Today on the podcast we are thrilled to bring you Cara Newhart a color & prints obsessed DIY queen who’s here to help you create a beautifully lived-in life through home design advice and chic DIY tutorials. Her goal is to help women dive deeper than pin-worthy rooms and beat the ”boys club” culture of home improvement to empower women ton design homes they love on their terms.
SUMMARY //
Cara Newhart starts off talking to Amanda + Kristin about her early years of creativity, how her mother and father exposed her to DIY and crafting since she was a kid , and how her fashion blog morphed into the DIY home decor blog Cara facilitates today!
Cara talks about the moment she realized it wasn’t about what she wanted to share in the internet, but how she could best serve her audience…it wasn’t a content shift as much as a mindset shift with her thinking to herself, “Oh, how can I help them?”
Cara answers HOW SHE DOES ALL THE THINGS and how she balances and chooses the social media she uses for her business. Cara talks about the schedule she makes for herself to respond to her followers, and when the time is for her to do work and create content. ALSO: Pinterest! (Loved her perspective!)
Cara talks to A + K about what advice she would give to newcomers, how to find your “voice” and offer something unique, being open to experimentation and giving your audience credit that they know that’s part of it, and how this quarantined time at home has effected her day-today!
AFTER-CHATTER SHOW //
Head to our Patreon page to sign up for just $5 a month to listen to our BONUS PODCAST and hang out backstage with Amanda, Kristin, and Cara to find out if she has a favorite photo! See ya there!
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WHERE TO FIND CARA //
WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | SHOP | PODCAST | YOUTUBE
SHOW NOTES //
• Never Skip Brunch by Cara Newhart
• BIG LOTS
• Cara’s power tool peg board (!!!)
• Elise’s BIG DREAMS, DAILY JOYS
• paparazzi of Kyle Jenner
• Austin Kleon on OBSCURITY
• Westworld
CURRENTLY ROUND //
(inspired by Kristin’s CURRENTLY CARD that you can NOW get in a SCRAPBOOK JOURNAL <—-Wooo!)
WATCHING: Westworld
READING: Wild Interiors
LISTENING TO: Ke$ha
MAKING: makeover a table for #FinishFridays
FEELING: energized
PLANNING: Haven Conference
LOVING: her new coffee bar & being organized
NEW BITE SIZE BOOK CLUB //
Our BITE SIZE BOOK CLUB is now open to everybody & our next book will be Lisa Congdon’s book FIND YOUR ARTISTIC VOICE. You can catch all our back episodes on Elise Blaha Cripe’s book BIG DREAMS, DAILY JOYS and Austin Kleon’s KEEP GOING HERE.