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Dear Handmade Life

With over 20 years of experience running creative businesses, your host, Nicole Stevenson knows the joy and the struggles of being your own boss. Join her and her guests for business insights, life lessons and the stories behind their successes and lessons of their missteps so you can work smart, get creative inspiration, live joyfully and feel connected.
 

Nicole is the CEO and Creative Director of Dear Handmade Life which produces Patchwork Show: Makers Festival and Craftcation Conference as well as a blog, online learning and this podcast.

If you’re a creative misfit or a passionate small business owner, grab a drink and take a seat because you’re exactly where you need to be!

 

 


Oct 24, 2019

Breaking through Creative Blocks with Jeanetta Gonzales. Jeanetta and I talk about what to do when you have too many (or not enough) ideas, dealing with your inner critic, getting unstuck, the importance of creative community and more.


Oct 10, 2019

Marketing strategies for creatives with Mélissa Peng. Mélissa and I chat about how her corporate background and formal education inform her work helping creative small business owners with marketing, defining your ideal customer, her path to purchase strategy and more.


Sep 26, 2019

Doing your best work with Charlie Gilkey. I talk with Charlie about accountability, discovering and finishing your best work, working around vs. working on a project, how our identity relates to our work, truly feeling worthy, rewriting the negative stories we tell ourselves, the glory of failure, priorities and so...


Sep 12, 2019

Being a multi-genre creative with Krista Suh. I talk with Krista about being a Jane of all trades, how downtime is key for creativity, tools to balance the creative process, eliminating 'should' and 'have to' from your vocabulary, generating and choosing ideas, mental health and more.