The Podcast Recap — Cat Collier Martinez Episode 5 (Click to listen to the episode) Today’s guest is an artist, illustrator and collaborative designer. Her additive process, unique collections (of which we didn’t even touch on in this convo.) and beautifully curated spaces are all evidence of a life exuding creativity. …

The Podcast Recap — Christina Owens Episode 4 (Click to listen to the episode) Today’s episode features a friend I’ve known since 1st grade! She is an almost architect (working towards getting her official license), who works at Dwell Design Studio in Atlanta, GA as a Design staff IIII. …

Keir DuBois Episode 3 (Click to listen to the episode) My guest is a former AIGA colleague and friend Keir DuBois, owner of Tight Ship Design and Keirtography. I met Keir at my first AIGA Leadership Retreat in Raleigh, NC. We’ve kept up over the years via social media, but earlier this…

Part of the Chronicles of Creating Series — Art is life. A phrase I used all the time to seem more authentic as an art kid. A feel good statement full of optimism and hope for making a living by making art. Over the years, thankfully, my overuse of the expression dwindled. It was only until this summer…

The Podcast Recap — Erika Roberts Episode 2 (Click to listen to the episode) Welcome back! On todays’ episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with the lovely Erika Roberts, Chattanooga poet and creative strategist. Some of you guys may know her on Instagram or Facebook as Velvet Poetry. Her work is everywhere. Recently you may…

Part of the Chronicles of Creating Series — When March 2020 gifted us a stay at home order quarantine there were two camps of people– the “What-Do-I-Do-With-My-Free-Time”-ers and the “Holy-Cow-I-Actually-Have-Free-Time”-ers. I fell into both categories. 🤷‍♀️ I easily adapted to staying inside, but at first I didn’t know what I should be doing. I was so used to…

Talk about a historical year! January and February were such a tease for the reality to come. During the second week of the year I found myself sitting poolside in Miami reflecting on 2019, writing my goals for 2020, prepping for a business expo, and finalizing a client project before…

Daniel Skolfield Episode 1 (Click to listen to the episode) On this very first episode, I share with you a conversation featuring Daniel Skolfield, Creative Director at Lodge Cast Iron. I think Daniel was the first person to ever professionally critique my portfolio and definitely my first design mentor. Over the years…

👋 HEY there! How have you been? Seriously! The last several months have been historical in so many ways and at times, an uphill battle with emotions, information fatigue, and creative slumps. If you’re anything like me, you started the year full of excitement, new goals, and a desire to learn. Then the world shut down and my…