Episode 176 What's Standing Between You And Your Dream of Designing?

<p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>What is standing between you and that big dream of becoming a designer? Some of you may already be designing, and that’s awesome! You can still take some nuggets from what I talk about today. For the rest of you, if you’re not making money as a designer, are you putting together the steps that will get you there? In this episode, Carina discusses how to get over the hurdles and start making money as a designer. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here:</span> <a href='http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>__________</span></p> <p><strong>About Carina Gardner:</strong></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette &amp; Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'> </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Find out more at</span> <a href='https://www.carinagardner.com'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>https://www.carina