Marissa Huber
I Create Playful Art to Infuse Sunshine into Your Life
Nothing lights me up more than helping someone chasing after their creative dreams.
Especially in a focused and effective way.
You know that feeling when you have all the ideas in your brain and then find yourself with 30 free minutes and you end up wasting it because you don’t know where to start? You end up in a rabbit hole of all the things you need to do before you do the thing you set out to do, and just feel overwhelmed and start scrolling Instagram instead, feeling annoyed, guilty and even resentful.
Let’s not do that anymore.
I want you to know exactly what YOU most need when you have 30 minutes to yourself next time. Whether that is taking a well deserved nap, painting, or cranking out the next task on your road-map we’ve created together towards a big dream.
No overthinking allowed!
Yes, I’m slightly yelling this out loud, because I get really fervent about wanting people to see their potential as much as we see it in others. And I’m not known for being quiet.
It makes me sad when I see too many people being so hard on themselves (remember, I co-founded Carve Out Time for Art, a community of 32K creatives). In fact, it gets me worked up in a good way to want to help people along and figure out a path that will work for their unique goals. And, it does not need to look like the same path everyone seems to follow these days.
Reality to get this done over 5 years.
Celebrating the End Result at Altitude Summit in March 2020
I want to help people get out of their own way so WE can figure out:
What YOU most want (not what you’re supposed to want)
What works within YOUR current circumstances (not in the fabled someday when the stars align or a perceived Instagram perfect)
What dreams & goals may be shelved for later, or worked towards long term (we can’t do all the things, all the time…I’ve tried…)
A plan to move forward at YOUR pace (This is your life. Being overwhelmed and feeling like crap is not what I want for YOU)
How to minimize or work with YOUR roadblocks and pain points (I’d say eliminate, but stuff happens. Such is life!)
How to record and celebrate YOUR progress & bad-ass failures that show you’re trying (Let’s feel good about progress, NOT perfection)
How YOU will stay on track & keep momentum after our time is over (although I’m known for keeping in touch. Just ask my 2nd grade teacher!)
We will spend 12 weeks together working on your goals.
(3 hours Total of 1 on 1 Zoom Calls. Calls will be recorded and all sent to you after sessions. Dependent upon your goals, a medley of email, recorded videos, and documents will be used to keep track and strategize. I’ll be available through email or scheduled Zoom calls the entire way. This plan is a start, it will be tweaked to meet the needs of each individual client. Example, calls may be adjusted for more or less frequent, but totaling 3 hours.
Before we start: You’ll answer questionnaire designed to get all of the things out of your head so we can start untangling it together. I’ll review this before our first call and do my research.
Week 1: (60) Minute Zoom call to dig into the your questionnaire and goals, and prioritize what we’ll be working on. Start mapping out the 12 week assignments with what will work into your life.
Week 2: Focus is on the big vision and goals. We want to make sure the vision is strong enough to work towards. Create actionable steps. (Checking in via email)
Week 3: Focus will be on the steps that will make the biggest impact to align / prioritize with your life. What is our expectation in 12 weeks and beyond. (Communication via email).
Week 4: (30) Minute Zoom call to review and track progress. Figuring out how to work it in. Create actionable steps for upcoming weeks.
Week 5: Focus on tracking goals and tweaking the 12 week end goal if needed for alignment. (Communication via email)
Week 6: (30( Minute Zoom call. What’s working? Whats not? Focus on pain points and keeping momentum when things get hard.
Week 7: Move forward with actionable steps. Is there something that they can up the ante on? Something to let go of or shift? (Communication via email)
Week 8: (30) Minute Zoom call update. mapping out the last 4 weeks.
Week 9: Focus on main goal for end of 12 weeks. How can we make sure we get there? (Communication via email)
Week 10: Focus on areas that will help for goals - depends on needs. (I.e. Pitching, marketing, social media, etc…) (Communication via email)
Week 11: Focus on areas that will help for goals - depends on needs. (I.e. Pitching, marketing, social media, etc…) (Communication via email)
Week 12: (30) minute zoom call to wrap up. Focus on the you moving forward after this! You will move forward with a plan for moving forward to keep going.
