Amanda Zampelli
Host of Crafty Ass Female
I believe in regular people like me and you telling our stories our way.
I believe in the habitual, typed-out processing of life events, i.e. "this is what has happened to me and this is how I'm moving through the world with it."
I believe in sharing our brave, weird, niched talents/hobbies/obsessions with the world.
I believe in real talk, flawed images, and that getting things out is better than keeping them in.
Find out more about me at http://amandarosezampelli.com/about
Amanda Zampelli has hosted 165 Episodes.
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Episode 37: Becoming the Artist She Is w/ Katie Smith
July 30th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 3 mins
In this episode, the girls talk to Katie about moving from Texas to Washington, being artistic at a young age, starting her blog 9 years ago, and how the 'feel' of blogging has changed.
Katie talks about her early influences, the Design Teams she was on, and brings home the point that ARTISTS DESERVE TO GET PAID. Period. (Yes!)
She also talks about how having an online-based business to use her strengths over the internet works extremely well since she is a self-proclaimed introvert, and what a typical week is like for her.
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Episode 36: Paper-crafting #realtalk w/ France Wisniewski
July 23rd, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 16 mins
Today we're bringing you the smooth-sounds (her voice is so soothing) of France Wisniewski, the paper-obsessed graphic designer & owner/creator of Bananafishstudio. She specializes in creating modern paper/digital elements as well as rubber and photopolymer stamps inspired by her love of memory keeping, paper-crafting, and simple straight-forward design.
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Episode 35: Creating True Success w/ Jaclyn Carter
July 16th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 21 mins
In this episode, Jaclyn drives right into how her successful toddler art class ART(ists) & CRAFTS organically came to be + grow into what it is today. Five years in the making, she talks about the challenges at the beginning, how transitioned it from a side-hustle to her main source of income, and how she arrived at these key words for her business: CREATE. SHARE. CONNECT.
Jaclyn also talks about how she doubled her income without even realizing it, and her NEXT BIG IDEA for an adult craft class!
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Episode 34: Optimizing Your Craftiness w/ Danielle Spurge
July 9th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 5 mins
Welcome to Crafty Ass Female's 'Summer of Special Guests' : our second series of amazing, inspiring interviews with a badass bunch of creative & resourceful women that Amanda + Kristin are thrilled to be able to share with you!
Today we're talking to Danielle Spurge, a maker and craft business consultant who loves iced lattes and pop music. Through her work at The Merriweather Council, Danielle teaches creative people how to turn their crafty tendencies into profits. On her blog and podcast, Danielle aims to inspire and support makers in business and share insights from her eight years of experience selling handmade work online. Danielle believes in celebrating the reality of gainful self-employment through craft and wants to help more artists, crafters and designers share their work with more confidence.
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Episode 33: Extravagant Hope & Grace w/ Brandi Kincaid
July 2nd, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 mins
In this episode, Brandi talks about being a collector in this world, how she moved into full-time freelance illustrating by organically allowing herself to grow, the practice of creating and keeping commonplace books, and shares the BEST ADVICE SHE'S EVER GOTTEN (!!!) with us.
The ladies also chat about how Brandi had to let go of the pressure she put on herself to use the tools she thought she SHOULD be using, and use instead what WORKS FOR HER, end of story.
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Episode 32: Let's Get Feminist
June 25th, 2018 | Season 2 | 59 mins 32 secs
Amanda + Kristin start by defining what feminism is and what it is to them. Later in the episode, we hear what inspired Kristin to become rukristin: feminist scrapbooker.
The girls also give examples from their real life of times they've picked up SEXIST VIBES while out in the world interacting & discuss how those vibes should not be taken lightly. They are truths...they are your truth...and are telling of what is going on.
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Episode 31: Mental Health Revisited
June 18th, 2018 | Season 2 | 57 mins 20 secs
Amanda + Kristin start the conversation expressing their sadness over the loss of the amazing cultural icons Kate Spade & Anthony Bourdain earlier this month.
The girls discuss why it hit them so hard + how we crafty ass females need to reframe how we think about our own struggles in order to get the appropriate help we need.
This episode addresses our 'connection' issue which plays a part, how friends + family of mental illness sufferers can offer empathetic support, & how we might have adapted a 'happy go lucky' persona growing up which has insidiously hurt us in the long run. // Ladies, it's okay NOT to be okay.
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Episode 30: Social Media Here & Now
June 11th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 4 mins
FOLLOW LIKE COMMENT. FOLLOW LIKE COMMENT. FOLLOW LIKE COMMENT. REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT. It seems like communicating and functioning in the middle of 2018 means taking it day by day, post by post, picture by picture, caption by caption, hashtag by hashtag (you get the point)...
