Chasing Creative

Ashley Brooks and Abbigail Kriebs
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Chasing Creative is all about how everyday people can make creativity a priority in their daily lives. We're talking to regular people who have insights and action steps you can take TODAY to make your creative plans happen. Whether you’re squeezing creative pursuits into your kids' naptimes or in the evening after working a 9-5, we're here to give you the inside scoop on how regular people are chasing creative.

  1. Episode 23: Stumbling Upon Your Creative Passion with Sarah Woolworth

    07/11/2016

    Episode 23: Stumbling Upon Your Creative Passion with Sarah Woolworth

    Sarah Woolworth is the blogger behind Wisconsin from Scratch and a cofounder of Wisconsin Whisk, a collective of Wisconsin-based food bloggers. Sarah is a former engineer turned culinarian. We're excited to chat with her about finding her creative passion as an adult, starting a collective with other bloggers, managing a schedule filled with several creative projects and a young baby, and where she finds her cooking inspiration. Here's where you can find Sarah Website: http://wisconsinfromscratch.com/ Twitter: twitter.com/wifromscratch Instagram: instagram.com/wifromscratch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WisconsinFromScratch/ WI Whisk Website: http://wiwhisk.com/ Here's where you can find Abbigail Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Here's where you can find Ashley Website: www.brookseditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Resources mentioned in this episode Trello Asana Mini Book Club The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster *A Series of Unfortunate Events* by Lemony Snicket An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee Will It Fly by Pat Flynn Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain Euphoria by Lily King Quotes from the episode “I did the big scary thing: I took a leap and left my engineering job and I started my blog.” --- Sarah “Cooking was a creative outlet when I was in this world of things being very logical and straightforward.” --- Sarah “I still have [cooking] disasters. I don’t think you ever grow out of that.” --- Sarah On managing a schedule with a baby: “Coming to terms with the fact that there’s not always going to be a fixed schedule and that’s okay has been a challenge for me.” --- Sarah “Some days won’t be productive at all, but other days I’ll be super productive. It all seems to balance out.” --- Sarah “Cooking does help me feel more like a normal person [after having a baby].” --- Sarah “Starting to do a CSA helped me get more creative with cooking.” --- Sarah

    44 min
  2. Episode 22: Choosing a Creative Life with Stephanie Hammer

    06/27/2016

    Episode 22: Choosing a Creative Life with Stephanie Hammer

    Stephanie is a freelance graphic designer with a passion for all things creative. Since graduating with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2015, she’s worked for numerous businesses, bloggers, and other creatives, bringing brands and web designs to life, and has even freelanced for dream clients like Target. On weekends you can find her with her cameras, and while she loves design, her true loves in life are her family and stuffed-crust pizza. She believes that creativity is essential for living a full life and that everyone is creative - and we agree. We couldn’t wait to speak with Steph about being a work at home mom, choosing graphic design over radiology, and being married to someone just as creative as she is. Here’s where to find Steph: Website: https://www.behance.net/schammer Twitter: https://twitter.com/imstephhammer Instagram: http://instagram.com/imstephhammer Here’s where to find Ashley: Website: https://www.BrooksEditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where to find Abbigail: Website: https://www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Mini Book Club: On Being a Photographer by David Hurne and Bill Jay Bossypants by Tina Fey Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili In Progress by Jessica Hische Steal Like An Artist and Show Your Work by Austin Kleon Quotes from this Episode: “I like to think that I am more of a creative person before a person that has a specialty. It makes me feel like I can do anything.” - Steph “I still ask Santa for art supplies.” - Steph “I remember being so happy that I had made something and it had made me happy, and that someone else also found joy from it.” - Steph “I just wanted to create and share with people and improve their lives.” - Steph “It was so hard, but it was so worth it. I loved what I was doing… I remember sitting back and thinking, if I could do this for the rest of my life, I would be so set.” - Steph “Do I love this enough to keep going? Yes. Let’s keep going.” - Steph “It’s not always going to be rainbows and butterflies, but if it’s the thing you love doing you are going to take the good with the bad.” - Ashley “I’m going to be 100% real with you: I don’t know.” - Steph “I am going to be a mom, because is what I always wanted to do. And I’m going to be a designer, too, because there is no reason I can’t.” - Steph “I am doing what I love and it gives me energy.” - Steph “That’s when my work becomes stressful, when I try to do things while [my daughter] is there.” - Ashley “[creative work] is as important as taking a shower, for me.” - Steph “There’s a turning point in blogging where it goes from being a hobby to being a job and it can get really stressful.” - Ashley “I make sure that I am always having good stuff coming in.” - Steph “I know how I work and I know how I get my ideas.” - Steph

