Media Coverage
We've gotten a lot of attention!
Check out some of the coverage we've received below.
theFutur
In this episode, Chris talks with creative team, Beth Stafford and Jeremy Slagle. Together they've written, illustrated and published two successful children's books that shine a light on the importance of teaching empathy to both parents and their kids.
These two solopreneurs share how their truly collaborative spirit works, the perks and perils of social media and the unintended benefits of pursuing that side project you can't stop thinking about.
Both Beth and Jeremy are graphic designers, with Jeremy working largely in branding. Their motivation for writing children’s books came naturally and with no specific intentions; they do it just to do it.
Master of 1
In this episode, Andrew talks with the dynamic duo of author Beth Stafford and Illustrator Jeremy Slagle about their partnership on a series of children's books. They discuss teaming up to bring the projects to fruition, and talk about the importance of trusting one another in the process. Listen to get an inside look at their latest project, and how you can get your hands on it!
Feasting On Design
Today on Feasting on Design, I’m talking with Beth Stafford & Jeremy Slagle about their new children’s book Hip Hooray Hippo. We talk about what they learned from their first kickstarter campaign for Chin Up Chinchilla and how they’ve applied those lessons this time around, how their writing and illustrations evolved from the first book to this book, how they manage running their businesses in the midst of writing and illustrating a book and then manning the kickstarter campaign, plus a whole lot more.
Passion Behind the Art
For this episode, DP sat down with the dynamic duo, Beth Stanford and Jeremy Slagle. Beth us and author and Jeremy is an illustrator who are working on their second project together.
The partnership started when after doing a podcast together, Jeremy expressed his desire to illustrate a children’s book. During that conversion, Beth realized Jeremy’s vision was in synch with the one she had for her book. Thus began a business partnership, and, more importantly, a friendship.
The books they produce have a great message. Prompted by the great qualities Beth observed in her daughter, she wrote Chin Up Chinchilla, which deals with having empathy for others. The second one, Hip Hooray Hippo, touches on about being happy for others, even if it’s something you desire for yourself.
In this episode, you’ll get to listen in as they recount how they took their concepts and made them a reality, how they overcame their struggles and the people they celebrate for helping and encouraging them on their creative journey. Happy Listening!
Joy Venture
“I've always wanted to write a children's book...”
Beth had a tiny, heartwarming story written on a single sheet of paper – and she had a vision of what it could become. It also would seem natural that her husband Ben, with all of his artistic capabilities, could bring her story to life visually. But here's the thing: sometimes you’re just too close to something. And sometimes you feel that there’s a different path that needs to be taken instead of the obvious one.
“I’ve always wanted to illustrate a children’s book...”
Jeremy has designed a lot of things in his career, but one opportunity in particular, a children’s book, just hadn't presented itself. After two years and no meaningful traction on the book design for Beth and Ben, a chance encounter on this podcast led to surprising collaboration. After all, the last thing Jeremy expected to do was illustrate a story written by the spouse of an already great illustrator.
Chin Up, Chinchilla is proof that the amazing and unexpected really do happen when you least expect it, and when you're willing to be patient and open to inviting others into your joy.
Creative South
This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with Author and Designer, Beth Stafford and Illustrator and Designer, Jeremy Slagle about their upcoming children’s book, “Chin up, Chinchilla.” We get a bit of Beth and Jeremy’s backgrounds, talk about how Beth came up with the idea for the book, how Jeremy got involved with the illustrations, creating emotion in the characters expressions, and discuss the Kickstarter Campaign for "Chin Up, Chinchilla."
Design Recharge
This week I am excited to introduce Beth Stafford and Jeremy Slagle. Beth is a designer and author, who wrote the Chin-up Chinchilla children’s book. And Jeremy is a designer and illustrator who had always wanted to illustrate a children’s book. They way they met and the way this book was perfectly crafted together by God is pretty amazing.
Their story will give you hope especially if you have had the dream of a either writing or illustrating a children’s book on your bucket list. Then on top of it all, they launched a Kickstarter (launched on Aug 15th, 2018) and in 24 hours they were 66% funded. In 48 hours they were 88% funded. In four days they were 92% funded. This is AMAZING. And I want to know how they did all of it.
