Rachel Pierman went from presenting a crafting show on TV, to starting her own crafting business called Crafty Monkies. Rachel chats with Kim about how she rediscovered her creative side after being reminded how she had crafted with her dad as a young girl.

https://www.craftymonkies.com

Kim and three guests discuss The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.

Hannah Austin tells how a move to Oregon inspired her art of creating landscapes with embroidery techniques. Hannah runs an online store. She talks about what its like to run that full time, deal with social media marketing, and care for her family.

Hannah also creates embroidery kits available in her shop. You will find her everywhere under the name “needle or thread”.

http://needleorthread.com/

Sarah O’Halloran joins Kim to talk about the art and craft of Sashiko.

Wikipedia on Sashiko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashiko

Kim chats with Rebecca Weeks Howard and Alan Trautman about various art-making topics like the immediate feeling after creating a piece of art, versus how you feel after gaining distance to your art.