Tag: Inspire
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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 that have reminded me of spring in Los Angeles and incredibly cool days with the wild wind whipping through our hair that reminds me of spring here in Oregon. 🙂…
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Use What You Have: 5 Ideas to Get You Started
This post is the third in a series on using the supplies you already have at home as a crafter. You can read the first post about how you don’t need a craft store to be creative and the second on how using what you already have can super-charge your creativity here. So after reading…
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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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Give to Your Heart — She Reads Truth
Have you heard of She Reads Truth? I love this site and want to share it with you! My aim for Wednesday’s posts is to give you some gift ideas–books and treats I’ve found around the web that I thought you might like. Today’s post looks a little different in terms of you can’t exactly…
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God’s Grandeur
(one of my favorite poems for this beautiful Saturday) The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And…
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Comparison Kills Creativity
We’ve all been there. You start a project and are happily working on it. You imagine how this drawing will look in your living room, or how this little dress will look on your daughter. Your mind is filled with the possibilities that creativity is fueled by and for a beautiful moment, you are flying.…
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Who You Really Are
I recently read something that I wanted to pass along to you since it was so powerful. It, in essence, said, “What you do does not determine who you are. Who you are determines what you do.”* Think on that a moment. Maybe you’ve all gotten down that simple truth, but sometimes (as of late,…