100 Creatives

Sally recommends that you step out of your comfort zone and try something new.  She went rock climbing on the weekend and found it completing terrifying, but exhilarating at the same time. Trying something new can help to open your eyes to new ideas in your creative work. Agnus wanted to share her love for television show, Fixer Upper with Chip and Joanna. ally heard about this tv show on Young House Love Has a Podcast. You have to listen to it! John and Sherry are an absolute crack up and they talk about so many fun things to do with house improvement and life at home. Agnus uses traveler's notebooks to document her work and Sally uses a lot of moleskine notebooks. Agnus' advice:  You can find Agnus on Instagram - she's @agnus.k - and she has a blog A Place in My Dreams.

Riëtte is loving Bonnie Christine’s “The Roost Tribe”, Rachael Taylor’s “Make it in Design” course, Lilla Rogers’ “Make Art that Sells” course, Lisa Congdon’s “Daily Drawing Challenge: 31 Things to Draw” on Creative Bug and Pam Garrison’s “Daily Drawing Challenge: 31 Things to Draw with Pam Garrison” on Creative Bug.  Sally is excited by all of the weaving classes that are being run in her local area and by Loom & Spindle, which is a company making weaving equipment right here in Melbourne. (It is so tempting to sign up!) She is also enjoying the work of textile and fiber artist Rachel Denbow. Riëtte mentioned that she likes to crotchet Lalylala dolls (Aren't they so sweet?) alongside her granny squares and you can find the dolls on Etsy too. If you're interested in signing up to try some Skillshare classes, using this link will mean that you will be supporting the show plus you'll get a free month of classes. If you like it, you can then stay on as a member for as little as $11 a month. Riëtte recommends that you check out Bonnie Christine, Dylan Mierzwinski, Elizabeth Holwen, Jamie Barlett, Mary Kate McDevitt, Nina Rycroft and Sandra Bowers - just to get started! Riëtte's advice: Go for it. Starting is the easy part and finishing it is the hard part. Push through the doubt.

Sally has been loving Mollie Makes magazine and it is even better now that you can buy it from Woolworths here in Australia. Ariana recommends the Flow Book for Paper Lovers. These ones from Kikki K are super fun too. She also enjoys using her Happy Planner and Dear Lizzy products (How fun are these?) when creating her work. Sally has been working on her honeymoon travel journal and found this Magnolia Jane album by Heidi Swapp to be perfect for the job. December Daily is a challenging, but fun project by Ali Edwards to capture the holiday season. If you like the idea of doing 100 days of finishing off projects, Ariana suggests checking out @alltheneffyness on Instagram who is working on a similar task. Ariana's advice: Take your time. Don't compare yourself to other artists in the community. You have your own unique style so stick to it. You can find Ariana on her blog, on Facebook, on her Youtube Channel and on Instagram @thecraftyways_

Sierra is loving Marissa Huber's Commute Chats and she is on Instagram @marissahuber  and Sierra also mentions @carveouttimeforart that I think you'll enjoy.  Sierra also mentions Flora Bowley's rituals from her ecourse, Creative Revolution. Sally shares her obsession with Caroline Kelso's work. How uplifting is it? She's on Instagram @ckelso and her feed is just beautiful. Her love for Emily McDowell and her Empathy cards came up again. Other things that are mentioned: Crystal Moody's A Year of Creative Habits, Elise Joy of Elise Gets Crafty, Allie Lehman, Kelly Purkey and Tiffany Han (We are having a couple of these ladies on the show really soon! Stay tuned!) Sierra's advice: Follow your curiosity. You can follow Sierra's journey on Instagram (she's @sierrarmcclain) and on her website sierrarmcclain.com

Ernst Wilder makes the brooch that Sally loves. It is the Bruiser Bow Wow Resin Brooch, Augusta's original inspiration to start her shop came from the movie The Little Mermaid.  Augusta's Instagram feed has really blown up since @bargraf shared her work. She makes gorgeous work herself! Totally check her out. Augusta's advice: Really think carefully about what project you want to do and start when you are satisfied. You can find Augusta on Instagram @felthappens The first winner of one of our three hand lettered posters to giveaway is SCRAPINBABYGAL. Woohoo! There are still two more to win. To go into the draw, simply rate and review 100 Creatives on iTunes - share your thoughts on the good, the bad or the ugly! We will be selecting some iTunes reviewers at random to receive prizes so don't miss out on your chance to win one of three exclusive hand lettered posters by the delightful @sarah_letters! Our next two winners will be announced in Episodes 11 and 12 so stay tuned.

In this episode we learn: Sally's soapbox choice is fine point Pilot Frixion Pens. (They don't seem to be available on Amazon, but how fun do these look?) Sarah had a lot of good pen recommendations, including tombows like these (which are the foundation for the #96daysoftombow challenge which she is doing.)  @brittanyluiz and @renmadecalligraphy are also doing some lovely lettering work as part of this challenge. Sarah got into lettering with courses with people like @lissletters (and there is a workbook available at lissletters.com) and @amandaarneill (and her course also looks great!) And these lettering challenges look really fun! Sarah's advice: Work with what you've got. Have a plan and write it down.

