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Posted in Creative Play Challenge, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Resources, Tips

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…

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Choose Your Internet - How focusing your social media feeds will help you find more joy, contentment, and creativity in your life. For reals! via littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Blogging, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Prompts and Tips, Tips

Choose Your Internet

You know that feeling. You’re scrolling through your feed on Instagram and suddenly, your self-worth begins to fall to the floor in shambles. You look…

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The Creative Retreat BOOK is here! This 116-page full-color book has been completely updated and is now available. You'll learn how to DIY your own personal retreats, make time for creativity, and keep your creative spirit going all year-round. Learn more at makearetreat.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Retreat, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Tips

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…

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Make a Summer Bucket List with this free printable! What do YOU want to do this summer? (Also some tips on making this list FUN and not another to-do list!)
Posted in Crafts, Kid-friendly Crafts, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Prompts and Tips, Tips

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…

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Have you always wanted to journal but don't really know where to start? Here are some ideas of how to get started with journaling plus two journaling myths that might be holding you back. Click to read more. P.S. Bullet journaling and art journaling totally count as "keeping a journal"! :)
Posted in Journaling, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Prompts and Tips, Tips

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…

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Little Girl Designs 2016 Reader Survey
Posted in Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Tips

It’s Reader Survey Time!

This survey is now CLOSED. Thank you so much for your help! Last year around this time, I offered my first reader survey here at…

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Taking a mini blogging break but I'll be back soon with a new fun project!
Posted in Life, littlegirldesigns.com

Taking A Mini Blogging Break

Hey there, so this weekend I was working on a project that I’m really excited to be able to share with you and realized that…

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This Was October - Are you doing the brave work? A look back at the month at littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Creativity Prompts and Tips, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was October

Hi everyone. This post is going to be a little different from my typical monthly recap post. Usually I recount the projects I’ve been working…

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This Was September - Looking back at the month of September at littlegirldesigns.com. Projects, what I'm reading, and a new resource that's coming out soon!
Posted in Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was September

I will not mention that this month went by way too fast. Oh, oops. Okay, now that I got that out of the way .…

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This Was August - A look back at August at Little Girl Designs...The Creative Retreat workbook, making an art journal, how to make an inspiration board for your life, and more! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Creativity Prompts and Tips, Easy Crafts to Make, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was August

It’s always surreal writing these monthly recaps. I started out writing them because I was inspired by Emily from Chatting At The Sky’s monthly recap…

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This Was July - A look back on July at Little Girl Designs. Learn to make watermelon notecards, a doll necklace, a cute t-shirt, and more! Plus free creative prompts! @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Retreat, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

Monthly Recap: This Was July

When I was ten, one summer night, The baby stars that leapt Among the trees like dimes of light, I cupped, and capped, and kept.…

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This Was June: A look back at the projects I shared during June. If you missed any of these, stop on by! Includes a free printable. :) @ littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Crafts, Creative Life, Creativity Prompts and Tips, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Retreat Ideas

This Was June

For 2015, I’ve been writing a “looking back” post at the end of each month. It has been a nice practice to sit down, think…

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Learn how to make your own DIY Cash Envelopes that last! If you're starting out using cash envelopes with Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace system, you might be using several different business-sized envelopes to hold your cash. That's fine until the envelopes get worn out or you tire of hauling around 15 envelopes wherever you go. I created this super easy cash envelope system after seeing my mom's system and LOVE it. So easy to make even a non-crafter can do it!
Posted in Crafts, Creative Business, Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Tips

The Easiest DIY Cash Envelope System

Here’s the easiest DIY cash envelope system out there. You don’t have to have any sewing skills to make this either. Save money and get…

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This Was May - inspiration for the creative soul @littlegirldesigns.com.
Posted in Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was May

Well, I have a confession to make. I’m writing this monthly recap post for May and well, we still have a couple of weeks in…

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Reader Survey for Little Girl Designs
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Little Girl Designs Reader Survey

**Update – Thank you so much for participating in my survey. I really appreciated hearing from you and learning what you’d like to see more…

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This Was April - inspiration for the creative soul @littlegirldesigns.com.
Posted in Creative Life, Creativity Prompts and Tips, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was April

Hello! April came and went like a blur—am I always going to say this?—and the weather has felt very fitting. We’ve had warm sunny days…

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Baby Days - This Was March - a look back on March 2015 @littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Creative Retreat, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was March

What a lovely month March has been here in the Pacific Northwest! We have enjoyed a nice combination of sunshine, rain, and the lovely lengthening…

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A look back at February 2015 @littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Easy Crafts to Make, Life, littlegirldesigns.com

This Was February

Goodness, where did February go? I fully intended to have a million pictures to share with you at the end of each month but when…

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An adorable numbers printable from the My Little Girl Designs shop on Etsy. Perfect for a baby shower! Photo shows a closeup of the print. Available with a pink, turquoise, or gray border @littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Life, littlegirldesigns.com

Numbers Printable – New in the Etsy Shop!

