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Comfort Creativity: Finding Solace and Inspiration in Nostalgia
Creativity has a way of showing up, even when life feels heavy. Let’s talk comfort-creativity, and how nostalgia can be helpful...

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Tidy Vs Messy - What's your Creative Superpower?
I’ve discovered that you don’t need chaos to be creative. It’s ok to be a Tidy Artist - it’s actually its own kind of superpower!

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The Daily Doodling Dilemma: Should You Really Make Art Every Day?
I am not an artist who creates every day. It sounds lovely but I just don’t have the capacity. Does this make me less of an artist?

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Deja Vu Drawing: 20 Ways to Draw One Object Differently
This is a creative exercise that challenges you to draw the same object in 20 unique ways.

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Where has my creativity gone? | How to be creative when you're not feeling it
What is easy to forget is that creative lulls are normal. They are part of the creative cycle and are totally OK.

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Selling at my first Craft Fair | One awkward introvert’s experience
Have you ever wanted to have a go at selling your arty-crafty goodness at craft fairs? I have, but it’s taken me a lot of years to do it...

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Being creative when creativity feels far away...
Although I believe that our creativity never leaves us, I do know that sometimes it can feel harder to tap into...

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Book Art | Ten Book Covers which made me buy the book
For me, the combination of words and art to capture our imaginations and tell stories is a glorious thing, and that is why I love book art.

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Own Your Adventure | Share Your Work For YOU
So, why are we scared to hold up our art to the world? We all have our reasons, and many of them stem back to avoiding feeling judged...

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Acceptance, Improvement & the Messy Middle
I always want to be learning, growing and pushing myself, but I also realise that, sometimes, my core self will become weirdly assertive...

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Printmaking - A Doorway into Art & Play
Printmaking is playmaking - and the best place to start playing is in the comfort of your own surroundings...

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Sketchbook Scares, Be Gone!
Do you have Sketchbook Fear? It’s ok if you do, as it’s more common than you think, but it doesn’t have to be a forever-fear.

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Take note of Tiny Art! | Miniature Worlds and Why They Matter
Miniature art has now gone beyond portraits and landscapes, bringing in new subjects and flipping the way we see the everyday.

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How do dreams come true? I'm building them one block at a time.
You don’t always need to know where you are going and how you will get there. Simply grab the building blocks and start stacking...

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