Framed with Love

Alysia is an embroidery artist based in Canada. Every piece of embroidery she makes is hand drawn and unique and in this episode she talks about how @alysia.stitches came to be. Here’s a hint, a lot of it came down to practicality due to a pretty major life transition and she tells us in more detail in the episode. Spanning her childhood of being raised by a stay at home mum, to art school in Montreal, working with a circus and deciding to go back to school for a specialized experience in something she knows she finds fulfilment in this is a delightful listen about pursuing what makes you happy rather than just sustaining life.You can find more about Alysia athttps://www.instagram.com/alysia.stitches/Support the podcast by donating athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up with all of our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

Aliana is s a Toronto-based yoga & meditation instructor, sustainable consultant and mindful programming developer. Her passion lies in helping everyday people find their way to a happier, healthier more conscious and connected lifestyle using movement, meditation and self-discovery practices. On this episode we speak about how she comes to her practice, familial events that led to finding her own form of spirituality in her own terms and how this translated intro a career in mindfulness and the relationships around her currently that help her and are made stronger through a dedicated practice.You can find more about Aliana at@yoginialianaSupport the podcast by donating athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up with all of our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

Allison Asis is the founder and designer of Cadette Jewelry, a small business creating handmade jewelry with meaningful design. Each piece is unique and works as a means of self expression. In this episode Ally talks about how she comes of with the ideas for each design, how she started up her business and the steps that led there, pillar relationships that allowed her to make the leap to leave her 9-5 job and how she finds community as a Solopreneur.You can find more about Cadette atCadette JewelrySupport the podcast by donating athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up with all of our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

Sophie Skinner is a Barbados based painter, mother and wife who has recently started back her practice of painting. She shares about her journey, the impact and support of being surrounded by a creative family but how that did not mean that her path was clear cut and simple because life is confusing and we often don’t know how to express how we are feeling aptly in those tough moments. Mental health takes work and this episode touches on how we need to think about the place we are creating from and when we need to take a step back and try another approach. Ultimately that creative voice cannot be stifled, as nervous as we may be to share and fearful we aren’t good enough if you long to create that feeling can not be tamed.You can find Sophie at@artbysophieskinnerSupport the podcast by donating athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up with all of our guests@fwlpodcast

Lauren Gill founded Studio Five, and advertising/marketing agency in Barbados at only 21. Freshly back from her years studying abroad and working at an established agency in London she came back for love, one that was kept alive over years of long distance and had reached the point of deciding what was next. The cogs were all moving so quickly, starting a business from scratch and finally living in the same place as her partner they navigated most of the unknown together. Lauren talks about how her partner helped her become who she is, how the relationships modelled around her impacted her and the challenges she’s faced as a young entrepreneur and the expectations she puts on herself. Despite not being someone to experience imposter syndrome she explains that certain doubts can slowly build up and that even succesful entrepreneurs sometimes ask for help.You can find Lauren athttps://www.studio5ltd.com/https://www.instagram.com/studio_5ive/Support the podcast by donating athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up with all of our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

Moon Sign Supplies was founded by Tati Petkovic as a means to unite people with their astrological background in a useful way. Tati is a graduate from OCAD university and talks about what it means to do graphic design as a freelancer, how having a product line of her own has been an asset and how co-working spaces have been a secret tool of hers to take networking to the next level. She gives clarity on astrology and how her signs help her to know herself better. You can find Tati athttps://www.instagram.com/moonsignsupplies/https://www.moonsignsupplies.com/Support the podcast by donating athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up with all of our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

Wild Concrete is the brain child of Brazilian born and raised Bruna Kowall. Now settled in Toronto you can catch Bruna selling her beautiful minimalist plates, trays, coasters and pots at various beloved markets. In this episode we explore the importance of her faith in her practice, how she transferred her experience of growing up seeing her dad’s construction company back home to studying industrial design and prototyping these concrete creations that help ground her and bring her back to herself. Integral to it all are the mentors, her husband and friends that told her to just do it. We aren’t thinking about a figurative one day anymore, we’re putting whats unique to us out into the world to be appreciated.You can find Bruna athttps://www.instagram.com/wildconcrete/https://wildconcrete.ca/To keep up with our guestshttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

