Need help navigating through life after getting laid off from your job or as you approach retirement?
Join Anne La Follette, former corporate Vice President, who reinvented herself in her late 50s after getting laid off from a job she loved. Becoming a successful creative entrepreneur from scratch was no easy feat. Anne brings her “can do” attitude and warm heart to support you in achieving your creative dreams at any age.
Tune in for practical, step by step advice, whether you’re just dipping your toes into the entrepreneurial waters or you’ve got an established creative business that needs some “spark”.
Welcome the The Creative Business Spark podcast where: It’s Never Too Late To Create®.
SHOW NOTES:
There's something incredibly satisfying about seeing a pattern you designed on a product you can actually hold in your hands!
In this episode of Creative Business Spark, I'm sharing why ordering a sample of your artwork can be such an exciting and encouraging experience.
From my morning coffee mugs to the Christmas wrapping paper I love designing, we'll explore how your creative ideas can become beautiful, useful products.
I'll also share a little about my craft fair days, why simple everyday products were some of my most popular items, and how holding your own designs can give you the confidence to keep creating.
👉 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✨ Why seeing your artwork on a real product feels so different from seeing it on a computer screen
✨ How coffee mugs and wrapping paper became some of my most popular products at craft fairs
✨ Why the everyday products you already love are wonderful places to start
✨ What a printed sample can reveal about color, motif scale, and spacing
✨ Why you don't need a complicated product assortment or lots of inventory to begin
✨ How ordering just one sample can encourage you to keep creating
➡️ KEY RESOURCES & LINKS:
Explore my surface pattern designs on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ (https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/)
📌 CONNECT WITH ME:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annelafolletteart (https://www.facebook.com/annelafolletteart)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ (https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AnneLaFollette1 (https://www.youtube.com/@AnneLaFollette1)
26 Oct 2026
E77 One Theme, Many Designs
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What if one repeating pattern could inspire an entire collection of designs that look beautiful together?
In this episode of Creative Business Spark, I'm using Halloween as a playful example to introduce you to the magic of coordinating surface pattern collections.
We'll explore how shared colors, related motifs, and a balance of bold and simple patterns can help different designs feel like they belong together.
I'll also share examples from my own Halloween artwork and a little creative exercise you can try without having to create a whole new collection!
👉 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✨ What a coordinating pattern collection is and why different designs can look beautiful together
✨ How to turn one Halloween-inspired pattern into three related design ideas
✨ Why a shared color palette can bring an entire collection together
✨ Why not every pattern needs to be the star—and how simple coordinates give bolder designs room to shine
✨ How to give your existing artwork new life with different color combinations
✨ A simple creative exercise to help you imagine your first three coordinating patterns
➡️ KEY RESOURCES & LINKS:
Explore my Halloween-inspired repeating patterns and design Reels on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ (https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/)
Watch one of my Halloween pattern design Reels:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1AYXujMNC/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3Q2DgD5Ju/)
📌 CONNECT WITH ME:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annelafolletteart (https://www.facebook.com/annelafolletteart)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ (https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AnneLaFollette1 (https://www.youtube.com/@AnneLaFollette1)
19 Oct 2026
E76 Create From A Moment
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Have you ever stared at a blank page and wondered what to draw? Sometimes all you need is a theme to get your creative imagination going!
In this episode of Creative Business Spark, I'm using Halloween as an example of how one occasion can inspire dozens of surface pattern designs.
From playful pumpkins and black cats to unexpected color combinations, we'll explore how your personal style turns familiar motifs into original artwork.
I'll also share how I've approached my own Halloween patterns and why one little doodle can lead to so many possibilities.
👉 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✨ Why choosing a theme can make it easier to find creative inspiration
✨ How Halloween offers endless possibilities for motifs, from friendly ghosts to spooky silhouettes
✨ Why your personal artistic style makes familiar subjects uniquely yours
✨ How experimenting with unexpected color palettes can completely change a design's mood
✨ How one simple motif can become the starting point for a repeating pattern—and eventually inspire a coordinating collection
➡️ KEY RESOURCES & LINKS:
Watch my Halloween pattern designs on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ (https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/)
Halloween design Reel:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1AYXujMNC/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1AYXujMNC/)
📌 CONNECT WITH ME:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annelafolletteart (https://www.facebook.com/annelafolletteart)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/ (https://www.instagram.com/annelafolletteart/)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AnneLaFollette1 (https://www.youtube.com/@AnneLaFollette1)
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