elise chats with artist, Crystal Moody about her year long project to draw something everyday. Crystal shares what she learned, how she changed and her advice for making a creative venture like this successful.

elise chats with Ali Edwards about the concept of "one little word" and how focusing on just one simple thing each year can make a big impact.

elise sends a HUGE thank you and shares a smidge of what she's learned these past eight months of podcasting as well as plans for the future.

elise chats with Steven Kasprzyk about branding and gaining momentum for a new project, business or product.

elise chats with creative quilter Astrid about working through the middle of a project and finding ways to enjoy the process.

elise chats with artist Emily Jeffords about making time to make and the power of attempting something creative every day.

elise chats with author Kari Chapin about beginning with the end in mind and getting over the hurdles that hold us back from creative dreams.

elise chats with author, Kim Werker, about how it's okay for the creative process to get messy and be ugly.

elise chats with husband and wife team, Geoff and Lisa Bardot of The Goodness, a photography studio about finding a working relationship and life and how to best share responsibilities.

elise chats with Ali Ebright, of Gimme Some Oven, about blogging as a career, food photography and finding your audience.

elise chat with author, Scott Berkun, about creativity and business myths.

elise chats with business consultant, Tara Gentile, about how to properly price your products to build a sustainable business.

elise chats with Jessica O'Brien about the work/life balance and finding happiness for YOU.

elise chats with author & world-traveler, Chris Guillebeau, about the importance of setting big, long-term goals.

elise chats with Kathleen Shannon of Braid Creative about running a small business and using a weekly email newsletter for promotion.

elise chats with Natalie Freeman about her journey to owning a family farm and what she's learning along the way.

elise chats about the art of focusing in on one thing and shares a technique for sorting through your many ideas.

elise chats with Isabella of Dear Kate about the company's recent hugely successful kickstarter campaign: why they decided to fundraise, how they grew their goals and how they kept up momentum.

elise chats with Marta Dansie of martawrites.com about why we blog ... and why sometimes we don't.

elise chats with creative mama Ashlee Gadd about finding a decent work at home routine with a small kiddo in the mix.

elise chats with designer & blogger Cathy Zielske about keeping it real and being yourself online.

elise chats with Ann-Marie Espinoza in the third of hopefully many honest small business discussions. this week, we're talking money...tracking ins and outs, setting financial goals, learning tax breaks and more.

elise chats with Tiffany Han about how you have to say NO in order to say YES.

elise chats with photographer Cortnee Loren Brown about finding your passions and making a living out of what you love.

elise chats with artist Kal Barteski about her passion for making art, selling originals and developing collections.

BONUS EPISODE : elise chats a bit more about the concept of blogging as a business vs. being a business owner who blogs.

elise chats with Kayla Aimee about her recent two book deal and where she finds inspiration for writing.

elise chats with Ann-Marie Espinoza in the second of hopefully many honest small business discussions. this week, we're discussing social media...what works for us, who we are inspired by and a few random pet-peeves.

elise chats with Hayley Morgan of Wildly Co. about getting an idea for a business and running with it.

elise chats with Jen Lara, a creative coach, about how creativity can be measured, increased and excercised.

elise chats with Melanie of Grey Moggie Press about what goes into exhibiting at the National Stationery Show.

elise chats with Katie, co-founder of Artifact Uprising, about how the photo book company began and mixing art with brand.

elise chats with Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman of A Beautiful Mess about how their brand and blog has grown and now employs a small team.

elise chats with Ann-Marie Espinoza in the first of hopefully many honest small business discussions. this week, we're discussing working with brands as a blogger.

elise chats with Amy Shubert of Lemon & Raspberry about creating an affiliate program for your own products as a way to encourage sales.

elise chats with Katharine Watson, a handmade stationery designer about selling to retailers and how she got her products carried in stores nationwide.

elise chats with Ali of aliedwards.com about the importance of looking outside of the computer for inspiration and scheduling creative time.

elise chats with sarah von bargen of yesandyes.org about blog post content, features, reoccurring posts and the importance of consistency.

in April 2011, I shared a video blog post called "elise talks college" where I spoke about my journey from point a : college to point b : self-employed. Three years later, I still get emails about this talk and so I thought it might be good to recycle the old content for this podcast.

simply getting started and sharing what I hope to accomplish with this podcast.