    1h 12m
  3. Episode 21: Intentional Creativity with Erica Layne

    06/20/2016

    Episode 21: Intentional Creativity with Erica Layne

    Erica Layne is the mom of three behind Let Why Lead, a place for purposeful women. Listen in as we chat with her about finding your why as a creative, living by your values, and being intentional about self-care and wellness. Here's where you can find Erica Website: http://www.letwhylead.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/letwhylead Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LetWhyLead Here's where you can find Abbigail Website: https://www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Here's where you can find Ashley Website: https://www.brookseditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Resources from this episode Tsh Oxenreider's post that inspired Erica's search for her "why": Neither Poverty Nor Riches Erica's post on reducing noise: 9 Practical Ways I Reduce Noise in My Life Erica's post on productivity: How to Detangle Productivity and Your Self-Worth Erica's post on self-care for moms: 24 Self-Care Practices for Mothers The Lively Show podcast The Unmistakable Creative podcast The Happier podcast with Gretchen Rubin Mini Book Club Start with Why by Simon Sinek Essentialism by Greg McKeown Love Does by Bob Goff The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty The Wild Diet by Abel James Quotes from this episode “If you focus on why you’re doing what you do---the things that really matter---then you can let go of everything else.” --- Erica “I’ve broadened my definition of creativity to include anything that makes my soul come alive.” --- Erica “I love having my kids around while I work because I think it’s a great example to them, especially to my daughter, to see that her mom always had a creative passion that filled her up.” --- Erica “Who are your creative ventures for?” --- Erica “A lot of people in my real life don’t know how much my online writing means to me.” --- Erica “Learning to live by your values and guard those and let go of the extra stuff is key to finding joy.” --- Erica On self care: “It’s a lens of loving yourself and taking care of yourself and then giving yourself to other people.” --- Erica “Now I feel like I’m living this life I designed instead of a life I tumbled into.” --- Erica “Being very specific about what I choose to spend my time on has helped me appreciate my time more.” --- Abbigail “It’s such a skill to be able to sit with your own thoughts and find goodness in them.” --- Ashley