The journey to becoming an artist, to using your creative drive to establish oneself and make a living is no easy task and Rosalie shares her own struggles and victories finally landing into floral arrangement for intimate weddings and working with teams of women that spark joy. She explains her own feelings of shortcoming at not hitting the milestones she’d expected for herself early on but how her perseverance to find her own niche essentially paid off. The art game can be a lot os schmoozing and endlessly networking but when you find the right supportive time, it can all start to feel like it flows seamlessly and jobs fill you with a sense of excitement.You can find more of Rosalie’s work athttp://www.rosalievillanueva.com/If you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support please donate athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up to date on guest and morehttps://www.rhimarquez.com/framedwithlovehttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/fwlpodcast

Emile Sabga practices naturopathic medicine and is the lead dinger of the band Sundown Superhero. In this episode he talks about what having a beautiful life as a young boy meant to him and how that has shifted. We delve into what it means to be successful and how spending time alone can be a necessary challenge to get there.If you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support please donate athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up to date on guest and morehttps://www.rhimarquez.com/framedwithlovehttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/fwlpodcast

We are all products of our environment but we can use our experiences to fuel our passions. As freelancers we must be accountable for our own work and set standards for our selves repeatedly. Bianca tells her story of her studies, working in the corporate world and the yearn to work more closely with her clients.To get in touch with this weeks guest you can visit her on instagram @nexteditioncopyFor more images and content from the podcast subscribe on your podcast platform and follow us on insta @fwlpodcastIf you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support please donate athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up to date on guest and morehttps://www.rhimarquez.com/framedwithlovehttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/fwlpodcast

Links to Antonia:https://www.maisonfifi.com/pages/about-ushttps://www.instagram.com/tonififi/https://tonififi.com/To support the podcast please consider donatinghttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveAnd follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up to date and let us know what you think of each episode@fwlpodcast

Romy Zack is a Toronto based makeup artist who specializes in “no makeup” makeup looks. Through listening to her clients and assisting other experienced professionals to gain from their wealth of knowledge she has begun to pave her own way in the city. Failure is inevitable as there will always be someone better in some way and you can’t always be available for every client, it’s how you manage to make it work.You can find more of Romy’s work athttp://www.romyzack.com/If you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support please donate athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up to date on guest and morehttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/

Dennis Oba is front end web developer and graduate of OCADU Illustration programme. He explains that something that has always bothered him is the lack of options presented to people trying to figure out how to be creative, with counsellors only providing the typical answers. Yet there are so many more options, akin to dating in many ways. We compare the popular apps, and the not so well known ones and think of the anxiety as well as excitement that they bring. Then what about having a family, what does it mean to be an artist and want to cultivate a family? Today it’s all possible and it’s interesting to hear how we can start to tackle it all.To check out more of Dennis workhttps://dennisoba.io/@oakwoodstclairIf you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support please donate athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up to date on guest and morehttps://www.rhimarquez.com/framedwithlovehttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/fwlpodcast

From as early as Carmen can remember she processes things through art, her parents divorce and later living away from her family. Born in Vancouver she is now finding her voice an an illustrator in Toronto. Working freelance for client’s like the Grape Witches and featuring at markets including Stackt that launched just in time for the warmer weather. Carmen shares with us that there is still that sense of needing to validate herself to family and the comfort that can come from having a partner, even if he’s completely opposite to you creatively but is keen to understand. At the end of the day she works hard, and strives to make quality work that leaves client’s happy while challenging her. A goal that many creatives relate to but not all jobs meet.To check out Carmen’s work:clewillustration.ca@carmenjanelewAnd to keep up to date on the podcast@fwlpodcast

