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Ready to join my FREE workshop?

Welcome to this week's blog. I am super excited to talk to you about my upcoming From Doodles To Dollars® free workshop. I only offer this workshop a couple of times a year. I would love to personally invite you to join it. It starts on July 11.

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Meet Creative Entrepreneur Susan Palmer

Ready to step up your creative practice and do more with your art? Let’s jump into this super fabulous spotlight with Susan Palmer, an alumna of my Pattern Design Academy® program who is now a very successful creative entrepreneur.

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Meet Artist Lisette Niemand

Hello, my friend! If you’ve been eager to get started in Surface Design, you’ll love this week’s blog. I’m spotlighting another one of my Pattern Design Academy® students, Lisette Niemand. Her journey is a wonderful example of how great things can happen when you step out of your comfort zone.

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Meet Artist Shalini Ayre!

Welcome to this week's broadcast. I’m excited to share more artist interviews with you. This week’s feature is about Shalini Ayre, an artist and surface designer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Congratulations Matt!

Well, hello there and welcome to this week's broadcast. I am coming to you from Providence, Rhode Island. Let me see if I can flip my camera up so that you can see the Capitol building behind me.

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Website Tour!

Welcome back. I’m excited to share a tour of my website this week because I’ve recently updated it. If you’re ready to explore Surface Design, it’s the perfect place for you. You’ll find new valuable content, encouraging testimonials from my students, links to both my free and paid offers, and amazing resources you can use on your Surface Design journey.

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Meet Diana Malone!

Hello there, my friend! This week I have another student spotlight for you! These are great, right? In today’s video, I sat down with another one of my Academy® students, Diana Malone, who has always loved to create art with all sorts of materials since she was little.

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Your Path Ahead

Did you participate in my brand new From Doodles to Dollars® workshop? I’m sharing the final lesson in the series here just in case you missed it. Read more or pop over to YouTube to watch it and Discover YOUR Path to Success in Surface Design.

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What is Surface Design?

Hi there, my friend! Are you ready for Lesson #1 of my brand-new Doodles® workshop? This workshop is totally different from what I’ve offered in the past. It’s specifically for you if you’re ready to Discover YOUR Path to Success in Surface Design.

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New Doodles Workshop Starts Next Week!

Hello, my friend! I am super excited to invite you to my brand new Doodles® workshop. I only offer Doodles® twice a year. This workshop is brand new, and I can’t wait for you to join me. The Doodles® workshop starts on May 9th, and you can enroll HERE.

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Meet Shirley Kaci

Welcome back, my friend! Let’s continue our interview series with highlights from my chat with Shirley Kaci, a creative entrepreneur who is now working on her own clothing line!

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Meet Kathleen Rogers

I’m excited to continue our interview series this week with yet another fabulous student from #annesuniverse! Kathleen Rogers and I first met in 2019 when she took my From Doodles to Dollars® mini-course and then enrolled in my signature program, The Pattern Design Academy®.

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Meet Becky Volk

I hope you’re ready for another fabulous interview! In today’s blog, I’m sharing highlights from my interview with Becky Volk. She’s a creative entrepreneur who is finally making good on her fabric design dreams from childhood!

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New Series! Meet Amy Carson Brown

Hello, my friend! We’re starting a new series this month. I am super excited to share short interviews with some of my students. I think you're going to be very inspired when you hear what they were doing before joining #annesuniverse and what they are doing now.

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Have You Considered Commissioned Work?

Welcome back, my friend! Are you ready to jump into another area of opportunity for you to explore as a means of getting your artwork out into the world? We’ve covered a bunch of options already but there are always more!

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Let's Talk Subscriptions!

Ready to explore developing your own subscription box or subscription series? Let’s jump into yet another way to get your artwork out into the world and spread more joy.

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Open Your Own Retail Store

Have you always dreamed of opening your own retail store? We’ve talked before about reaching out to local art supply stores to display and sell your art, but today let’s talk about what it might look like for you to open your own store!

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Recurring Revenue - Let's talk about it

Let's talk about creative memberships that give you recurring revenue every month. You may not realize it but you currently have all kinds of "memberships" that you pay for on a monthly basis. Think about your newspaper, your gas and electric, your TV provider, your cell phone... and so many more. How about a creative membership?

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