Topics for our show today include: Why do we think it matters when we include other people’s words in our scrapbooks? How we incorporate words from people into our lives. How to get people to get used to the idea of using words in their art. How to incorporate current events into your scrapbooking How song lyrics and lyrics can help you tell your s…

In another great roundtable for the Season of Scrapbooking, we engage in a candid conversation about the significance of selfies in personal storytelling and documentation. The episode begins by highlighting the role of selfies as a means of self-narration, allowing individuals to contextualize their own stories. Kristin shares her realization duri…

Topics we cover on this Scrapbooking with Kits episode: What does our kit love look like? What makes scrapbooking with kits easier? How does working with a digital kit compare and contrast with physical kits? Scrapbooking is about figuring out what actually works for you What makes a kit worth the commitment? Downsides to working with kits FOMO on …

Join me as I talk to Carol Anne and Carrie about how and why they got started scrapping, and as we share some of our 60+ years of combined experience with you! Topics we cover include: How to kickstart your own scrapbooking by seeking out inspiration from others After the basics, what are some of your essential extras when you go to create? Figurin…

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female Podcast, Kristin talks to Vanessa and Carrie to explore the relationship between feminism and storytelling. This episode continues our series featuring scrapbookers from around the world, coming together to discuss how and why they scrapbook. Topics we cover include: Giving yourself the permission to take up…

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female Podcast, Kristin talks to Tracey and Kate to kick off Season 10 of the show! This is the first of a series of episodes featuring scrapbookers from around the world, coming together to discuss how and why they scrapbook. Topics we cover include: How scrapbooking is a form of memory-keeping, and memory-keeping…

Bonus! Listen to this episode to learn how to get a free Crafty Ass Female sticker using code podcast200 AND learn more about Awesome Ladies Live 2023!!! In the 200th!!!!!! episode of the Crafty Ass Female Podcast, Kristin talks to Ali Edwards, and they discuss their love of television and how it helps them tell their stories. They talk about their…

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female Podcast, Kristin talks to this season's third and final December Daily Roundtable with four amazing guests: Tracey Fox, Nolana Lynch, Shannan Manton, and Juli Whetstone; and we're talking all about the tips and tricks we have for our December projects. Throughout the episode, we discuss how we document their…

Welcome to another fantastic December Daily roundtable, where I am joined by four absolutely excellent ladies to break down how their process for December Daily works (or sometimes doesn't work!). Our roundtable participants discuss the different ways they approach their December Daily album each year, sharing what works well for them and what they…

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female Podcast, Kristin talks to this season's first December Daily Roundtable, with four amazing guests, and we're talking all about December stories. Megan Anderson talks about her hybrid approach to memory keeping, her document now & make later plan, and how she's using photo books and 1 second everyday videos. …

Topics we cover in the show: The origins of the BFF Sticker Club How to use stickers as a way to Tell Your Story Our favorite stickers and sticker challenges How to get started with stickers if they're not totally your thing (yet!) Currently List x2 About Annie and Laura: Laura Wonsik and Annie Simkin are childhood besties who grew up to be mental …

In 2015, MIM was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to leave her corporate job. During this time, she got back into using a paper planner and decorating it with stickers as a way to take her mind off things. MIM is now cancer-free and the host of the Planner podcast. Mim started out making stickers for herself and then decided she would give sell…

In this episode, Kristin sits down with Allie Trumpower to chat about her upcoming free event: Scrap School Summit (register FREE at scrapschoolsummit.com/crafty). The conversation immediately dives into the importance of our creative community and why creating an online event that anyone could join in on -- for free -- from anywhere in the world. …

The Virtual Scrapbook Festival ran from August 16th - August 21st, 2022 and was filled with live events, challenges, games, sharing, making new friends, and so much more. To find out more visit theawesomeladiesproject.com/festival Use coupon code PODCAST to purchase the festival and enjoy all the live recordings, challenges, templates, and inspirat…

In today’s episode, Kristin talks about the upcoming ALP Virtual Scrapbook Festival happening at the Awesome Ladies Project from August 16th through the 21st. You can join in on the fun at theawesomeladiesproject.com/festival. In this episode I talk about: Why crafting around a community of like-minded women is so amazing How I put together this fe…

Today's episode is brought to you by She Podcasts Live 2022! She Podcasts LIVE will be taking place in Washington, D.C. from October 11-14, 2022 at the MGM National Harbor. This event is the world’s largest gathering of women podcasters and is perfect for audio content creators, storytellers, and more. Attendees can expect to learn from exclusively…