Not how I imagined launch day of our new book would be. Working a 12 hour day for my dayjob, remotely during a pandemic, and taking a 30 minute lunch break to celebrate with some champagne on IG Live with my partner Heather Kirtland.
Why Am I a Fit to Help You?
Because I was able to do some big things in the cracks of my life over the past 5 years. It added up over time….
I supported my family as the sole earner in my professional career commuting 10 hours weekly. I was a mentor & committee chair.
I moved my family from Philly to Florida and into my parent’s home temporarily. After it was clear my Dad was not doing well, the home arrangement became permanent, and I helped him as he lived the remainder of his life in the most gracious way possible. I had a 2nd child.
I started Carve Out Time for Art and grew it from zero to 32K on Instagram. We hosted events in person, virtually, interviewed 100 artist mothers, hosted 200+ Artist Takeovers, got a publisher for a book after 3 rounds of trying, and it just launched…during a Global Pandemic. I learned how to how use Adobe Illustrator and make seamless repeat patterns. I submitted to Minted and won some editor’s picks. I finished several 100 Day Projects. I made wonderful creative friends. I presented at Altitude Summit. I interviewed to be on NBC Making It (didn’t get chosen, but it sure was a fun opportunity!) I sold art and illustrations. I donated artwork for charities and was a guest on podcasts I fan-girled over, and was in HGTV and Create! Magazine.
Am I saying this all to brag? Not at all! I have my bad days too, but I keep at it.
But I want you to know that I got this done by focusing my goals, being strategic, and also having to let some things I want to be doing percolate on the back burner for now.
If I can do it, I know I can help you too!
Here’s what others have said:
“Marissa has a natural ability to connect, educate, inspire, all while keeping it fun! I would totally recommend working with her as she is savvy, and able to help a newbie like me (she got me to take the Band-Aid off and sign up for Instagram), up to pros in the class who needed to get to the next level in their social media game. Marissa will meet you where you are, and help you use your wings to get to the next level!! ”
“After our session, the next steps were so succinct, encouraging and felt doable. Thank you for helping me to distill it down like this. It was so wonderful to talk with you and process all the loose ideas in my mind, and sort through what’s worth pursuing right now while still growing gently.
I really appreciated the occasional check-ins in the months following our meeting to see how I’m doing with what we talked about to help remind me to check in with my own vision and direction. And that we’ve been able to establish a relationship, which you’re so great about in general!”
“Marissa is such an amazing spirit. I think that’s why I like many others are drawn to her. She’s often given me encouragement as I’ve sought to balance work and family life with the need to create art. She’s helped me to see things differently and to not be so hard on myself. I value her advice and love catching glimpses of her finding ways to balance the same things.
I really appreciate how she took time to help me... for an extended period of time and relayed her feedback in such a comforting and fun way! She’s so easy to talk to and you can tell that she genuinely cares and wants to see you be the best possible version of yourself. Marissa you’re a real gem.”
“I did this course with Marissa and I am very satisfied with what I got. At first I thought it would be short but Marissa manages to make good use of each session. It goes without saying that she is very easy to work with because of the way she speaks and how she presents concepts. I am very happy because she offered me new tips to update my website, she enlightened me with the importance of having a newsletter (even if it is short!) And I also discovered new applications to work with that will help me to improve my business in an internet environment.”
Areas I Specialize In:
Social Media & Online Marketing
Pitching Ideas and Proposals for Press and Publication
Problem Solving & Creative Thinking
Strategy for Big Picture and also Details for Comprehensive Solutions
Corporate / Professional Business Skills
Taking a vague idea and turning it into a vision that others can see and sign onto (book project)
Connecting with others in real life and online
Bridging the gap between many worlds (fine art, graphic arts, interior design, crafting, etc.)
Connecting the dots. Seeing relationships with ideas, people, things, companies, and collaboration or sponsorship opportunities
Figuring out how to be yourself on the internet in a way that aligns with your business and art
Productivity, Taking dreams seriously but not myself too seriously, focusing on what has the greatest impact