This month I’m working on getting things done that I’ve been putting off or doing things that need to be done without procrastination. It’s a really big deal for me, because I am awesome at not doing things. Thinking about doing things. Preparing to do things. Going over and over again in my mind what […]
An Art Experiment Gone Awry
Sometimes things don’t work out the way we planned. That’s a pretty obvious statement, but when it comes to creating with kids, it’s pretty much always true. Yesterday morning the girl wanted to look at an art book to find a new activity to try (love that!). I was looking at Pinterest at the time […]
Things I Need for a Good Day
I feel like this month has flown by and I haven’t been getting things done that I really intended to get done. I made some promises to myself that haven’t quite gotten redeemed yet, but I’m also doing a good job on a few things that I didn’t expect to be going so well. I’ve […]
A Self- Care Challenge
The act of creating just for yourself is a way to taking care of yourself, but I hope that in time it will expand into other areas of self-care, for you and for me. In my world, where taking care of myself is not really a normal thing, self-care can be as simple as making […]
Don’t Let Perfection Get in the Way of Creating
I am quite the perfectionist in most aspects of my life. I fail at being perfect regularly enough to know that is the natural state of things, but I still understand the feeling that it’s better not to do something than to do it poorly. I know the pain of things not turning out in […]
A Weekly Art Journal Challenge
Because I’m all about creative challenges and committing to things I won’t necessarily be able to do but that I’d like to try, while I was searching for resources having to do with art journaling I found Journal52, a year-long, free series of art journaling prompts. There’s a website for the program, but it also […]
Art Journaling Basics {Try Something New}
As I mentioned earlier this month, I’m trying to incorporate some different crafts into my routine this year. I get so into knitting sometimes that I neglect other creative pursuits, and knitting isn’t always that fun for me because it’s also my job. So each month I want to look a little deeper at some […]