Ep 136 Jessie-Sierra Ross from Straight to the Hips, Baby from Professional Ballerina to Food Blogger Extraordinaire
Release Date: 06/29/2023
Ep 155 Dionne Woods with 3 Steps to Reframe Your Brain for a Growth Mindset
Paint Talks Podcast
There are many ways to learn to reframe our mental narrative - in this podcast, Dionne shares a visualization exercise that has helped her along her journey. Imagining your brain as wires, you can learn to disconnect the old wires that need to be replaced and then reconnect with new ideas and tools for a growth mindset. Dionne Woods is an artist, business owner, and creative business coach. In her work, she uses her signature layering and blending techniques to create one-of-a-kind statement pieces. Dionne also offers professional tools, paint workshops, and online communities designed...
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Ep 154 Heather Donohue on Building a Ric Rac Inspired Life
Paint Talks Podcast
Heather Donohue is known for her charming, nostalgic take on felt Christmas stockings, tree skirts, ornaments, and other creative commissions. She creates original content and craft projects, and loves leading in-person craft workshops. (They usually include sequins…and treats.) Her craft lab is in Minneapolis, where she lives with her husband, their twins, and cavalier king charles spaniel. Upcoming Events: December 1-3, Julmarknad (YOUL-mark-nod) Handcraft Market & Festival at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Monday, Dec 11 at noon CT: MadeTV live holiday...
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Ep 153 Jenny Alexander of Ugly Glass Co in the West Bottoms Area of Kansas City, MO
Paint Talks Podcast
Jenny Alexander and her husband, Skip, own Ugly Glass & Co. in the Historic West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Jenny, a multi-passionate maker, opened UG & Co. in 2012 to give herself and other makers, and vintage pickers a space to sell in person year-round. Today UG & Co. hosts over 40 other small businesses inside its store at 1285 Hickory St; KCMO 64102. You can shop everything from snarky gifts to vintage records. Jenny & Skip have been together for over 30 years. They have a daughter, a son & 3 rescues because the universe keeps giving her husband cats. Skip owns...
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Ep 152 Deborah Andress from The Tattered Artist on Creating Family Traditions
Paint Talks Podcast
Deborah Watson Andress is a wife, a mother of three, a grandmother of eight...and a proud Southern woman who places a strong emphasis on faith, family, and creating memories through creative events and whimsical art. She is the creator of Nana’s Camp in a Box—a box inspired by her own personal experience of hosting a Nana’s Camp for her family for the past 11 years and designed as a tool to foster creativity among families. She’s a Christian with a wild imagination and has always been fascinated with the intricate details of all the things God has created around her. She often enjoys...
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Ep 151 Katie Lila of Flowers for People Shares How She Follows the Blooms
Paint Talks Podcast
Katie Lila of Flowers For People is a fresh flower artist who is currently making a new TV series, Follow The Blooms on the BloomTV Network. In it, she travels to small flower farms throughout the country to find the best blooms at their peak and then creates big-impact, interactive designs for events such as parades, art and music festivals, a professional treehouse reveal, and even an underwater mermaid garden in the Florida Springs. She strives to connect flower lovers and their local growers in her hometown of Spokane Washington and wherever else the blooms may take her. She is curiously...
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Ep 150 Dionne Woods on Getting Paid to Do What You Love
Paint Talks Podcast
Dionne Woods is an artist, business owner, and creative business coach. In her work, she uses her signature layering and blending techniques to create one-of-a-kind statement pieces. Dionne also offers professional tools, paint workshops, and online communities designed to elevate and amplify artists from all backgrounds. She especially loves her work as a creative coach encouraging artists to embrace the things that make them unique and translate that into art. As part of her mission to empower creatives, Dionne has launched Paint Talks, a podcast designed to share the true, inspiring stories...
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Ep 149 Dionne Woods with Creating Boundaries in Your Creative Business
Paint Talks Podcast
Dionne Woods is an artist, business owner, and creative business coach. In her work, she uses her signature layering and blending techniques to create one-of-a-kind statement pieces. Dionne also offers professional tools, paint workshops, and online communities designed to elevate and amplify artists from all backgrounds. She especially loves her work as a creative coach encouraging artists to embrace the things that make them unique and translate that into art. As part of her mission to empower creatives, Dionne has launched Paint Talks, a podcast designed to share the true, inspiring stories...
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Ep 148 Ashley Rodriguez of Garden & Grace Florals with Next Level Design
Paint Talks Podcast
Today’s Paint Talks Podcast guest is Ashley Rodriguez. She is the Lead Designer and Owner of Garden and Grace Florals, a bespoke floral design studio specializing in weddings, destination events, and corporate and editorial floral design. Garden and Grace Florals is based in Gainesville, Florida, and has been featured in photoshoots from Costa Rica to Iceland - and even underwater (yes, you read that right!). Ashley’s artistic direction is inspired by fine art and fashion, pairing classic design principles with unexpected, unique details tailored to each client. Because Ashley spent 10...
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Ep 147 Mayrose Marquez of Picnic with Me on Reinventing Yourself Through Your Passion
Paint Talks Podcast
Today on Paint Talks, Dionne Woods talks with Mayrose Marquez. Mayrose is Founder and Picnic Stylist of Picnic with Me. She has always had a passion and gift for making beautiful floral arrangements and hosting enchanting picnics for friends and family. In 2019, she decided to take a leap of faith and leave her teaching profession of 17 years. She traveled for the remainder of 2019 before she decided to pursue a career in the travel industry in March 2020. Unfortunately, due to COVID, she was among many who were laid off and travel was no longer an option due to the many restrictions in the...
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Ep 146 Patricia Brubaker with Design Poetry & Artists Rising Retreats
Paint Talks Podcast
Dionne Woods talks with Patricia Brubaker, owner of The Connecticut River Valley Inn in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Patricia is a lifestyle artist, multi-passionate creative entrepreneur, and art biz educator who has combined her passions into a creative place where she hosts all-inclusive art retreats of all kinds. Patricia hosts her own retreats but also invites other creatives who love to teach to bring their community together in a warm and creative space. Patricia is the visionary behind her 5-star boutique inn which offers accommodations, event space, an art studio, and garden rooms for...
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Upcoming Events: BloomTV Network Specials, Fall/Winter 2023
NBC/PBS Features, continuing
Cookbook and Media Tour, 2023/2024
Fun Facts: 1. Jessie-Sierra is a self-taught cook, cocktail maker, and food stylist.
2. She started her professional ballet career at just 14 years old.
3. She can't snap, but can still jump into the splits!
4. She met her future husband outside of a movie theater by chance one night, and they've been madly in love ever since!
5. Jessie has a passion for flowers! Peonies being her favorite!
Website https://straighttothehipsbaby.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StraighttotheHipsBaby/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/straighttothehipsbaby/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQsOZaEUz5kASJDp5Vtp_Q