In this episode Jeanne is talking with artist, generous teacher and amazing you tuber Sandi Hester. Sandi has created a world of color and art in the midst of health issues for many years. This conversation dives deep into the lies of perfectionism and how perfectionism can disguise itself. Sandi Hester had her first painting lessons around her grandmother’s kitchen table during long summer visits in the countryside of Franklin, Tennessee. Her grandmother was a pottery …
March Round-Up | Free Beauty Found on the Internet
I am constantly in awe of the beauty that is all around me if I have my eyes open to it. Sometimes I find it snuggled up watching a movie with my kids, watching our daughter come home from college just to go to the Daddy Daughter Ball where she is the oldest daughter there, when the mountains turn payne’s grey as the sun sets, early morning walks with Kelly, watching our oldest and seeing how wise he has become, …
The Jeanne Oliver Podcast Episode Forty Four | Midlife and Creativity with Deanne Fitzpatrick
In this episode, Jeanne is talking with artist, author, and teacher Deanne Fitzpatrick. For 6 podcasts we are doing something really special and different. Deanne and I have each chosen three topics that are relevant to us right now. These talks are between two friends that cherish the heart of the other and we hope you will join in the conversation too. In this episode we are talking about midlife and creativity. “Each time I …
The Jeanne Oliver Podcast Episode Forty Two | Motherhood and Creativity with Miriam Schulman
In this episode, Jeanne is talking with artist, author, and mentor Miriam Schulman. Her podcast, The Inspiration Place, is on the top 1% of all podcasts globally and is listened to in over 40 countries. In this episode, Miriam talks about the positive impact that motherhood has had on her as a woman, an artist and business owner. Miriam Schulman is an artist, author and founder of The Inspiration Place and The Artists Incubator Coaching Program where she helps artists …
Push Past The Ugly | Beauty is Around the Corner
*Originally published early in our business but such a good reminder I wanted to share again* One of the hardest things is pushing past the ugly. When we are doing something new or something out of our comfort zone there is often the ugly/hard that accompanies it. I am the biggest cheerleader of my children to practice, try again and push beyond…it can be harder when it comes to me. Have you ever had a hard patch …
What I learned about Creative Business from Jeanne’s Podcast | By Jeremy Reeves of the Goodvoice Group
In a letter dated October 22nd, 1882, Vincent Van Gogh said to his brother Theo, “the great doesn’t happen through impulse alone, but is a succession of little things that are brought together.” And maybe we each know this intuitively, that what we achieve is always an amalgam of ideas, efforts, mistakes, and do-overs: little things all threaded together, forming something that if not yet great, is at least approaching greatness. A painting is a collection of all the …
The Jeanne Oliver Podcast Episode Seven | Shabby Chic with Rachel Ashwell
I am talking with Rachel Ashwell, the creator of the iconic brand Shabby Chic. Rachel talks about the huge influences that led to her love of vintage and design, her own journey of living in the US and Britain (and how she lives differently in each), how she honors her creativity and how she knows when she needs to say no to new opportunities. This is an honest and authentic look into the heart and mind of the …
The Jeanne Oliver Podcast Episode Three | When You Get Creatively Stuck With Kate Thompson
Have you ever thought that if you were a true creative that you would never get stuck? Have you ever gone to create and can’t believe that nothing is turning out? At all? Have you ever known you were at a creative crossroads but didn’t know what it could look like to reinvent yourself? If you can answer yes to any of the above or you just want to get into the head of a creative you will …
I Started a Podcast| Episode One is Live!
So, guess what we just did? If you have been here for awhile you may remember that for years we did the video interview series Creativity Takes Courage. Gosh, I loved doing that and it was one of the things that was lost while we were growing but one of the things I had wished we had protected better. I am beyond thankful for the push of the launch of Creatively Made Business to bring back a newer …
New Interview with Jamie Ridler Studios | All About Creativity, business and home!
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Jamie Ridler of Jamie Ridler Studios. We talked business, creativity and home. Jamie Ridler: You teach many art classes and also run a beautiful hub rich with inspirational creative classes. In your experience, what’s the greatest hump people have to get over to fully embrace their creative gifts? Jeanne Oliver: I love that you are asking this because the whole purpose of our creative network is to make it easier for people …
Love Letters From Trail Makers
How would you like to get encouragement sent right to your inbox for the month of February? I want to share a sweet gathering (that is free) that I have been asked to be a part of and I love the idea and heart of this offering. For over a decade, we (Meghan and Jamie) have been pouring our creative hearts into the online world. We each began our journey with the intention of bringing to life our own …
Creativity Takes Courage {Danielle Burkleo}
*** For those of you that are new to the blog I want to tell you a little bit about the free series. My creative network offers free videos, new online courses, live “chats” and now interviews with courageous lovelies from around the world. Over the past two years I have had the opportunity to interview some of my favorite creative women and business owners. You can see the talented list of interviewees over on my creative network under Creativity …
If you know me at all you know this makes me so happy!
It is pretty exciting to me to be asked to combine my love of art with my faith! There are few things that determine my day to day as much as my faith and the creativity that the Lord as placed in me. Those two factors have everything to do with how I make a home, raise my children, run a business, love my friends, open my home and grow my marriage. If you have taken any of my online …
Are You Open About Who Inspires You?
I don’t know where it came from. This idea that everything you do must be 100% original and you must pull it out from the depths of your being. It isn’t really you, good, original, authentic…unless you create something that has never been made or done before. Can we just be real for a moment? We all inspire and encourage one another even if you don’t realize it. We can be inspired by magazines, movies, music, friends, paintings, museums, travel, …