Our first guest is Ria Elciario, founder of the online platform She’s Got Wonder where creatives have a chance to display their work in a landscape that is often hard to enter. Ria was inspired by her own experience and struggles getting her work seen, to give voice to those talented individuals that found the barriers to display their work intimidating and impossible. The name was inspired by the David Bowie song She’s Got Medals and the rest is history.Ria dabbled in the culinary arts at George Brown, had an online magazine, from early she had a love for performance and music and her story meanders in this way of using her family and friends to inspire creating and pushing past mental blocks that she gets very vulnerable about.You can find Ria at@riaelciario@sundaycherie@shesgotwonderwww.shesgotwonder.comIf you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support please donate athttps://www.patreon.com/framedwithloveTo keep up to date on guest and morehttps://www.rhimarquez.com/framedwithlovehttps://www.instagram.com/fwlpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/fwlpodcast

Love, shame, self-respect and vulnerability can be such heated words. They are experiences we need to sit with and reflect on to truly see how they are impacting us in everyday life. There is beauty in not knowing how things will go and making mistakes along the way, but learn from it all and allow yourself to use this as fuel to create.Photography on instagram @rhimarq@framedwithlovepodcast

Career changes to changing alongside one's partner and working with entrepreneurs who give back to their community our guest this week is Felicia Baird. She host the podcast It's Not About You while working as a producer in Toronto.Hearing about her relationships being at a slightly different tempo than many around her, how she deals with feedback that is tough to swallow but perseveres and also the value in having the courage to know when to leave something.Links to referenced sourcesIt's Not All About You Podcasthttps://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/its-not-about-you/id1320194180?mt=2Pardon My French Podcasthttp://www.atelierdore.com/fr/feed/podcast/

Let's talk anxiety, self love and maintaining integrity in a the rough patch of early adulthood when the ticker on our goals feels like it's constantly ringing in our ears. Interior designer Zoe Osborne get's real about coping with anxiety and self love trick and staying connected with family.We touch on city design and island design and the importance of creating an environment that feels like home. This episode artfully shows how design, life and love all intersect.

Teyama and Andrew are a working team, it's strictly professional yet you can feel how their energy feeds off each other. They are currently working on a documentary film and they tell us a bit about how they get the people the film is focused on to feel comfortable and allow for an organic representation of life. At the end of the day they want to tell stories that relay universal experiences, this includes the struggle as well as the high points and they're honest about having an agenda.With such passion for their careers it can be hard to make time for relationships and this is where prioritizing time is important. This episode shows that it isn't all rainbows and roses but that doesn't mean it won't be worth it.

Kotama Bouabane is a photographer who looks at photography with a critical eye questioning it's purpose. He's interested in the dialogue between the way we think about visual culture and what is that flat out goal we are trying to achieve with what we are doing. Ideas of place, representation and identity form the basis of many of his pieces where he disrupts traditional views and calls attention to the constant changing nature of identity.He also presents an interesting view on wedding photography, including one crazy third date at a wedding exposition and gets vulnerable with us about the challenges of not always being understood by his family. All this life, all this experience and grappling with what triggers his own breakdowns has resulted in art that resonates.

Perhaps it was the pressure free scenario in which they met, although Mitch made a conscious decision to pursue Erin it was because he took a genuine interest in her work and from there it all evolved. The initial distance between cities allowing them to be intentional with their communication and fast forward three years and now they work together! Mitch's very first wedding, like ever, was as Erin's assistant. Their romance is almost magical in an I wish it would just rub off on me kind of way and somehow it translates so well to them working as a team.They take us through their meet cute (cliché was necessary), first I love you and eventual transition to being creatives that produce quality work together. You can find Erin and Mitch at:@erinleydon@mitchsyerhttp://leydonphotography.com/ To reachout to the podcast:@framedwithlovepodcastframedwithlovepodcast@gmail.com

