155 | From Blank Pages to Extravagant Hope: Brandi Kincaid Shares Her Passion When It Comes to Creating Hope for Others and Journaling for the Soul

Margo is joined by Brandi Kincaid for a chat on finding inspiration, the power of journaling, and the art of sending extravagant hope by mail. Brandy, a tiny treasure seeker and paper lover, shares her experiences as a designer, creator, and curator of monthly hope packages as they delve into the creative process behind these packages, the importance of personal connections, and the impact they have on both the sender and the recipient. Brandy’s passion for journaling and her thoughtful, empathetic approach to her work shines through as she shares insights, tips, and glimpses into the art of finding meaning in the world.

Margo and Brandi discuss:

  • Showing up unapologetically
  • What it means to bring your tender self to the table
  • Why she keeps a commonplace book and notebook with her everywhere she goes
  • How she customizes her Extravagant Hope designs for what her community needs each month
  • Gentle softness and quiet vs. motivation and a call to action
  • What her journal pages reflect
  • Her different art supply preferences
  • Creating and sharing her work as personal expression, not for validation or commercial purposes
  • Why she still sends physical products instead of going 100% digital
  • Her process of designing, making, packaging for Extravagant Hope package her internal battles when it comes to marketing and promoting
  • Sourcing inspiration

Mentioned in this episode:

Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell

The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor by Flannery O’Connor and Sally Fitzgerald

Quilts of Gee’s Bend

Connect with Brandi:

https://www.instagram.com/brandi_kincaid

Www.theshinybits.com

Www.Brandikincaid.com

Connect with Margo:

www.instagram.com/windowsillchats

www.windowsillchats.com

www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill

People inspiring Brandi:

-Flannery O’Connor’s Letters

-Elizabeth Bishop’s – Letters Words & Air

– Lucille Clifton

– our neighbor a block over who’s entire front yard is full of various types of poppies

– the quilters of Gees Bend, always (going to cheat and consider them a group so it counts as one)

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