A + K felt the need for an episode solely on social media since the topic has popped up in so many of our previous 29 shows from one angle or another, and since we as women need to become more aware of its pervasive nature so we can better protect ourselves while still utilizing it to keep connected with our friends and support our creative endeavors.
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Episode 29: Goals for 2018: Mid-Year Check-in
June 4th, 2018 | Season 2 | 54 mins 18 secs
Amanda + Kristin discuss how the purpose of a mid-year check-in isn't to measure how successful or unsuccessful you've been at achieving your goals, but rather to assess WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED SO FAR & how best to move forward.
A + K also talk about using a support system when it comes to achieving big goals & bouncing your status off another creative friend that could help you progress in a new way!
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Episode 28: The Art of Being (An Artist) w/ Melody Hansen
May 28th, 2018 | Season 2 | 57 mins 28 secs
This is the last interview in our May series of interviewees, our first batch of conversations from some of the Craftiest Ass Females we know, and we couldn't have been prouder to share their stories + wisdom!
Today we're talking to Melody Hansen, one of Amanda's artistic inspirations. She is originally from Lausanne, Switzerland & currently living in Toronto, Canada, is a modern day artist that dabbles in graphic design, illustration, art direction, music, curation, + writing. Amanda recently took her creative workshop entitled The Art of Being (an Artist) + couldn't recommend it more!
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Episode 27: Planning, Family, Church, + Writing w/ Erica Canant
May 21st, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 10 mins
Let's keep the inspirational convos going, shall we?! We are thrilled to share the love & light of Amanda's really good friend, bae, boo, wittle deer, sister for another mister, bestie from Texie, Erica Canant, with ya'll today! (...who just had a birthday this past weekend! Happy Birthday!)
She is a mom of three, wife to Phil, writer, creative, #plannerbabe, Happy Planner® Design Team member, child of God, group leader, Crafty Ass Female to the MAX, super-force + modern woman in the world today, who loves lettering, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, face filters, lip-synching in the car with the kiddos, etc. She's all around awesome, with so much grace + wisdom to share!
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Episode 26: Diversity in Crafting + Choosing Joy w/ Nita Patterson
May 14th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 20 mins
We are so honored to have Amanda's beautiful friend + fellow #plannerbabe, Nita Patterson, wife to 'a whole husband’, creative, child of God, fashionista extradordinare, super-force + modern woman in the world on the podcast today imparting inspiration + strength + life lessons + the most amazing wisdom.
This episode is dedicated to the loving memory of Christopher Aiden Patterson.
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Episode 25: Crafting + Kids w/ Megan Anderson
May 7th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
The best part about our month of May of guest interviews with some of the craftiest ass females we know is how wonderfully, wildly different lives all of us ladies lead, yet how interconnected EVEN STILL we truly are.
We are honored to have Kristin's soul-lady + BFF, Megan Anderson, the creative behind The Nerd Nest, wife, mom & caretaker to many children of various ages, and memory keeper extraordinare on the podcast today to share what she knows about crafting + kids.
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Episode 24: A + K Interview Ali Edwards
April 30th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 4 mins
In honor of National Scrapbook Day coming up this weekend, the ladies of Crafty Ass Female bring you our personal memory keeping hero, the goddess of scrapbooking: Ali Edwards. (!!!)
Ali's passion resides in that very special place where the stories and images of life intersect. Her work includes memory keeping product and project design, teaching, and blogging. Author of four books about memory keeping, Ali is well known for authentically capturing everyday life with photos and words and creating memory keeping projects from those moments that pass by in an instant.
This episode kicks off our month of May of guest interviews with some of the craftiest ass females we know! YES!
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Episode 23: Podcasting So Far + Patreon
April 23rd, 2018 | Season 2 | 59 mins 30 secs
Amanda + Kristin have been hosting this podcast for the past four months & releasing a show (or two) every week for your listening pleasure. ;) In this episode, the girls talk about the growth + evolution that's taken place in such a short amount of time, and how bringing Crafty Ass Female to Patreon was the logical next step.
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Episode 22: A + K Talk Mental Health
April 16th, 2018 | Season 2 | 1 hr 33 mins
A lot of people suffer from anxiety + depression their entire life, but never understand what they're experiencing can be an illness -- until fear + hopelessness flood every inch of their body + there is a blaring sign that SOMETHING. IS. WRONG and they need to get help. We hope this episode sheds light on why you might feel the way you feel, let you know you're not alone, and be a part of this cultural movement to destigmatize & bring awareness to how the struggle w/ mental illness is real.