    47 min
  4. Episode 20: Being a Global Creator with Amy Lynne Hayes

    06/13/2016

    Episode 20: Being a Global Creator with Amy Lynne Hayes

    Amy has played with wearing many hats over the years - artist, designer, blogger, freelance journalist. But at the root of all of this lies two things: a passion for travel and a creative, free-spirited soul. She now combines all of the above as the creative director for a luxury travel company headquartered in Miami, Florida, with 43 additional offices in 34 countries around the world. We chatted with Amy about how she makes travel a priority, what it’s like to run an Instagram hashtag that stretches around the world, and how the building blocks of her career led her to a dream job. Here’s where to find Amy: Website: https://www.amylynnehayes.com Blog: https://www.creatricemondial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/creatricemonde Instagram: https://instagram.com/creatricemondial Here’s where to find Abbigail Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Here’s where to find Ashley Website: www.BrooksEditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Mini Book Club Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown Rising Strong by Brené Brown The Urban Monk by Pedram Shojai Essentialism by Greg Mckeown Anything by Sharon Kay Penman The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory Anything by Ann Rinaldi, especially Time Enough for Drums and The Last Silk Dress Amy’ Three Things To Have for Planes: iPod for books; Noise-cancelling headphones; Eye-mask Abbie’s standing desk: https://www.ergodesktop.com/content/kangaroo-elite Abbie’s Book-reading tip on iPad: Turn on airplane mode! Battery lasts longer, no notifications to interrupt your reading. :) Quotes from this episode: “All of those different things led you to this one dream job.” - Abbigail “It literally took me a year to realize that travel was the thing that combined it all.” - Amy “It just worked out - that could be the motto of so many creative people.” - Ashley “I’ve tried everything… the thing that sticks may not be the thing that you wanted to do originally.” - Amy “It’s about trade-offs. If you want to travel, you may not be able to go shopping every weekend.” - Amy “Location independence is not Instagram feed-worthy all the time. You are still going to be working really hard.” - Amy “When you are doing something that feels right and you’re not getting that resistance that feels so discouraging, it doesn’t really feel like work. You are doing stuff and you are busy, but it’s not the soul-sucking busy of ‘I’ve got to tick these things off the list.’ ” - Amy “Everywhere you go, McDonald’s will have WiFi.” - Amy “I love being able to put something out there and connect with people.” - Amy “I didn’t want all the pressure of creating all the content.” - Amy “When I’ve traveled, I have met up with people all over the world that I’ve met on Twitter.” - Amy “If you want to do the creative work, something else in your life is probably going to have to go.” - Ashley

    53 min
  5. Episode 19: Creating vs. Consuming with Jenny Bravo

    06/06/2016

    Episode 19: Creating vs. Consuming with Jenny Bravo

    Jenny Bravo is the self-published author of These Are the Moments and the blogger behind Blots and Plots, a motivational blog for readers and writers. We're chatting with Jenny about being intentional with your time, balancing creation with consumption, building the dreaded author platform, and crappy first drafts. Here's where you can find Jenny: Check out Jenny's website, Blots and Plots, for plenty of writing resources. Don't forget to download your free book at Jenny Bravo Books! You can also catch Jenny on Twitter and Instagram. Here's where you can find Abbigail: Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Here's where you can find Ashley: Website: www.brookseditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Quotes from the episode “If you want to write a novel, you really should be writing something that means a lot to you.” --- Jenny “Once I made the decision to write something I knew and was confident in, I went from there.” --- Jenny “You’re not going to learn how to write a novel until you’re actually writing through it.” --- Jenny “[Writing sprints on Twitter] really motivated me to get the writing done.” --- Jenny “If you want to actually make all these things happen, you’re going to have to find space in your day.” --- Jenny “If it’s something you really want to do and you really care about, you’ll find the time.” --- Jenny “We can’t always be consuming stories if we ever want to create our own.” --- Ashley “If I’m writing a book, I’m not going to be reading another contemporary romance book because I don’t want that to filter into my own writing.” --- Jenny “Just have some quiet time where you can be with your own thoughts and not with other people’s thoughts.” --- Jenny “Consuming too much content can really put us at a disadvantage when it comes to creating our own.” --- Abbigail “I like to put in at least an hour of work/writing time per day.” --- Jenny “Being honest and having conversations with the people in your life. Saying ‘Look, this is important to me, and maybe you don’t fully understand what it is, but I need time to work and to write.’ “--- Jenny “Being by other people gives you new ideas and new perspectives.” --- Ashley “Everyone has a unique experience and relationship with the world. I would be doing a disservice to people who are reading my book and to the art itself if I were cocky enough to think I could create everything on my own and not have this dialogue with other people who have had way different life experiences.” --- Jenny “Our first drafts are just going to be really awful . . . After I got that out of my system, I could write something people would actually want to read.” --- Jenny “If you don’t at least start something, you’re never going to be able to work to improve it.” --- Ashley On blogging: “I never wanted to be teaching people things that I hadn’t experienced myself.” --- Jenny “Instead of focusing on ‘How do I build this big following?’ focus on ‘How do I meet people who are really inspiring, and how do I meet people I can have honest conversations about writing with?’ “ --- Jenny “Those are my two main things: Having a website where people can find you, and being on Twitter where people can have a conversation with you.” --- Jenny Mini Book Club Now and Again by Jennifer Ellision Vinyl by Sophia Elaine Hanson Secrets Don't Keep by Elora Ramirez Write without Crushing Your Soul: Sustainable Publishing and Freelancing by Ed Cyzewski The Charismatics by Ashley R. Carlson The Color of Water in July by Nora Carroll

