It’s Creative Play Date Day!
Welcome to the first Creative Play Date! I’m very excited to have you join me! So, how is this supposed to work? Well, first of all, there are no real rules. Just do something that you consider Creative Play for as much time as you can allot. Paint something, draw …
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Creative Play Newsletter (Vol. 1, Issue 6) – Give a Gift
‘Tis the season of giving. You’re probably making your lists and checking them twice, planning gifts for your kids, your parents, your spouses and partners, friends and other loved ones. But, when was the last time you gave yourself a gift? Last month, I talked about the importance of solitude …
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Creative Play Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 5
Peace and Quiet Last month, I wrote about Morning Pages from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and their goal of getting the crap out of your head so that your mind is clear for creative work. One of the other goals of Morning Pages is to slow you down …
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Creative Play Newsletter, Issue 4 – Write it Out
There is a thread that runs through the book I mentioned last month (Jane Dunnewold’s Creative Strength Training) and another book that was a lifeline to me as I climbed out of my pit of creative despair. That book was The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and the thread was …
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A Creative Play Day
I have just had the best day! I spent the day doing a test run of my Creative Play Workshop so I spent my day painting, sketching, doing collage and writing. I had a wonderful time and I hope that means that workshop participants will have a blast too!
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Creative Play Newsletter Issue 3 – Finding My Way Back: Creative Strength Training
Never underestimate the power of the Universe. Starting in 2007, I explored “creative play,” trying a new quilting technique or creating a weekly journal quilt. In 2012, I took a maternity leave from that and by 2014, I was so far out of touch with my creative self that I …
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Creative Play Newsletter Issue 2 – Learning to Play
Last month, I ended my newsletter article by saying, “Let the creative journey begin!” But in truth, I have been on my creative journey for a very long time and I suspect that you have too. In 2007, I started a blog that I called “Creative Play.” My idea was …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 2 Coming Soon!
I’m drafting the second volume of my Creative Play Newsletter, which goes out to inboxes next Thursday, August 11th. If you would like to have the newsletter sent right to you, you can sign up here. You can also read the first newsletter if you’d like to see a sample …
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#TBT – Bleeding Hearts, 2008
For this week’s Turn Back Thursday, I thought I would share the first of the bleeding heart flower photo projects I did. Before I had a second attempt at doing something with my bleeding heart photo that got chopped up and became the circles piece I posted on Tuesday, I …
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Design Wall Tuesday – #BirdZeed and #APQResolution
I’m killing two birds (so to speak) with one stone this week. A friend of mine has recently started a new creative community called BirdZeed. Each month, she posts a word to spur our creative juices and we share what we create. July’s word is “Circle.” When she posted the …
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