Have you been living out the expectations of others rather than being yourself?

In this episode, we take a look at David as an example of someone who needed to shed the expectations put upon him by others. In his case, David literally needed to shed the armor that Saul had given him for battle.

It’s time to begin living out the unique plans God has for each of us as we fulfill our calling!

This episode’s Godly affirmation:

“I’m living out the plans of God for my life, not the expectations of others.”

“Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him.” – Psalm 62:5 (NLT)

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Free Lettering Resources: yourcreativeadventure.com/free
• Free Art of Prayer eBook: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/artofprayer/
• Instrumental music used in the podcast is titled “My Loving Kindness” by Tammy Sorenson. Find out more about her music at http://tammysorenson.com

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined.

In this episode we are going to discuss 6 reasons why you as an artist should consider self-publishing a book. We will also cover 6 types of books you can create as an artist.

We have been publishing books since 2008 and now have over 50 books. We believe in the power of books and invite you to join our free 7-day writing challenge here: www.writingweek.com.

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Free 7-day writing challenge: writingweek.com
• Kingdom Writers podcast with CJ and Shelley Hitz: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kingdom-writers-podcast-for-christian-writers-all-genres/id1027239753
• Free Webinar: Get Paid for Your Passion (10 Ways You Can Increase Your Income as an Artist). Sign up for free here: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/artistincome/
• Instrumental music used in the podcast is titled “My Loving Kindness” by Tammy Sorenson. Find out more about her music at http://tammysorenson.com

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined.

Do you think you’re too busy to pursue selling your art? Amy Kirk is a mom of 7 children and a kindergarten teacher and shares in today’s episode how she found time to grow her Etsy shop. 

Her most recent launch was her most successful yet! Listen to today’s interview and be encouraged.

About Amy:

Amy Kirk or “Ahni” as she’s called by her nieces and nephews, has been married to her husband, Stephen, for 24 years. They have 7 children ages 22-8. She is a kindergarten teacher by day and a family life coordinator until bedtime!

She shares her art and heart on Instagram using what God is teaching her through his Word and her daily life as a wife and mother as her springboard.

You can find her on IG and on Etsy ?@ahniart

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Amy’s website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ahniart
• Etsy Entrepreneur course: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/etsy-entrepreneur/
• Free Webinar: Get Paid for Your Passion: 10 Ways You Can Increase Your Income as an Artist http://yourcreativeadventure.com/paidforpassion 

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/ 

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined. 

Sometimes we may find ourselves taking on a scarcity mindset when it comes to our creativity. “Can I really sustain this for very long?” “Eventually, I’ll run out of ideas.” “My art business will eventually dry up for lack of creative ideas.”

The truth is that God is limitless in the creative idea department. Limitations with physical resources provide great opportunities for Kingdom resources to be poured out as we’ll see in Matthew 14:13-21 where Jesus feeds the five-thousand.

This episode’s Godly affirmation:

“My Heavenly Father has unlimited creativity and resources in his storehouse.”

“They all ate as much as they wanted, and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftovers.” – Matthew 14:20 (NLT)

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Free Lettering Resources: yourcreativeadventure.com/free
• Free Art of Prayer eBook: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/artofprayer/

• Instrumental music used in the podcast is titled “My Loving Kindness” by Tammy Sorenson. Find out more about her music at http://tammysorenson.com

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets. 

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined.

Starla Brown first started lettering and watercolor painting for personal reasons and to strengthen her relationship with God. 

Now she is taking a step of faith to sell her art and share creativity with more people. Her goal is to glorify God with her art. Listen to today’s interview and be encouraged.

About Starla:

Starla Brown is a lettering and watercolor artist who still has a 40-hour a week career that is seriously cutting into her time to create! She is also a wife, mom to two great adult children and "NeeNee" to 4 adorable grandkiddos (with one on the way!) She loves spending time in the outdoors hiking, biking and kayaking, serving in my church, and, of course, making pretty things! You can find her art on Instagram @ihopeinhim and in her Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/HopeInBloomStudio

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Starla’s website: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HopeInBloomStudio
• Etsy Entrepreneur course: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/etsy-entrepreneur/
• Free Webinar: Get Paid for Your Passion: 10 Ways You Can Increase Your Income as an Artist http://yourcreativeadventure.com/paidforpassion 

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/ 

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined. 

We’re continuing the subject of finances today. However, this is a topic all business owners should be interested in…your profits!

We talk about the importance of knowing what your profit margins are on Etsy as well as the accounting system Profit First that has completely transformed for the better our business finances.