    1 hr
  6. Episode 18: Finding Creativity in Loss with Amber Thomas

    05/23/2016

    Episode 18: Finding Creativity in Loss with Amber Thomas

    Amber Thomas of Mr. Thomas and Me is one of our internet favorites. She’s genuine, geared for engagement, and so, so smart. We chatted with Amber about all the projects she has going (hint: it’s a lot of awesome), how her creativity changed as she experienced the loss of her father to dementia, and how she uses the internet in ways that keep her inspired. Here’s where to find Amber: Blog: http://www.mrthomasandme.com Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmberThomasMakes Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrthomasandme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrthomasandme/ Confetti Community: https://www.instagram.com/confetticommunity/ It Begins Here: An Anthology that features Amber’s art and words Here’s where to find Ashley: Website: https://www.BrooksEditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where to find Abbigail: Website: https://www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Mini Book Club: The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson The Paris Wife by Paula McLain A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull Quotes from this Episode: “I’m comfortable online.” - Amber “I’ve tried to put myself in a box like that so many times and it never works. It burns me out.” - Amber “Blogging is my hobby. I make zero dollars doing it. So it’s only going to be what I love to do.” - Amber “My creativity is that spastic, frenetic kind of energy. I have to be intentional with my time.” - Amber “If you are feeling like you aren’t making progress in any area, try batching tasks.” - Ashley “My brain doesn’t volunteer to line up things for me.” - Amber “We pulled ourselves back into a very sacred space.” - Amber “I’m allowed to talk about myself and my story, but not at the expense of anyone else.” - Amber “I don’t ever want the private expense to be greater than the public good.” - Amber “It’s wonderful when your giftedness aligns with doing something for other people.” - Abbigail “Creativity is really hard to grow when you are in the middle.” - Amber “You just have to start again.” - Amber “Find that one beautiful moment of each day.” - Abbigail “It’s great to know what drags you down personally so you can unfollow it.” - Ashley “Be intentional: what do you want your life to look like? You have to make your online life look like that. FOllow things that get you closer to that point.” - Abbigail “I’m not using the internet right if when I leave it I am angry with myself.” - Amber