UPDATE: As of March 2016, we’ve decided to put our Etsy shop on hold and list these printables in our Gumroad shop instead. I’ve updated…

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The Best Goodnight Books for Little Ones review @littlegirldesigns.com
Posted in Creative Life, Life, littlegirldesigns.com, Tips

The Best Goodnight Books for Little Ones

If you’re a parent, you’ve more than likely read Goodnight Moon a thousand times. (Honestly, I read that book a thousand times to kids I…

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“But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound “But soon there breathed a wind on me,
Nor sound nor motion made:
Its path was not upon the sea,
In ripple or in shade.

It raised my hair, it fann’d my cheek
Like a meadow-gale of spring—
It mingled strangely with my fears,
Yet it felt like a welcoming.”

—Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I probably read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in school…the fact that I can’t quite remember when or if proves it didn’t make an impact on me. 

But, with Malcolm Guite’s guidance in his work of a book, I now love this poem. He interweaves Coleridge’s life and faith with what became a prophetic poem for STC’s own life. I am so grateful for this book. 

I wanted to make a little painting for my dad for his birthday but having been steeped in the Mariner, I kept painting the sea. Thankfully, my dad loves the ocean. :)

This is a book I will come back to again and again—I think it will make an excellent mid-winter read. :)
I admit I sometimes schedule creative time. I don’t know why something so relaxing and fun gets pushed off to the side so very easily, but it does. So…onto the “to do” list it goes. 

Today we decided to try a project in a fairy and mermaid activity book. It is one of those books you buy with great intentions of doing all the projects and then you forget about it. But not today! We painted, waited for the paint to dry (five minutes), and then drew our details. My kiddo drew a picture 4x the size of mine and managed to make me two late Valentine’s Day hearts, a flower for Mother’s Day, and several additional art presents by the time I finished. She also gave me advice about who should get a heart wand, etc. in my picture. 

Now that I’m finished, I’m reminded once again of why I do this. Happiness abounds. 

#creativeretreat #happyjournal #happyjournalhappylife #poscapens
Just a reminder to be kind to yourself. 💕 Just a reminder to be kind to yourself. 💕
Summer means more time for art journaling. The bac Summer means more time for art journaling. The background for this girl has been waiting for years in one of my older sketchbooks. I thought it was time to finally finish it. 💗

Hope you're all able to get some creative time in this week. It does wonders for your 💗!

#mycreativeretreat #happyjournalhappylife #artjournallove
I asked my daughter how she would illustrate this I asked my daughter how she would illustrate this verse from the Psalm of Ascents. She picked up her sketchbook and whipped out the second picture within minutes. I love how she thinks—the first image shows a girl sitting inside while it rains and the second one shows her outside with sunglasses enjoying a sunny day. 

I don’t know if I’ll illustrate each one of these Psalms as I do this 21 days of prayer with @revelationwellness but it was fun to sit down and sketch a bit today. 

#happyjournalhappylife #rwwalkingprayer #psalmsofascent #sketchdaily
I love June. Walked in the forest. Found aphids f I love June.

Walked in the forest.
Found aphids for our ladybug larvae. (Priorities, people.)
Bought watercolor paper + new paints. 
Painted.
Ate dark chocolate.
Finished Tom's Midnight Garden (one of my favorite kids' books that I never read as a kid!)

And other things too.
I love June.
Two posts in a day because this quote from @sarahw Two posts in a day because this quote from @sarahwanders must be shared. Her new book comes out in a couple of weeks, and it is so breathtakingly beautiful.
One of my favorite verses. I’m thinking about ha One of my favorite verses. I’m thinking about happy journaling some of the Psalms of Ascent as I do the 21 Days of Walking by  @revelationwellness this month. Sketching and writing and doodling (which is the same as sketching, I know 😂) are how I process things so I might as well. 😊 

Hope you all have a lovely {and creative} week!

#happyjournal #happyjournalhappylife #mycreativeretreat #psalmsofascent
This book. @sarahwanders poured her heart into thi This book. @sarahwanders poured her heart into this one, and it is a treasure I will keep coming back to again and again. If you struggle with mental health challenges or wonder where God is in all the mess of our broken world...if you just need some light in your current reading that leads you to beauty and hope in a new, healing way...this book is for you. 

I’ve written this caption over a series of days, trying to find the words I want to use...especially since it is so beautifully written by Sarah. All I can say is give your soul a gift and retreat away with this book. You will not regret it. 

I received an early copy as part of her launch team for this book, but I’ll be rereading my good old-fashioned copy as soon as I get it in the mail. Can’t wait to highlight and underline all the things!

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