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Profit first by Mike Michalowicz: https://www.amazon.com/Profit-First-Transform-Cash-Eating-Money-Making-ebook/dp/B01HCGYTH4/
• Capital One 360 has no fees for multiple accounts.
  Checking: https://www.capitalone.com/bank/checking-accounts/online-checking-account/ 
  Savings: https://www.capitalone.com/bank/savings-accounts/online-savings-account/
• Etsy Profit Spreadsheet inside Etsy Shop Makeover: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/etsy-shop-makeover/
• Free Challenge: Learn the best time-management hacks for busy creatives and download worksheets to help you for free here: yourcreativeadventure.com/time
• Free Webinar: Get Paid for Your Passion (10 Ways You Can Increase Your Income as an Artist). Sign up for free here: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/artistincome/
• Instrumental music used in the podcast is titled “My Loving Kindness” by Tammy Sorenson. Find out more about her music at http://tammysorenson.com

Want to Go Deeper? 

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/ 

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU! 

Click here to join our community. It’s free! 

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined.

Although there are a lot of opportunities for us as artists online, one of the best places to start to grow your business is in your local community.

And that’s exactly what Michelle Blanton has done by forming strategic partnerships and building relationships in her local area. She now has multiple streams of income from her art. Listen to today’s interview and be encouraged.

About Michelle:

Michelle Blanton is a brush lettering and pointed pen artist based out of Calera, Alabama. You can find her on Instagram @lettersbybamamom. She has been doing lettering all her life. Her Dad started her off with her first fountain pen when she was 10 and she was hooked!

Instagram - @lettersbybamamom

Etsy - www.etsy.com/lettersbybamamom474 

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Michelle’s website: www.etsy.com/lettersbybamamom474
• Etsy Entrepreneur course: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/etsy-entrepreneur/
• Free Webinar: Get Paid for Your Passion: 10 Ways You Can Increase Your Income as an Artist http://yourcreativeadventure.com/paidforpassion 

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/ 

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined. 

This month our topic on the business podcasts is all about knowing the numbers in your business.

Now don’t click away or zone out on us! This is foundational information we wished we would have known sooner.

In this episode we talk share our own story of failures and mistakes with finances and the basics to help you get started with a much better foundation than we did.

We know this is a tough topic for most creative to tackle. Pray and ask God to help you understand and implement what you need to do for your business. You are not in this alone!

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Book: Accounting for the Numberphobic: https://www.amazon.com/Accounting-Numberphobic-Survival-Business-Owners/dp/0814434320/
• If you are looking for a local accountant, you can also find recommendations on Dave Ramsey’s website: https://www.daveramsey.com/elp/tax-services
• The accountants we use: https://www.thebottomlinecpa.com/.
• The accounting software we use: https://www.xero.com/us/. Most of you can get started with a simple spreadsheet and upgrade to a tool like this as your business grows.
• Free Challenge: Learn the best time-management hacks for busy creatives and download worksheets to help you for free here: yourcreativeadventure.com/time
• Free Webinar: Get Paid for Your Passion (10 Ways You Can Increase Your Income as an Artist). Sign up for free here: http://yourcreativeadventure.com/artistincome/
• Instrumental music used in the podcast is titled “My Loving Kindness” by Tammy Sorenson. Find out more about her music at http://tammysorenson.com

Want to Go Deeper?

We love getting to know our listeners on a deeper level. Join our community of Christian artists in our free private Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yourcreativeadventure/ 

This is where you can share your artwork, get access to bonus training only available in the group, and share your prayer requests. Our team prays for each of your requests because we not only care about helping you make money as an artist, we truly do care about YOU!

Click here to join our community. It’s free!

Also, we love to hear your takeaways from each episode. It encourages us to know how God is working in your lives. Take a screenshot of this episode or post a picture of your notes on social media and tag us @yourcreativeadventure and use the hashtag #yourcreativeadventurepodcast. This way we can share some of your takeaways in our Instagram stories as well.

Thank You, You’re the Best!

Thank you for listening to this episode of Your Creative Adventure where we believe it is possible to make money as an artist doing what you love while glorifying God through your art.

Make sure to you don’t miss any future episodes by subscribing on iTunes.

And we have a gift for you! It means the world to us when you take a few moments to post a rating and review on iTunes. As a thank you, we’ll send you our Plan It Day goal-setting worksheets, a $47 value, for free. Woot! Before you submit your review, take a screenshot and send it via email to support@yourcreativeadventure.com and we’ll send you the worksheets.

We Believe in You

We believe you have been given unique creative gifts and a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven that will make an impact for eternity. Join us next time as we partner with God to help you take your creative adventure further than you ever imagined.