In today’s episode, Kristin talks to Mei Ratz about her new podcast, the state of work in the world, and what it’s like trying to exist on an everyday basis in 2022 In this episode Mei and I talk about: Mei’s new podcast: Make Work Human What it’s like trying to live and work in the world today The people who are currently inspiring us to show up A…

In today’s episode, Kristin talks to Kasha Gage about the reasons why we scrapbook, her love of photography, and the ways in which we love to celebrate stories throughout the memory-keeping community. In this episode, Kasha and I talk about: The reasons why scrapbooking is essential to our lives The importance scrapbooking our stories is to our liv…

Want to document what you’re currently doing in your life, but get blocked by the blank page? The Currently List weekly journaling challenge will help you document what’s happening in your right now life in a simple, easy, and accessible way. This fun and inclusive project uses the same seven one-word prompts each week and can be used on it’s own o…

This week we are concluding our Week in the Life series with our third and final roundtable episode. On today's show Kristin is talking to Shu-Wen of Choux Puff Creations, Amber Dawson, Nolanna Lynch, Jeanne Williams, and Steph Grimes to talk all about the best ideas for putting together your Week in the Life album. What is Week in the Life? From A…

This week we are continuing our Week in the Life series with our second roundtable episode. On today's show Kristin is talking to Shu-Wen of Choux Puff Creations, Kirsten Heal and Steph Grimes all about the best ideas for capturing photos and words during Week in the Life. What is Week in the Life? From Ali Edwards.com: A seven-day documentary proj…

Hey! We’re continuing this Week in the Life series with Ali Edwards herself -- founder of the Week in the Life Project, chatting all about the origins of WitL, and so much more. What is Week in the Life? From Ali Edwards.com: A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life™ began in 2005 as an annual opportunity to capture the simple everyday det…

Hey! We’re kicking off this Week in the Life series talking to Amber Dawson, Elizabeth Heinz, Megan Anderson, and Amy Gretchen all about the tips and tricks that make Week in the Life easy and fun. What is Week in the Life? From Ali Edwards.com: A seven-day documentary project, Week In The Life™ began in 2005 as an annual opportunity to capture the…

How does intersectionality come up while you’re scrapbooking your stories? Today I’m talking to ALP community member Kinjal Tanna. We’ve bonded over the past few years over our millennial outsider-ness in the scrapbooking world. We talked about that identity (and others), while chatting about the industry at large, in this week’s episode. In this e…

Let's learn how to craft the path to our own success. It's finally time to welcome back one of my best friends, and a Crafty Ass Female regular Megan Kiekel Anderson, who is here to help me discuss how we can create success in our crafting. Today we talk about: Setting realistic goals What is 'minimum viable success' How to craft a malleable plan E…

I am so happy to have Brandi Kincaid back on Crafty Ass Female, and especially happy to have her join me for the Season of Habit. Just some of the topics we cover include: Taking it one line at a time Looking for consistency and comfort, but still asking questions Logistics, obviously Opening the doors to creativity How your habits are an extension…

Hey! We’re kicking off the season of habit with a three episode series all about Daily Pages. Daily Pages are a creative self-documenting habit I created in the summer of 2018. They're all about pulling a small amount of paper, thoughts, photos, words, or bits of life into a small notebook. Daily Pages are a creative habit for you to tell your stor…

Hey! We’re kicking off the season of habit with a three episode series all about Daily Pages. Daily Pages are a creative self-documenting habit I created in the summer of 2018. They're all about pulling a small amount of paper, thoughts, photos, words, or bits of life into a small notebook. Daily Pages are a creative habit for you to tell your stor…

Hey! We’re kicking off the season of habit with a three episode series all about Daily Pages. Daily Pages are a creative self-documenting habit I created in the summer of 2018. They're all about pulling a small amount of paper, thoughts, photos, words, or bits of life into a small notebook. Daily Pages are a creative habit for you to tell your stor…

The Awesome Ladies Project App is coming soon to an app store near you! You'll be able to log in and do everything you already do on the ALP website, and more. If you're already signed up for the ALP community, you're all set and everything will work as soon as you download the app (in Early September). If you don't have a free account yet, no worr…

Christine is a graphic designer and the one woman show behind Everyday Explorers Co., line of clear stamps and paper products designed to help you document your everyday life with a sense of discovery and adventure. Originally from Manila, Philippines, she now lives in Berkeley, California with her husband. You can find out more about Christine and…

Kate Smith is an artist obsessed with making humans smile. Every joke, piece of art and product she creates is meant to be shared—meant to give you a small, simple and fun way to put joy into the life of another. She wants to remind you how good it feels to make another human happy. She wants to show you it doesn’t take much. And she wants to encou…

