk about what it is like to take risks as an artist; specifically distinguishing between entrepreneurial risks and artistic risks.  They address common concerns for artists that will help you work through some of the most common risks creatives are faced with.  This includes a discussion on what it looks like to lea...

Building on this month’s theme of Courage, Melissa and Lisa tackle the common artist demon, self-doubt.  Self-doubt is a universal experience to all creators, makers, and artists as its one of the main obstacles that holds us back from creating not only our best art but sometimes any art at all.  In this week’s episode, Melissa and Lisa share their experiences with self-doubt and share tools and l...

This month's theme is COURAGE!  Melissa and Lisa kick off the creative hour by discussing the impact procrastination and perfectionism have had on their creative projects in the past and share tools, ideas and strategies to help YOU push through fears you may have.  They talk about why we fear to hit that "publish" button on our creative work and sharing it with the outside world. ...

You can connect with the podcast  on: Instagram at @andshelookedup   Facebook   YouTube   Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUp For a list of all available episodes, please visit: And She Looked Up Creative Hour Podcast Each week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the cre...

In this episode, Lisa interviews Melissa.  Learn all about Melissa's journey which began in the pharmacy retail industry before chucking it all in to become a designer, illustrator, writer and photographer. She has been self-employed since 2010 and has since co-founded a multi 6 figure a year company and currently runs three successful ventures in the creative space.    You can connect with t...

And She Looked Up was born from the creative minds of Melissa Hartfiel and Lisa Bolton who both knew creating for a living takes a special kind of person: one part artist and one part businessperson. Some days the artist gets to be in charge, and some days, it’s the businessperson.  And sometimes that can create tension! But tension can be a really good thing - from it comes new ideas, inspiration...