Category: Tips
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Summer Garden Memories
As I write this post, we are starting Advent, and yet, since I haven’t written for many long months, I want to go back to the last bits of summer to show the beauty of the flowers in our garden and the little projects I was able to work on this summer. I am determined…
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How to Come Up With Blog Post Ideas In Your Sleep
“How to Come Up With Blog Post Ideas In Your Sleep” is the second in a couple of posts for new bloggers. You can read the first article here. Like I mentioned in my first article, there is SO much information out there about starting a blog. But let me tell you, the most important…
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Creative Prompt: Use What You Have
This week on The Creative Play Challenge, we’re going to do one my favorite things. Our prompt is to use what you have to make a project. Yes, of course I love new craft supplies. At the time of writing this post, I’m looking forward to Jane Davenport’s new line of paint materials like you…
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Thank-Full
It’s Thanksgiving week here in the U.S. and I’m writing this post a bit early so I can truly take the week off with my family. Our prompt this week is simple: take a moment to write, tell, or somehow communicate your gratitude. I think it’s so important to take these moments of reflection throughout…
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Things That Make Me Happy {An Exercise in Thanksgiving}
Have you ever written a “Things That Make Me Happy” list? It’s a great exercise to develop a more thankful heart! As I’m writing this, Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. The trees in our neighborhood are almost bare, well, with the exception of the lichen that stays year-round. And the neighbors are starting…
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The Making of The Creative Retreat Gift Wrap Bundle
I don’t know about you but I love to learn about the behind-the-scenes workings of a business. So today, I’m going to take you on a tour of sorts so you can see the making of The Creative Retreat gift wrap bundle. (Click here to get it for 50% off!) I think you’ll really love…
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How to Be a Tourist in Your Own Town
So . . . this post on how to be a tourist in your own town has literally been sitting in outline form in my drafts folder for over a year. Every time I sit down to finish it, a little voice in my head reminds me that I’m not the hometown tourist I used…
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10 Ways to Keep You Going Creatively
When we have time to get into a creative flow, it’s pure bliss. Ideas flow, projects feel great, fulfillment fills our hearts. Yet, other times we don’t have enough time to get into a project, our minds are blank, or our hands don’t seem to do what we intend. These are the frustrating times when…
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My Favorite Way to Use Leftover Paint
Today I’m sharing my favorite way to use leftover paint, whether it’s a puddle of acrylics I have leftover from a larger scale painting or the last bits of paint I was using to update some furniture. And while I’m at it, I’ll add in some other fun ideas too, just because. My absolute favorite…
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How Walking Helps Creativity
Today’s prompt for the Creative Play Challenge is simple: go on a walk to gather inspiration. If going outside is not a possibility for you, you can gather inspiration around your home or wherever you happen to be this week. In the last couple of weeks, we’ve written creative manifestos and made artist powerup cards…