Today I want to talk about morning journaling, or Morning Pages. Some of you might be familiar with it from Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way (which is on my Life-Changing Books list.) My approach is a bit of a…
Category: Creativity Monday
I think the universe was trying to tell me something today. I’ve mentioned I’ve been working on a DVD for Hot Off The Press. I’m done designing and filming 100 mixed-media technique videos, as of yesterday. I’ve worked on this…
I wanted to share a little peek behind the scenes around here. I’ve mentioned that I’m making a DVD with Hot Off The Press, focused on mixed-media techniques made easy. We’re playing with inks, stamps, paints, embellishments, sprays…you name it,…
You know the old “right brain, left brain” idea—the one that says logic and analytics are on the left side of your brain, and creativity and intuition are on the right? You probably have an idea of which side you…
Why “self-lifting”? Because I really couldn’t think of what else to call it. Scraplifting was the phrase used when you copied someone’s scrapbook page layout for inspiration. “Card lifting” might be appropriate if you do the same for handmade cards,…
Thursdays are Mama & Anna Days around here—no babysitter, no Papa, just Anna and me. With the high temperatures these days hitting a frosty -15°, it’s a bit of an effort to head outdoors…and you sure don’t want to stay…
Over Christmas I took a little internet sabbatical. I didn’t really intend to, but fun and life kind of took over from work and the web. Keith, Anna and I were in the States, staying with my parents. Although I…
Do you have a morning routine? I can safely say that mine is my most important creative habit. Yeah, most important. And the first time I said that out loud to someone, I really surprised myself. But then I thought…