“Mommy, February is Love Month!” I looked at my eight year old’s sparkling eyes directed at me waiting for an equally enthusiastic reply. I couldn’t…
Have you ever set an intention for your day? How about setting an intention as you transition from task to task? This practice is a…
Here is a small manifesto about you taking the time to finally USE your art supplies. The precious, beautiful, perfect, and expensive ones. It’s time.
It used to be that when I bought a pen I liked or a pretty little journal, I would keep them nice and pretty and “safe.” I still have Twin Star stickers that are in mint condition from my childhood. (Long live Hello Kitty and her friends!) But if there’s one thing my daughter has taught me, it is this:
Art supplies and creative supplies of all kinds are meant to be used.
If blank page syndrome is a real thing (and it is), then surely creativity monsters are right up there on the list. Creativity monsters are…
Have you heard of the Painting a Day movement? It started back in 2004 when Duan Keiser set out to share his work on the internet. What started with one man has turned into thousands of artists striving to do one small painting a day – mostly every day. I am always looking for practical ways to get creativity into my life so when I discovered this idea years ago, I was intrigued.
Join me for 2030make live on the Little Girl Designs Facebook page during the month of October. It’s going to be FUN!
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When I met 1:1 with a mentor during a conference recently, one of my chief questions was how to be authentic and build community in a social media driven blog world. For those of you who don’t own blog businesses, this might seem like a strange question to ask, but for me it is a real problem.
Oh my goodness. Where do I even start? These online art classes are so much fun, you’ll find yourself taking one and then another, and…
What would it feel like to be creative every day? What image comes to your mind when you think of the word, “creativity“? Do you…
Children who practice creativity regularly strengthen their problem-solving abilities and take their creative thinking skills into their adult lives. Many of us have heard of…
What is the path you walked to get where you are today in your creative life? We are all on a journey and our paths…
This week in The Creative Play Challenge should be nice and relaxing because we’re all going to read a book. Specifically, a book that is…
For today’s Creative Play Challenge prompt, we’re going to pull out the paint pens, markers, pencils, and paint, and draw on an unconventional surface. Your…
This week we’re going to create a to-do list for our creative lives. This works well for fighting creative slumps, if you’re trying to build…
Let’s get organized! Our craft rooms, boxes, cupboards, et al can be MESSY (am I right?) Let’s take some time this week to organize a…
I’m on a mission to help you be more creative in your every day life. I’m not talking about spending hours in your studio painting…
Check out the new ecourse site for Jennie Moraitis products! I’m so excited to show you my new ecourse platform for this blog. You can…
It’s a new year, and The Creative Play Challenge is back with a new prompt: collaborate. As with this whole series, you can either click…
Hello! Our prompt this week is to give your art away. It’s great to make things for yourself. And it’s fine to sell them too.…
Learn how to make artist scratch off coins to add spark to your creative life! I recently checked out Oh Joy!: 60 Ways to Create…
Like that title? I think many of us have this idea that craft room organization begins with having a beautiful craft room or studio, preferably…