Crafty Ass Female

Episode 94: Big Dreams, Daily Joys w/ Elise Blaha Cripe

September 23rd, 2019  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 57 secs

Today on the podcast we have Elise Blaha Cripe, who launched the brand GET TO WORK BOOK® in 2015, and will have her first book Big Dreams, Daily Joys released in October 2019. Elise’s true passion is in helping people set and work towards their goals.

Episode 93: Push Print Studio & Design w/ Caytlyn Cole

September 16th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  58 mins 6 secs

Today on the podcast we have Caytlyn Cole, a graphic designer & illustrator currently working as a visual designer on the events team at AWS during the day and running her digital print shop Push Print Studio at night.

Episode 92: Pop-Culture Planning w/ Rachel Gajardo

September 9th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  46 mins 50 secs

Today we have planner babe Rachel Gajardo on the podcast who is a health insurance agent by day and a professional sticker hunter by night. On her social media account @popcultureplanner she strives to be vulnerable about her health, wellness, and creative journeys, hoping to connect with other crafty planners and millennials everywhere.

Episode 91: Living a Grace-Filled Creative Life w/ Rubyellen Bratcher

September 2nd, 2019  |  Season 4  |  47 mins 34 secs

Today we have blogger, mama, wife, home-schooler, heart ranter, maker, vintage lover + shop owner - constantly showing grace through faith - Rubyellen Bratcher on the podcast! Rubyellen blogs at mycakies.com celebrating family, style, abounding grace, and living life creatively.

Episode 90: What is a Happiness Architect w/ Alisha Joy

August 26th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 1 min

Today we have happiness architect Alisha Joy on the podcast! Alisha is a gorgeously messy human who shares more in common with you than you might think.

Episode 89: You and Me and Crafty Ass Female

August 19th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 1 sec

We talk this week about our Patreon Community and the ways we can come together outside of listening to the show. Make sure to visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/craftyassfemale to find out more.

Episode 88: A + K'S Currently Lists

August 12th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 10 mins

HOW ARE WE ALREADY HALF-WAY THROUGH SUMMER 2019?!?! A + K are having the time of their life this summer, and felt the need to check-in with where they are in their crafting and where they want to go with it all.

Episode 87: Good Words w/ Megan Dowd

August 5th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins

Today we have self-described compassionate hardass Megan Dowd on the podcast! Megan is a mentor to creative woman and non-binary entrepreneurs ready to be loud + candid about what matters most. She best known for turning bullsh*t into brilliance using narrative strategy and creative coaching.

Episode 86: Awesome Ladies Live Post-Show

July 29th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  46 mins 1 sec

AWESOME LADIES LIVE 2019 has come and gone! Join us in giving Kristin a round of internet applause for the great job she did at this year’s creative retreat (her third one!!!) for the group of girls you see below. This event keeps getting better, and a great time was had by all!

Episode 85: Mid-Summer Crafting

July 22nd, 2019  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 40 secs

HOW ARE WE ALREADY HALF-WAY THROUGH SUMMER 2019?!?! Amanda ‘survived’ her first year back to teaching and she + Kristin reflect on what it means to be in ‘survival mode’ and suggest that even when you are in that mode, good things can happen and you can be thriving. We’d love for you to have a listen!

Episode 84: Finding Your Artistic Voice w/ Lisa Congdon

July 15th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 10 mins

Today we have THE ONE, THE ONLY Lisa Congon on the podcast! Fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful paintings and hand lettering. She works for clients around the world, and is the author of eight books, including the her latest: Find Your Artist Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic.

Episode 83: Scrappin' Down Under w/ Heidi Butters-Stabb

July 8th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 6 mins

Heidi Butters-Stabb and the girls talk about what it’s like to be a queer, Christian Aussie scrapbooker and how she is unapologetic about all the facets of her identity.

Heidi also goes into the backstory of how she got into scrapbooking, what her favorite part about scrapbooking is, and how she’s slowly gotten over perfectionism and comparison in her crafting.

Episode 82: Launching Your Site w/ Promise Tangeman

July 1st, 2019  |  Season 4  |  43 mins 39 secs

Today we have Promise Tangeman - the CEO and Creative Director of GoLiveHQ, a team of Brand Strategists and Graphic and Web Designers who create and launch brands and websites for small businesses - on the podcast!

Episode 81: On Survival

June 24th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 57 secs

In this episode, A + K dive into a word that’s been on Amanda’s mind lately as she’s nearing the end of this unexpected jolt back into teaching: SURVIVAL.

We survive hard things we don’t think we can. We survive loss and anxiety and chronic conditions and negative emotions and awkward situations and bad days and rejection and (the list goes on)...

The girls dive into the coexistence of pain + hard things alongside positivity + productivity. WE ARE NOT BEING FAIR TO OURSELVES when our responses to ‘hard things’ are negative ones.

The core idea of this episode: It’s fucking hard to be alive. How are YOU surviving it?!

Episode 80: Scrappy Like A Fox w/ Tracey Fox

June 17th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 14 mins

Today we have Tracey Fox a.k.a. @scrappylikeafox on the podcast! Tracey is a self-proclaimed scrapbookin’ feminist nerd living in central Ohio. She is a former middle school band director, has a master’s degree in Women’s Studies, and currently works as a fundraising data analyst at a large university. She still doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up, but scrapbooking is the one pursuit that has remained constant in her life.

Episode 79: Scrapping & Planning with Sabrina Poole

June 10th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  57 mins 26 secs

Today we have Sabrina Poole a.k.a. @mrsscrapandplan (whose birthday is today!!!) on the podcast! As her INSTA handle suggests, Sabrina SCRAPS & PLANS galore! She is as crafty as they come while also being a wife and mom and member of a variety of creative teams! We are so pleased to be able to bring her to you today!