More about Nicole Stevenson: Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and creative director at Dear Handmade Life. She can't recall a time in her life when she w…

Nicole Stevenson is a multi-passionate creative, middle-aged first-time mama, impostor syndrome warrior, cake and Korean BBQ connoisseur, confessional journaler, second-hand shop scavenger, deep dive conversationalist and the CEO and creative director at Dear Handmade Life. She can't recall a time in her life when she wasn't making something. At 24…

Taylor and Katie Smith are sisters who have a top 1% Etsy shop where they sell vinyl and planner stickers. Katie designs the stickers and all the stickers are printed on site. The Smith sisters are two totally different humans (and that's one of the reasons Kristin was so excited to talk to them — the other that she's been friends with Katie for al…

What are rukristin's Daily Pages? - Daily Pages are a project that rukristin came up with in the summer of 2018 - Each day, she opens up a small notebook to the first/next two blank pages and creates something with pictures, paper, words, or the bits of life - The Daily Pages project is a way for people to document their lives in a simple and acces…

More about this week's show: Scissors are so important as a scrapbooker! Here's a rundown of the scissors we talked about on today's show and the things they are best at. Everyday/all-around scissors: Grey/Yellow -- Westcott 8" Titanium Bonded Scissors These are my everyday go-to scissors. I cut everything with these. I use them for Daily Pages, st…

There's never a bad time to discuss some of the most important supplies that we use every time we go to papercraft. Inks form the foundation for stamping, creating color palettes, applying textures and so much more. I've been using Washi tape in more and more interesting ways recently - check out the Daily Pages Bootcamp and the @rukristin instagra…

This time on Crafty Ass Female, Brandi and Kristin dive deep into a topic that absolutely everyone feels. First we figure out the different forms of loneliness we feel, and how they manifest in our lives, especially creatively. We talk about the different ways we end up feeling about loneliness, and tactics to cope. Brandi explores how she feels lo…

In this episode of the Crafty Ass Female podcast Brandi Kincaid is back for the second of a three episode series. Brandi and Kristin love to get deep on topics and authenticity is a good one. They get into a great conversation about what it means to be a person, a woman, and a small business owner, on the internet. There are constant changes on soc…

In this week's episode, Kristin invites one of her favorite people onto the show, Brandi Kincaid, for a special three episode series. This first episode centers around the amazing project, Extravagant Hope, that Brandi has been working on (and Kristin has been hearing about) for years now. Important topics in the conversation: Things that you care …

After some introductions, Laura and Kristin talk about how they met, and discuss their history with scrapbooking and memory keeping. Kristin introduces her longtime scrapbook friend and Awesome Ladies All Access Club member Laura Kaplan. Laura is a teacher from the Chicago suburbs with an amazing family that she's been scrapbooking for 20 years. Kr…

Crafty Ass Female is now produced by the Awesome Ladies Project, an amazing community that also is the best place to discuss new episodes and so much more. Visit theawesomeladiesproject.com/dailypages to find out more about Daily Pages and the upcoming Daily Pages Anniversary Celebration, kicking off on April 1st and continuing all month long. And …

One more vault episode before new Crafty Ass Female, and we're bringing you all the way back to episode 20. This was the first time we ran the 100 Day project, and we talk about the history of it, and why it is so popular and meaningful.由Kristin Tweedale

In this episode you'll hear Amanda + Kristin talking about selfies + Kristin's #Thursday3 weekly selfie challenge where she calls you to: (1) take + post a photo of yourself, (2) share three 'right now' things, and (3) tag three of your friends to do the same Kristin defends feeling awkward in photos, makes excellent points on why taking a photo of…

Kristin starts off the episode with her plan to move into 2021 with Daily Pages, and lets you know about The Reset, a 30 day anti-racist visual reflection challenge, starting soon. Kristin also talks about her 100 Days of Daily Pages. In the vault episode, Kristin talks to Amanda about how Daily Pages came to be. The show touches upon alignment and…

In this episode, A + K wish everyone a Happy New Year and talk about what they’ve been experiencing and how they’ve been feeling at the start of 2021! Kristin talk about her plans for this year including: • The Reset w/ Dynasti Hunt • The Book of Me • Daily Pages !!! • how she’ll be memory keeping Amanda goes into her 2021 plans, and as part of it,…

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According to Ali Edwards, the creator of the annual one little word® project, a single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting, or rich and soft and slow. In this episode you'll hear Amanda + Kristin reflect on this past year with each of their words & how they showed up for…

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