    1h 13m
  7. Episode 17: Taking Creative Leaps with Josiah and Jenna Hazel

    05/16/2016

    Episode 17: Taking Creative Leaps with Josiah and Jenna Hazel

    Josiah and Jenna are newlyweds navigating the waters of making space for creative projects and taking big creative leaps. Josiah works in marketing by day and makes music by night while Jenna is a full-time creative as a self-employed photographer and blogger. Together, they recently released their first debut album for their band, Settling Houses. Join us as we chat about finding space in the margins for creative work, tackling a big creative project together, taking leaps of faith in your creativity, and dealing with the awkwardness of self-promotion. Here's where you can find Josiah and Jenna: Check out their band, Settling Houses, on Bandcamp! You can find Jenna at her photography website or her food and lifestyle blog, and you can also catch her on Facebook and Instagram. You can find Josiah on his website, Twitter, Instagram, and Soundcloud. Here's where you can find Abbigail: Website: www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Here's where you can find Ashley: Website: www.brookseditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Quotes from the episode “Music has always been something I’ve loved doing and haven’t had to work too hard at to find time for.” --- Josiah “It’s really been the last three years that I’ve realized I can do creative things full time and not necessarily have to devote all my time to a ‘practical’ job.” --- Jenna “I’ve had to schedule creative time more than I’m used to.” --- Josiah, on getting married and having other adult responsibilities “We owe it to our spouse and our families to be the best person we can be, and sometimes that means taking a little bit of time to ourselves.” --- Abbigail “It was just trying to find the small available moments to work on [music]. It was a lot of five minutes here, fifteen minutes there.” --- Josiah “Eventually those five minutes added up and it actually happened.” --- Josiah “You can do big things in small amounts of time. You just have to be patient and wait, but they will add up eventually.” --- Ashley “Having somebody you’re accountable to is important.” --- Jenna “I needed to be okay with him going off and working on his creative thing and me working on something else.” --- Jenna “We didn’t want to look back in 10 years and think ‘Oh, we missed out.’” --- Jenna “I’d rather just be in my own head and write stuff instead of telling people to listen to me.” --- Josiah “You care so much about what you do that when people are criticizing your art it feels like they’re criticizing you.” --- Abbigail Mini Book Club The Luminous Portrait by Elizabeth Messina Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

    56 min
  8. Episode 16: Getting Gutsy With Your Creativity with Jessica Lawlor

    05/09/2016

    Episode 16: Getting Gutsy With Your Creativity with Jessica Lawlor

    Today we are chatting with Jessica Lawlor. Jess is a communications professional, writer, personal branding expert and speaker in the Philadelphia area. After six years in the corporate PR world, Jessica left her job this spring to run her own communications agency, blog, and brand, and to teach yoga. We chat about her time management now that she is self-employed and how yoga brought new inspiration to her life. Here’s where to find Jessica: Website: http://jessicalawlor.com Yoga: http://jessicalawlor.com/yoga/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jesslaw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicallawlor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicallawlor/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jessicalawlor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicalawlor Snapchat: @jessicalawlor Here’s where to find Ashley: Website: https://www.BrooksEditorial.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/brookseditorial Instagram: http://instagram.com/brookseditorial Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/brookseditorial Here’s where to find Abbigail: Website: https://www.InkwellsandImages.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbigailekriebs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbigailekriebs/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inkwellsandimages/ Mini Book Club: Yes, Please by Amy Poehler Ask Gary Vee by Gary Vaynerchuck The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Quotes from this Episode: “I have no deadlines, which is a good thing AND a bad thing.” - Jessica “I’m still trying to do my most creative writing first thing in the morning.” - Jessica “You have a chance to get that first energy burst out on whatever is most important.” - Ashley “Having that set amount of time forced me to only work on what was most important for that day.” - Jessica “Online work expands to fill up the time you have available.” - Ashley “I’m trying to be gentle with myself, knowing that I have all these hours ahead of me in a day.” - Jessica “I do my creative work in the morning and my afternoons are a little more social.” - Jessica “The definition of Getting Gutsy is stepping outside of your comfort zone to live a life that makes you truly happy.” - Jessica “Emailing people to be guests on this podcast have been some gutsy moments for Ashley and I.” - Abbigail “It’s worth sitting down to write even if you never get a book deal.” - Ashley “It’s much, much harder to sit down and do the thing that you are passionate about. But the key really is in getting started.” - Jessica “Those goals I have for a couple of years down the line start with writing tomorrow’s blog post.” - Jessica “Sometimes ideas can be exhausting.” - Abbigail “I have found so much creativity through my yoga class and through my yoga teaching.” - Jessica “It doesn’t seem to matter where you are at, someone else is in the same place.” - Abbigail

    57 min
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Chasing Creative is all about how everyday people can make creativity a priority in their daily lives. We're talking to regular people who have insights and action steps you can take TODAY to make your creative plans happen. Whether you’re squeezing creative pursuits into your kids' naptimes or in the evening after working a 9-5, we're here to give you the inside scoop on how regular people are chasing creative.

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