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living a creative life: a brief manifesto

By tara gentile on October 14, 2011

This week we’re taking time out to share some classic Scoutie Girl posts. Today’s post originally appeared on May 24, 2010. Living a creative life is taking joy in thinking outside the box. It’s finding abundance in the most simple things: basic ingredients for a healthy supper, uncut fabric, dirt, a camera, a crayon, a [...]

Posted in creative thinkers, creativity | Tagged creative living, creativity, manifesto, passion | 5 Responses

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tara gentileTara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.


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the great reset & the indie craft movement

By tara gentile on October 12, 2011

This week we’re taking time out to share some classic Scoutie Girl posts. Today’s post originally appeared on May 18, 2010. nuts & bolts by jody hollier what’s your class? I first became aware of Richard Florida and the The Rise of the Creative Class in 2005 while I was working at Borders. He was [...]

Posted in creating action, creative thinkers | Tagged creative class, great reset, passion, profit, richard florida | 1 Response

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tara gentileTara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.


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where craftiness comes from: kell rowe

By dannielle-cresp on September 14, 2011

Kell Rowe is a talented photographer from Perth, Australia. Recently we spoke about where she feels her craftiness comes from. Kell is the brains behind Blackcurrant Photography. She started taking photos from a young age, receiving her first camera at age 8, and continued to take photos throughout high school. Kell then took an exclusive [...]

Posted in Where Craftiness Comes From | Tagged blackcurrant photography, dannielle cresp, kell rowe, passion, photography | 3 Responses

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Dannielle Cresp is a creative direction enabler and web designer, creating a handmade friendly world through mindful living. Learn how you can too at her blog.

Celebrations in Life as in Art

Celebrations in Life as in Art

By Carrie Keplinger on August 2, 2011

This is a guest post from Stephanie Schlatter. Thousands and thousands of people descend upon the streets in celebration, more people than I have ever seen in one place before. One starts out at a local church and then walks, and walks, among the sea of people draped in the traditional white, chanting, clapping, singing [...]

Posted in guest posts | Tagged art, celebration, creativity, inspiration, passion, stephanie schlatter | 3 Responses

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Carrie is Scoutie Girl’s advertising manager & assistant editor. She owns a graphic design & ebook editing biz and also runs a nifty crochet pattern shop for discriminating ladies, likeclochework.

Success doesn’t know where you live

Success doesn’t know where you live

By Carrie Keplinger on June 29, 2011

This is a guest post from Andrea Mansfield. Rumor has it that being a “starving artist” is so over. I like this rumor and believe it to be quite true. In fact, creative thinkers, makers, doers, and shakers are hungrier than ever for their BIG creative endeavor to go viral. But no one tells you [...]

Posted in guest posts | Tagged andrea mansfield, brand and bloom, branding, business, creativity, ecourse, passion | 7 Responses

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Carrie is Scoutie Girl’s advertising manager & assistant editor. She owns a graphic design & ebook editing biz and also runs a nifty crochet pattern shop for discriminating ladies, likeclochework.

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