Windowsill Chats
Episodes
We love a brand new licensing agency! How Creative Sparrow quickly went from idea to a full nest with Hannah Curtis
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by the founder of creative agency, Creative Sparrow, Hannah Curtis. Having been in the industry for over fifteen years Hannah has work...
How do you turn art into product? Michelle shares the ups & downs and colorful outcomes of her business, Allen Designs
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by Michelle, the creative and business brain of Allen Designs. She has always had the dream of doing something big with her art, and a...
Down a flower-filled path. From having a small creative business to growing a big successful new vision with Christine Hoffman
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by Christine Hoffman, owner and designer at Foxglove, the Twin Cities first exclusively local and chemical-free flower studio. In 2017...
People Buy your Joy; Tales of Licensing & Design with Lilla Rogers
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by the infamous Lilla Rogers. With a degree in fine art from San Francisco and a second degree in illustration, Lilla spent the 1980s ...
Start wherever you are. It's never too late to do something you love with Bex Morley.
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by Bex Morley, a British-Canadian artist living on Vancouver Island with the two teenage sons and daft dog. Bex creates joyful digital...
Looking back & looking forward.. reminiscing about good creative details and what that means with Editor Jane Dagmi
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by Jane Dagmi, editor-in-chief of Designers Today magazine, a B2B magazine for interior design professionals, and also host of the bra...
Creative Courage...Coming back to who you are with Maria Over
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is meeting Maria Over in her windowsill. Maria is an artist, children's books and surface illustrator. Part Dutch, part Greek, she is now based ...
YOUR questions for Lisa Congdon! All about the details of being a working artist, plus some surprises.
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo chats with the one and only Lisa Congdon to answer questions submitted by you and fellow Windowsill Chats listeners! Lisa is an American fine ar...
Be an authentic artist, stand for what is important to YOU. You are your own creative brand with Esté MacLeod
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo chats with Artist & Designer, Esté MacLeod. Esté's paintings are informed by the real and the imaginary. Her background in textile and ceramic...
Lessons through the lens- How being flexible and willing gets you further. Creative life tips from a working photographer with Elise Giordano
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo chats with Elise Giordano. The long and short of it is, Elise is a photographer. But also a content creator, magic maker + natural light lover b...
Putting yourself out there really WORKS! Stories, insights and Creative Biz PR scoop. A double interview with Beth Nydick & Margo.
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Windowsill Chats, it's a dual interview with go-to PR gal, Beth Nydick. Beth has spent over 10 years working as an online entrepren...
The Magic Sauce? JUST DO IT. Say yes to your ideas, say yes to YOU. Leigh Standley of Curly Girl Design
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo is joined by Leigh Standley, the artist, writer and owner of Curly Girl Design, Inc. In its seventeen years, Curly Girl Design and Leigh's line ...
Make, inspire, share, & add glitter. How standing for who you can be can be the most rewarding with Dayle Bennett.
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo chats with the beautiful, colorful, and wildly creative Dayle Bennett. Dayle hails from Baltimore Maryland and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She ...
Keeping your art practice, fun, meaningful & relevant. Reflections on a fab colorful career with Lynn Whipple
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo chats with a dear friend, Contemporary Artist and Author, Lynn Whipple. Lynn is deeply grateful to live her life as an artist. Play and discover...
From the Trenches - Best ideator ever, Ingrid Liss shares what makes designing product really tick. Plus some unbelievable true tales!
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo meets a dear friend and mentor in her windowsill, Ingrid Liss. Ingrid is the VP of Product Development & Design at Ganz Midwest CBK - one of the...
Be willing to say yes. To your ideas, to collaboration, and to your own success with Mati Rose McDonough.
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mati Rose McDonough joins the Windowsill to talk all about her journey from legal assistant, to artist, to teaching art, and mentoring. Mati (pronounc...
The Visionary's Visionary; on staying true to your creative ideals with Gary McNatton.
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margo takes to her virtual Windowsill to chat with THE Gary McNatton. In simplicity, the best way to describe Gary is the nose that knows, as for him,...
Finding a Way to be Creative is Always Worth It, Even When You Question Yourself. Conversations from Colombia with Eulalia Meija.
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meeting Margo on her windowsill today is Eulalia Mejia. Eulalia is an illustrator, graphic designer and mixed media artist living in the rural mountai...
Collect, Notice, Appreciate, Inspire. Getting yourself in front of your people with Kate Endle.
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Margo speaks with Illustrator and Fine Artist, Kate Endle. Kate has been illustrating professionally for over twenty five years, but ...
From Gluten Free to Being Enough. How challenges define our path and lead to sharing with a generous heart with Shauna Ahern.
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
#005: Margo sits down with the one and only, Shauna Ahern. Some may know Shauna as Gluten Free Girl, others may know her as Author of Enough. To Margo...
When the Expectation is Doctor, Lawyer, or Engineer, and you want to be an Artist with Misha Zadeh Graham.
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Margo in her windowsill today is Misha Zadeh Graham. Misha sketches, paints, and collages from her home studio in Seattle's Ballard neighborho...
How to think business as a creative and become a sought after brand with Nataley Shepherd.
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
#003: On this episode, Margo is joined by Nataley Shepherd. Nataley is a handmade brand consultant and owner of Studio Shepherd. She graduated from Ok...
Honest talk about balancing all the things and still having room for creativity with Mandy Ford.
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
#002: Margo and Mandy get real and honest when it comes to creativity and finding a balance. Mandy Ford is a licensed illustrator, lettering artist, t...
What happens when you design a famous logo and try to find a job you really love with Nicole Larue.
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
#001: On this episode, Margo chats with Nicole LaRue, a graphic designer and illustrator whose own adventures have taken her across the world from Cal...
Come Sit with Me in My Sunny Windowsill
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this introduction episode to Windowsill Chats, Margo Tantau introduces herself and tells us the premise and goals behind creating it. A podcast for...