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The Inspired Foundry

Transformative brand strategy, brand curation, and brand design for makers & creatives. Start building brand recognition with a new Tiny Brand.

Let's collaborate to bring clarity and beauty to your work so you share it with confidence. I specifically curate a set of brand colors, fonts, and design elements for your business and house them in Canva for easy access.

04/20/2026

Hello to my Hardingfele 😍

Pulled this gal out for a rehearsal with .diercks this morning, and left her on my bed for the day to pick up every once in a while and play.

The timing of playing violin this morning just before two client calls this afternoon was a lovely surprise. I met with women who are building new things that speak to the fullness of who they are.

New writing projects and publishing houses and consultancies and moon cycles.

They signed on for design projects, though. And if you’ve been following me for a bit, you know that I haven’t been advertising design work.

…Because I’m a creative cartographer now.
And I’m only allowed to be one thing.

👀

LOL. Somewhere along the way I forgot to let myself be all the things. Musician, designer, fiercely devoted brainstormer, etc.

Niching down is for silly people. Come join the fun here at The Inspired Foundry, and we’ll make room for all of you.

04/17/2026

SPOTTED: The gals at rocking their logo on *denim jackets* 😍✨🙌🏻

It’s never not cool to see your work out in the wild. 😜

Here for ideas on jackets and in stores and on shelves and wherever else your dreams take you. ✨

04/13/2026

S U N D A Y T H O U G H T S ✨

1. I’ve been trying to meet 90 people in 90 days, and I’m roughly 40 days into the challenge, with 21 meetings under my belt. So, more than a little off track if we’re averaging things out. I don’t know if I’m going to make it, y’all. The conversations have been lovely and I’ve only been ghosted a few times, but:

2. I finally have an official diagnosis of Graves’ Disease, and it explains how exhausted, shaky, and out of breath just walking the block I’ve been. It’s pretty common, so I’m not shy about sharing, and if you’re not familiar, it’s an autoimmune disorder affecting my thyroid. Taking on 20+ meetings over the last three weeks was a little nutty given my energy levels and the fact that I’m currently pretty ill.

3. I do love meeting new people, though. I love how in the span of 30 minutes, you can go from feeling bored to genuinely delighted simply through conversation. I love how the world feels bigger and full of possibilities the more people I talk to. And I especially love trying to gently tug on the creative threads, passions, and reasons why their ideas are or aren’t coming to life.

4. If nothing else, meeting new people while I’m rocking a 100+ resting BPM is a great lesson in time management, energetic capacity, and listening to my body. It took a divorce for me to begin to feel *anything* again, and now it’s a diagnosis forcing me to better manage stress and learn to actually rest.

😮‍💨

Still have more meetings on the books, and I’m looking forward to them. If you’d like to help me reach my goal, just drop an emoji and I’ll reach out. ✨👏🏻🥂

04/10/2026

Some new folks here! Hi! 👋🏻

Thought I’d re-introduce myself — I’m Karla, and this is my lil’ brand, The Inspired Foundry. I’ve made it my mission to help you design your ideas and the process of bringing them to life. We figure out what it’s going to take and make a map of the journey based on your real life, the places you get stuck, and what inspires you so you can finally do the damn thing, whatever your “thing” is.

In my other life, I’m a violinist. I tour with cellist Olivia Hahn in our duo The OK Factor and with our Swedish friends, . This year I started to learn the banjo and am fully obsessed.

Other than that, I like to sketch silly little things, make merch and send mail for the artist residencies and experiences I host, celebrate NYE alone, and wander around my neighborhood in Minneapolis. Not pictured here: my love for croissants, beautiful things, my golden retrievers, and my growing art collection. 🖼️

It’s a good life and I’m glad you’re here. Happy Friday 🙌🏻🥂✨

04/09/2026

Love the MVM. 🙌🏻🥂✨

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