Starting each day with a grateful heart is always a great idea. Remembering to be thankful for my creativity and creative mind also helps to bolster my creativity each day. With Thanksgiving in the US this week, we are reminded to count our blessings. I encourage you to make it a daily habit. Creative Affirmation [...]
Stepping into my sewing space with excitement is always my goal. When I'm excited to create, I come confident and ready to enjoy the process. I do a few things personally to ensure that I get started on any project with excitement. Let's take a look! Creative Affirmation I am excited to create. Setting myself [...]
While life can be hard sometimes, being creative helps me find JOY with the difficulties. Knowing and affirming that being creative is my happy place, adds joy to my life each and every day. Creative Affirmation: My creativity brings me deep and infinite joy. Having a place to let my mind wander while creating something [...]
Constantly increasing. I love the idea of my creativity growing, and affirming it to be true is so empowering! The little plus shapes in my images represent the constantly increasing creativity and each new idea that forms. It's also one of my favorite shapes to sew tiny - those small blocks finish at just 3"! [...]
Knowing and understanding how creativity fits into my life offers more opportunities for creativity every day. This is true if you are a photographer, quilter, painter, sculptor, or _________ (you fill in the blank!). Regardless of how you explore your creativity, knowing that you are meant to live this creative life will allow you to [...]
When we are able to release the limitations that have been put on us by others, or ourself, it is a huge step! Acknowledging these ideas/beliefs and letting them go, makes room for me to explore my creativity even more. Letting go, allows me to create without judgement of myself and my creation, and ENJOY [...]
Trusting my creativity to have new original ideas regularly, is the goal. The point that I am so thankful to have come to in my creative life. As a long-time quilt designer (now) knowing that I can rely on my creativity and expect new ideas to flow as I need/want them is brilliant. I've mentioned [...]
Knowing that my creativity is an infinite well and truly understanding it, are slightly different. Building up a creative muscle and truly understanding the depths of my creativity can take some time. Repeating the affirmation with conviction can be the boost you need to gain understanding in your creative life. Creative Affirmation My creativity is [...]
Making time to let my creative self play is always a good idea! Being creative with the flexibility to get into a creative flow and enjoy the process is a critical piece of my creativity. Sometimes just making a few seams is enough to fulfill the creative desires, however, there are often times that a [...]
Life is choice, and every decision we make daily leads us to right now. Affirming the decision to create consistently, and to choose creativity makes it an easier choice every day. The photo in this post might be overwhelming for some - but I love what it represents! The decision made to create, the time [...]
Much like the seams in my image, my creativity is without an end or limits. The repetitive nature of quilting often leads to an impressive number of units or seams in a project. As I use my creativity in creating quilts, it continues to grow. There is no endpoint to the creative journey, and I'm [...]
Making time for the things that are important to me is a constant. This is probably true in your life too! Time is a challenge, but we always make time for the things that are important to us. With people and activities that are important, there will always be time, it's just a matter of [...]
