Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning I invite you Behind the Scenes at my studio.
Today: Sharing some treasures that came in the mail and getting down to the core practice of simply loving what you love.
Today: Sharing some treasures that came in the mail and getting down to the core practice of simply loving what you love.
As a heart-centred creative entrepreneur, you want to build your business with authenticity, creativity and spirit. You also want clarity and success! How do you tap into your vision? How do you know what to do next? How do you know what you and your business most need?
That’s where Pearl-Diving comes in. Pearl-Diving is an Intuitive Journaling practice designed to get you in touch with the heart and soul of your work.
Pearl-Diving is designed for heart-centered entrepreneurial spirits who are aching to make authentic and powerful progress in their business or their work. The creative practice of Pearl-Diving can be applied to any work that you want to share with the world, whether that’s a business, a specific project (a book, a class, a blog) or a vocation. You can be at the beginning stages of establishing your venture or you can be ready to take it to the next level with deeper understanding and intuitive guidance.
No art experience required. This is a creative process that anyone can do. You don’t have to have any special artistic skills in your toolkit.
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2014 (Plus Access to the Recording)
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST
Location: Online – You can participate from wherever you are!
Registration: $72 ($60 for Studio Members – join for free!)
Questions? Email me
A Note About Supplies: You will get a complete supply list when you register but here are the basics so you know what’s involved: a journal, magazines, glue stick, scissors, pens that can write and not smudge on glossy paper (e.g. sharpies, gel pens), additional writing paper.
Welcome to May where the spring flowers are starting to bloom and it’s already very warm out in Suzie-land. On episode 62 of stART: Creating as We Go we chat about hitting out stride in projects, and also the difference between doing-mode and decision-mode. We would love to hear from you on what you are working on and how you find good fits too!
Today: From photo shoots to journal club, book writing to monkey skirts, life is full of abundance in the studio this week! It’s great to be back to share it all with you.
Laura-Jean Bernhardson founded Fresh Collective in 2003. Her background is in neither fashion nor business – she simply followed her heart and did what she loved.
Looking back however, it all makes sense. She was entrepreneurial even as a child, coming up with schemes to make money including a comic book library run out of her neighbour’s shed. (It went out of business in a few weeks when to avoid fines, kids didn’t return the comics.)
A more successful business venture involved making jewellery in high school. She sold to friends and through a local hair salon. Her first sales rep was her best friend Kim who got free jewellery in exchange for taking orders from the servers at her restaurant job.
A self-taught seamstress, Laura-Jean made clothes and sold them to her friends in high school. However growing up in Saskatoon, a career in fashion design didn’t seem a practical choice. She ended up going to Concordia University for a Bachelor of Fine Arts program with a major in Photography, graduating in 1992.
Arriving in Toronto shortly after graduation, she started working on a career path returning to what she loved and what came naturally – making things and selling them.
In 1994, her fashion design business specializing in sweaters, Fresh Baked Goods, was born and registered as a business. Laura-Jean was dubbed Toronto’s Knitting Queen, from there she decided she was a fashion entrepreneur and started down the road of learning about business by trial and error!
With the Fresh Baked Goods line now retired, Laura-Jean has her focus set on creating Fresh Collective as a scalable business model that can grow globally. By creating a solid and innovative retail framework for connecting local designers with customers, Laura-Jean and her team see themselves revolutionizing the fashion industry; creating an easier entry point for independent designers and the support they need to succeed and grow, while providing customers with awesome products and a connected and fun shopping experience.
Laura-Jean also runs another business that is out to change the world – Rowanwood Daycare. She joined its founder, Annie Chan as a business partner in 2009 after her son was one of the first kids at the daycare. Laura-Jean fell in love with Annie’s vision of childcare; one with an emphasis on curiosity, creativity, fostering a love of learning and imagination. Together, they are also working on a scalable business to bring The Rowanwood Way to as many families as share their ideals.
Laura-Jean is a dreamer and a doer. She is a passionate and emotional entrepreneur, approaching her businesses and life as an art, a cause and a movement bigger than herself.
Special Offer for Listeners of Creative Living with Jamie: Download $10 in Fresh Bucks to use at Fresh Collective – in-person or online! (valid until June 30, 2016)
Today: This every other day schedule leaves so much to cover each show! Today there is plenty of inspiration for your studio. (Remember, your life is your studio!) We’ll go from journals to art series to pearl diving to what you’re embracing when you decide to live a creative life!