Marc Marquez is a Houston based, Trini born, financial advisor. How is that an artist you may ask, well it isn't in the traditional sense but we're attempting to debunk that. Creating a name for yourself out of nothing in the business world, being honest to himself and his heart. That's art.We talk about family, how one dream can shift into a whole new career path, using our character traits to our advantage, the hardships unexpected medical issues can bring on and how even after two failed marriages he never gave up on true love. It's a love that few people experience, accidentally slipping to 'we' when referring to his own decisions and calling his wife his best friend. It's a love I think we all aspire to, the closest thing to soul mates if that one person we are destined for idea is true and a reminder that our past is just that. Our past that shouldn't taint the new, the exciting and the chance for a wild incomparable love.To get in touchEmail framedwithlovepodcast@gmail.comInstagram @framedwithlovepodcast

Sandi White is a skilled hairstylist in Toronto, she values time with her clients and creating connections that help her better suit their needs. She talks about how she handles being a safe person for people to confide in, hurdles she had to overcome in salons where she fought against the conveyor built like system and her brave step into recently launching her own studio. When asked about love Sandi values honesty despite how challenging it can be to let her walls down. As a young mother she has fought against someone wanting to save her. You can find Sandi atwww.sandiwhite.ca@styledxsandiTo contact the podcastframedwithlovepodcast@gmail.com@framedwithlovepodcast

Zoe Hansen is a singer/songwriter who's sound is best describes and a folk/soul hybrid. She is the musician behind the podcast theme song Paper House and shares her own personal take on love and creating. Pinpointing what love is exactly is no easy task but can best be describes as leaving space for another person, in all their forms. As Zoe draws on her own experience, love in our youth is messy. We have a bunch of loose ends that if we don't deal with will only get tangled up with someone else's so taking care of yourself must come first. Not knowing who you are will only lead to downfall when it comes to a relationship. Another person cannot fill the holes we all have in ourself, eventually resentment will brew on either end as you demand too much of another person for a one man job.You can find Zoe at@zoeclimbstrees And to throw us a line@framedwithlovepodcastframedwithlovepodcast@gmail.com

Realizing one's talent at an early age is something that we are not all so lucky to experience but if you are, it is a masterpiece to watch that person grow and hack away at it each day. Talent alone only gets you so far and Bethany talks about her decision to study art in Toronto, how she finds art subjective and her hesitations to teach since she doesn't want to judge someone else's work. On finishing her degree she swiftly returned back to Barbados, to a place that will always be home and somewhere she can translate the contemporary techniques she learned.Relationships help push her to create but Bethany is skilled at keeping her private life and her art two distinct entities. Creating polarizing work without exposing too much of her own inner life, she can accept that some people love it and some would rather leave it. She aims to challenge viewers, we talk about how this provides it's own complications as ultimately one wants their art to be appreciated.To find more of Bethany's work:@bethany.pile.art bethanypile.com To contact the podcast:@framedwithlovepodcastframedwithlove@gmail.com 

Garrett Olson is a singer/song writer based in Edmonton, Alberta. We talk about the process of writing music and how sadness is often an overlooked emotion but without it we wouldn't have much to write about. How time is valuable, although often an excuse it's also just the sad truth sometimes and we must invest wisely in our art and our friendships. You can find Garrett at https://www.garrettolsonmusic.com/ and @garrettolsonmusic To follow or contact the podcast@framedwithlovepodcastframedwithlovepodcast@gmail.com

David Norsworthy is passionate about contemporary dancing and sees it as a way to move in a way that deconstructs ideas of beauty while drawing parallels between commitment to your creative process and the real dedication a relationship requires.You can find out more about David at:http://www.davidnorsworthy.com/Instagram @david.norsworthy

Speaking honestly about self doubt, creative blocks and how one deals with it to repeatedly overcome them as photographer, mother and wife. She shares how reflecting and being intentional on your actions can help you get past barriers in putting work out to the world. You can find Sofie on Instagram @sofiewarrenHer article is here https://sofiewarren.com/journal/2017/8/25/the-whyFollow Framed With Love on Instagram @framedwithlovepodcast

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For the first episode I interview lifestyle and wedding photographer from Barbados, Aniya Lenegro. We allowed the conversation to just flow while staying along the lines of what inspires her, tips for other creatives and getting a bit vulnerable about family, finding love and fresh starts.