The Maker U Issue 2! Out Now!

START, MAKE, CONNECT, GROW

ISSUE TWO OCTOBER 2019

Hello Makers and those that Love Makers,

Welcome to our Second Issue of The Maker U!

If you are here because you found Issue One and LOVED it, YAY! I’m so glad you enjoyed the premiere issue, the contributors were totally amazing, right!? They shared their stories, projects, a recipe, and most of all their heart. So grateful to them for making our first issue so special. If you haven’t read it yet, please go back and grab it HERE! There are more amazing women sharing their stories and inspiring us, one by one.

When I was trying to decide what the tag-line would be for The Maker U, I listed out all the words that I wanted this magazine to portray, accomplish, how it would make you feel, etc. I wanted you all to feel confident to START, and even if you weren’t confident, you’d do it anyway. I wanted you to START and think WHY THE HECK NOT? And what if you fail? START again. I wanted The Maker U to be about MAKING too of course! We all don’t have time to MAKE a million projects for fun, I get that...so I wanted to invite a few gals to share quick and easy projects that you might be inspired by to set aside a few minutes to get your creativity on. If there is anything we need in today’s day and age it is the ability to CONNECT. In a world of small screens and little square pictures, to dive into how we can still feel part of a tribe, still have our voices heard, and be able to share bits of ourselves is something worthy of a section in this magazine. The last section, and maybe the most important is how we GROW. It isn’t until we step back and realize our season of life is changing, do we realize it’s normal to not be able to do everything you thought you could do in the last season. Once you have kids, or your kids move out of the house, or you have a new

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challenging job, or you retire from your career, all of these changes have aBIG impact on your life as you know it, and we need to learn how to GROWinto our new season. It’s a lot of letting go and a bunch of letting in. Be

gentle on yourself, and get a good footing under yourself, and Start again.

Go Forth and MAKE! Xoxo Rachel McGough

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

START SOPHIA RUFFALO - FEMMEBOUGHT GAYLENE STEINBACH - LESSONS THROUGH CHOCOLATE MOLLY ANTHONY - SLOW DOWN GRACE NIXON PETERSON - WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A LEMON FARM RACHEL WALKER - A WEEK IN THE LIFE FEATURED ARTIST - MARY CAVERLY

MAKE KRISTIN PETERSON - MATCHBOOK TUTORIAL SONIA LYNE - WORKING ON THE BUSINESS RATHER THAN IN IT O’ SWEET GOODNESS – PAPER FLOWERS TRICIA HALL - SIMPLE WAYS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL VENDOR. FEATURED MAKER - KATRINA RODABAUGH

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CONNECT JEAN RUBMAN - RAGBAGGALS JESSICA SAYLOR - TINY TOWNS SARAH BIERSTADT - SPARKING JOY THROUGH CONNECTIONS KHADESIA LATIMER – WELCOME TO MY HOUSE RACHEL MCGOUGH - THE RULES #HANDMADEANDTRADE FEATURED ARTIST - IDANIA SALCIDO

GROW VIV SLIWKA - A JOURNEY CANDICE CASTILLO - PIVOT WITH PASSION SHANNON YONGE - TODAY IS A DAY THAT I NEVER IMAGINED JONEE SUTTON – GROWTH DEFINED KENTIA NAUD - WEARING MANY HATS REFUSING LABELS TO FIND NEW PATHS FEATURED ARTIST - SHARON STANLEY

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The Maker U

October 2019 Issue Two Rachel McGough …………………Creator and Editor

Letter to the Editor and Submissions: Email themakeru@yahoo.com Direct Message on Instagram @themakeru

Copyright 2018 by Rachel McGough

All rights reserved. No part of this online magazine may be reproduced in any way without the written permission of Rachel McGough. All images and photographs within this publication have been included and reproduced with the knowledge and consent of all the makers and no responsibility is accepted by the publisher, The Maker U, for any infringement of copyright or otherwise coming from the contents of this magazine.

We appreciate the giving nature of the makers included in these pages. Please do not reproduce projects that the makers have shared within the magazine for resale. The projectsare intended for personal use only. Thank you!

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