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Get Messy Podcast The focus of my life currently is this: PRODUCE MORE. CONSUME LESS. It’s a bold statement. With so much great stuff on the internet, and with it being so easy to be sucked into Pinterest, Instagram, blogs, and galleries, I’m needing...

Get Messy Podcast One of the biggest things that art journalers struggle with in their creative practice is the journaling part of art journaling. It's weird. I know. A while back, I invited a journaling expert to help the Get Messy community with...

Get Messy Podcast What is it about art journaling that makes it actual magic? Out of all the different ways to be creative, why do we choose art journaling? Why is this the one thing we have stuck with over time, and the one thing that we are...

Get Messy Podcast You are going to love this episode. I'm chatting with Tara and Sandra from Kick in the Creatives. And if you don't know them yet, by the end of this episode, you're going to fall just as in love with them as I have. And good news...

Get Messy Podcast Today I chatted with the incredible Barbara J Graham. She is the guest artist for Get Messy's Season of Less. We spoke a lot about how she creates, how she puts her emotions into her paintings, and how she is able to express the...

Get Messy Podcast Oh, Messy artist, I have a treat for you this week on the podcast. Today I spoke with Hannah Fitzgibbon, and let me tell you... I feel like my whole world has changed. My creativity has been rocked, everything... You are going to...

I recently received an email from Kate, who had a problem. I could relate and wanted to help. Maybe you need to hear this too.  If you're feeling overwhelmed with how many options you have, if you're feeling stuck creatively, or if you're a perfectionist and you're...

Today's episode is a good one. You're gonna love it. I know you're gonna love it because it has Connie Solera in it. And Connie has a heart of gold. She's a great teacher. She's an incredible artist and I feel like she was put on this earth just to make everyone else...

Today I am chatting with the beautiful, the kind, the lovely Megan McCaskill. She has a beautiful accent, a beautiful heart and beautiful journals to match. It was a completely spontaneous interview chat thing just as I was heading off to the train station for my mom...

Morning pages are going to change your life. Morning pages are going to give you better art, better relationships, better mental health and a clear head. In this episode, I'm going to chat about how I make them work for me and give you an exact to do list on how you...

Once again I am freaking excited about this week's guest on the podcast. This week it's the beautiful Karen Abend. She has a heart of gold and I'm really excited about our chat today. In this episode we discuss the absolute magic of sketchbooks. We discuss how...

You're putting your life into it so that's what makes it something special. That's what makes you appreciate it and other people as well. It really doesn't matter what you use and it's funny to say that because I make journals and I'm very passionate about it because...