Sally is so excited to share her new haircut from Jess at Neel Loves Curls.  If you have curly hair and you aren't already using the 'Curly Girl Method', you need to get onto it. Graphic designer Lauren is digging the time she spent in Cornwall on an internship. There is definitely something to be said about putting yourself into new places and situations to stimulate creativity and learning from those who are more experienced than you. Lauren's advice: Start off with a plan. Think about what you are wanting to learn. Do some brainstorming and research into what you're doing. Break the project down into different areas.

In this episode, Jess loves the UK Scrap Addicts. They have a blog and a YouTube channel. as well as their Instagram account. Sally's soapbox choice this episode is Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Quiz. She's an Obliger - what about you? Sally and Jess talk about Ali Edwards' December Daily and Week in the Life projects which are ways to document everyday life. Jess loves her Traveler's Notebook and finds keeping it by her bed to be a good way of using it daily to journal. Advice from Jess: Start Simply. Find people you admire and start off by copying them to help you improve. You can find Jess on Instagram @jess.claire.creates and on her blog. She also has a YouTube channel. And like she isn't busy enough, Jess also finds time to run a Travelers Notebook Scrapbooking Facebook Group!  And don't forget to recommend the show to a friend. Speaking of recommendations, if you enjoy 100 Creatives, Sally recommends you check out Sorta Awesome which is another podcast she enjoys.

In this episode, Sally celebrated using her one sentence a day journal every day for over 100 days. Her diary (pictured) came from Tanum Bookstore in Oslo, Norway, and was made by Swedish company, Rationella Media. If you're looking for something similar, you might like to try Gretchen Rubin's Sentence a Day journal. Sarah is really enjoying the music and lyrics of Brother Ali. Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers is a life changing and essential read for all creatives, particularly when examining the development your work over time. (10 000 hours!) Sarah's advice: Keep reminders around your house to inspire and motivate you. Everybody has 5 minutes free during the course of a day. You can look at Sarah's work at https://anicelittlelife.com/ and follow along with her on Instagram @sarah_anicelittlelife.

In this episode, Stephanie shares awesome writing tool Scrivener. Sally talks about her love for Chris Guillebeau's podcast Side Hustle School. Stephanie wrote her first draft as part of NaNoWriMo. She is currently reading Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace,  and Stephen King. (If you're into writing, you must read King's book - On Writing.) Have you tried the Pomodoro technique for managing your time? Stephanie's advice: Be gentle with yourself. Speak to yourself how you would speak to a friend. You can find Stephanie on Instagram @stephaniewritesanovel

Megan is loving the Illuminated Manuscripts that are available online from the British Library. Sally is sad that her 3am Notepad from Kikki K is nearly used up. It gives good, albeit somewhat cheesy, advice - Finish what you've started! (The exact one isn't available, but this notebook is similar.) Megan is sketching for her 100 day project. Can you believe she does these pictures with a paintbrush? Megan's advice: Don't be afraid to start over. You can find Megan on Instagram @themeganparker.

Kristin started off the show by sharing so many amazing things on the creative soapbox, including: Taking Skillshare classes Her love for her iPad Pro, iPencil and the Procreate app Podcasts she has been enjoying, like Creative Pep Talk and Found Sally then got distracted by the topic of podcasts and decided to talk about Mystery Show (including the case of the belt buckle!) and The Bestseller Experiment instead of her planned soapbox share. (Stay tuned for that one at a later date!) Kristin's advice for completing the project: Pick a project that doesn't take too long each day. Make it quick and manageable, then just keep going. You have 100 days to make it better. Kristin's website is www.kristinroskifte.no and you can follow her on Instagram - she's @kristin_roskifte. Plus, she's also got some great boards to inspire you on Pinterest.

In this episode we learn: Sally is mad for the new Beauty and the Beast movie. Watch the trailer here. Melissa loves her Posca paint pens (which sound amazing and opaque! Hooray!). Melissa is working on creating a series of French flash cards for her 100 day project. Her advice for the project is: Be realistic! You can see her work on Instagram @pyrite_design and on her website at http://www.melissazahradnicek.com/

In this episode, we learn: Sally is loving Emily McDowell's beautiful empathy cards and the new book she has created with Kelsey Crowe - There is No Good Card for This: What to say and do when life is scary, awful, and unfair to people you love. Kellie is loving Instagram and her Happy Planner as a different way of memory keeping. If you don't already, check out @ohjoy who curates a beautiful Instagram feed. Project Life is a pocket based memory keeping system by Becky Higgins that we chat about a lot. Kellie is stamping cards for her 100 Day Project. Don't they remind you of a sunset? Kellie's advice: Don't let yourself be overwhelmed. You can find Kellie on Instagram @kellie.winnell and on her blog kelliewinnell.typepad.com

Ep. 00 is an introduction to the podcast. You'll hear a bit about me, a bit about the show and a bit about how this whole project came about. Thank you so much for joining in the fun! Michael Bierut's essay about his students taking on the 100 Day Project There is more information about the project on Instagram at https://the100dayproject.org/ Check out #the100dayproject on Instagram And don't forget to follow the podcast too - @100.creatives Plus, I definitely recommend you read Chris Guillebeau's The Happiness of Pursuit. It's an amazing read!