Category: Prompts and Tips

  • Make a Summer Bucket List

    Make a Summer Bucket List

    Ah, summer! My favorite time of the year is finally here. My parents were both teachers so summer meant a collective sigh of school being over and time to go camping, work in the yard (read, play in the sprinklers for us girls), and lots and lots of art projects. Not to mention one of…

  • How to Make Artist Scratch Off Coins

    How to Make Artist Scratch Off Coins

    Learn how to make artist scratch off coins to add spark to your creative life! I recently checked out Oh Joy!: 60 Ways to Create & Give Joy from the library and had fun flipping through the pages of projects to try. One in particular stood out for me—making homemade scratch off cards. I never…

  • How to Be a Journalista | Journaling Myths & Writing in a Journal

    How to Be a Journalista | Journaling Myths & Writing in a Journal

    I’ve been writing in a journal since I was six years old, and in that time I’ve encountered a lot of surprised comments, random thoughts concerning journaling, and a fair share of myths. For some reason, the practice of journaling is shrouded in sort of a mysterious cloak—as if only writers and poets and teenage…

  • What To Do When Perfectionism Comes Knocking

    What To Do When Perfectionism Comes Knocking

    Perfectionism. It stops creativity in its tracks and yet, it seems like it’s the bane of many a creative person. Last weekend I was bitten by the painting bug. I had checked out a few inspirational books from the library and true to form, they were so inspirational I could hardly read them. I ended…

  • The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle: Time, Money, and Organization Resources

    The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle: Time, Money, and Organization Resources

    Hey friends, the sale for this bundle is currently over. Feel free to read about it, though, because they go on sale throughout the year and are a great resource that you can use all year long!   You guys. Remember when we went through the Time, Money, and Organization series here on the blog?…

  • A Quick Start Guide to Creative Retreats

    A Quick Start Guide to Creative Retreats

    If you’ve been around here for a while, you know I’m a big fan of creative retreats (so much so that I wrote an entire workbook about how to DIY your own.) Taking time to pursue my own creative practice in the many varied ways it shows up these days has been so life-giving to…

  • Create Because You LOVE It (audiocast)

    Create Because You LOVE It (audiocast)

    Time for another audiocast, friends. Today I’m going to be talking about the motivation behind our creativity; in other words, do you create because you love it or because (fill-in-the-blank-here)? What drives you to pull out the acrylics, knit while watching a movie, or write in the early hours of the morning? I had so…

  • Help! My Family Doesn’t Support My Creativity

    Help! My Family Doesn’t Support My Creativity

    What do you do when your family or roommates don’t support your creative practice? Do you ignore it or confront them? Do you demand, “You must support my creativity! It’s who I AM!” (P.S. please don’t do that.) Well, I thought I’d share my thoughts on this important subject in a video with you today.…

  • Craft Room Organization: The Myth of the Craft Room

    Craft Room Organization: The Myth of the Craft Room

    Like that title? I think many of us have this idea that craft room organization begins with having a beautiful craft room or studio, preferably well-lit so we can photograph our projects for Instagram. Oh wait, is that just me? 😉 Seriously, though, many of us do think that more space will equal more organization,…

  • Time, Money, and Organization: Show Me The Money

    Time, Money, and Organization: Show Me The Money

    Today we’re going to be talking about Money, namely how to make and save money for crafts and creative supplies. I’ll also be sharing additional thoughts concerning money that I think are important to address. If you’re new to this series, I’m sharing tips on the lack of time, lack of money, and disorganization issues…