Category: Prompts and Tips
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Be Brave: Creative Courage for the Artist
Learn how to build your own creative courage today. It really does matter! Bravery. Courage. Strength. These words don’t exactly bring up visions of artists wielding paintbrushes or hunched over sketchbooks, do they? But the need for creative courage is real if you’re an artist. You know deep down inside that it takes a real…
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Use What You Have: How Your Craft Stash Can Supercharge Your Creativity
This is the second in a series of posts about using what you have. If you’d like to read the first post on why you don’t need the craft store even if you’re a creative person, click here. In the past few weeks, I’ve been asked several times where I get my inspiration for the…
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What a Teacher Really Wants for Teacher Appreciation Day
Ah, Teacher Appreciation Day. I grew up in a family of teachers so I had a front row seat in seeing what parents actually made and bought for their children’s teachers each year. For this post, I thought I’d ask my parents which gifts stood out for them (in a positive way!) and what they…
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Use What You Have: Why You Don’t Need the Craft Store
Before we get started, let me say that I love a good craft store. As a creative person, there is nothing quite like walking up and down neatly organized aisles of gorgeous and inspiring craft supplies. Just last week I was at a craft store and came across pre-cut papers for quilling and thought how…
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A Maker Makes
I was sketching in my sketchbook one afternoon and this thought came to me: “A maker makes, even when no one sees.” I thought about all of the people in this world who make things, beautiful things, and who will never be heralded or read about on the internet or magazines. They will never find…
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Make Drawing Fun – Drawing Books for Kids
One of the things I love to do the most is pull out my sketchbook and doodle and draw. I don’t worry (too much) about whether my drawings are amazing; I just draw and enjoy the process. I suppose this is something I learned from my mom who is a prolific artist and has many…
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Guest Post on The Crafty Blog Stalker
I’m so excited to share with you that my post on How to Make Bunting Gift Wrap is being featured on The Crafty Blog Stalker this morning. The picture above is a sneak peek of the fabric scraps I used—you’ll have to click over to Katie’s site to read the rest of the article! 🙂…
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10 Simple Ways to Say, “I Love You!”
Valentine’s Day is nearly here so I thought I’d write out a list of 10 simple ways to say I love you that you can make to show your love. Whether or not you have a lot of money to spend, you can create a heart-felt gift that he’ll remember for a long time to…
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How to Take Your Creativity to the Next Level This Year
UPDATE: the Ultimate DIY Bundle sale is over but you can still click here to find out when the next bundle is available. Since it is the new year, many of us have made goals about what we want to accomplish in 2015. I’m wondering, though, did you set any creative goals for yourself? Maybe…
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Writing Your Sponsored Child
One of the joys of sponsoring a child comes in being able to communicate with them. I love receiving letters from “our” girls and hearing what is going on in their lives. I imagine them on the other side of the world, sitting with pencil and paper, and writing whatever comes to mind: “I love…