Category: Creative Life
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Bullet Journaling the Easy Way
When I first heard of bullet journaling, I was intrigued. A system where I could virtually make my own planner, where I could stash notes from books, ideas for blog posts, and my packing list for an upcoming trip?! That flexibility had always been a problem for me in traditional planners. (That and they’re getting…
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Easy Win Projects for When You Just Want to MAKE Something
This has been an interesting summer. Although my blog has had a maybe stunning lack of craft tutorials, it hasn’t been that I’ve not been making anything. Far from it. There’s that book that I wrote . . . that took a fair amount of time. And there are projects I do all the time…
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The Creative Retreat Book (Plus a Video Tour)
You’re creative. You know that, right? It doesn’t matter if you’re not a knitter or a painter. At the core of who you are, creativity flows. You might lead meetings at work like they’re nothing, you might plant a garden every spring that turns magic in the summer, or you might know how to put…
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Permission to Create
Have you ever felt like life is too busy to take time to create? Like you actually might need permission to create and to work on your projects? This is something I’ve wrestled with over the years, and I find it so interesting that even though I consider myself creative, an artist even, the act…
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Have Fun (In Your Creative Life)
I drew the above letter for my sketchbook letter friends a few months ago. It felt apropos for so many of us, myself included. Much of what I create is for this blog and for my business, but there is also a LOT that is just for me. I actually like all of those little…
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Why I Love Junk Mail
I never thought I’d write this sentence, but I’m officially in love with junk mail right now. Seriously. Who says that? For years, I’ve faithfully collected the mail, sorted the junk to one side and the bills and letters to the other; I’ve ripped open envelopes and added those to the junk trash. And never…
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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…
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How to Make a Watermelon Tote Bag
Watermelons and summer. They just go together, don’t they? I have so many memories of eating ice-cold watermelon, and many of those memories revolve around the beach. My sisters and I would sit with our sandy legs stretched out on warm beach towels and eat slice after slice of watermelon as the ocean roared in…
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How to Make a Sunshine Onesie
Learn how to make a sunshine onesie with this simple tutorial! One of my go-to gifts for a new mommy are a couple of hand-stitched onesies. I’ve made a version of this sunshine onesie before without the fabric paint, but this one is super cute too. It’s just so cheery. It always made me so…
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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…