Category: Creative Retreat
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Things That Make Me Happy {An Exercise in Thanksgiving}
Have you ever written a “Things That Make Me Happy” list? It’s a great exercise to develop a more thankful heart! As I’m writing this, Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. The trees in our neighborhood are almost bare, well, with the exception of the lichen that stays year-round. And the neighbors are starting…
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The Making of The Creative Retreat Gift Wrap Bundle
I don’t know about you but I love to learn about the behind-the-scenes workings of a business. So today, I’m going to take you on a tour of sorts so you can see the making of The Creative Retreat gift wrap bundle. (Click here to get it for 50% off!) I think you’ll really love…
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How to Be a Tourist in Your Own Town
So . . . this post on how to be a tourist in your own town has literally been sitting in outline form in my drafts folder for over a year. Every time I sit down to finish it, a little voice in my head reminds me that I’m not the hometown tourist I used…
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How to Make an Inspiration Board
This week we will be making an inspiration board for The Creative Play Challenge. You can do this by decorating a cork board or you can also make a miniature inspiration board in an art journal or sketchbook. I made an art journal version here, if you’d like to take a peek. The goal here…
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Make a Tiny Ojo de Dios With This Kit
A few weeks ago, I had a couple of hours to myself so I went over to a toy store I’ve been eyeing for a while. They have an entire craft section that I wanted to peruse longer than I can normally with a toddler. 😉 As I looked at kits where you can paint…
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The Creative Retreat Book (Plus a Video Tour)
You’re creative. You know that, right? It doesn’t matter if you’re not a knitter or a painter. At the core of who you are, creativity flows. You might lead meetings at work like they’re nothing, you might plant a garden every spring that turns magic in the summer, or you might know how to put…
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Meet the Creatives of The Creative Retreat Book
So . . . last year I had this idea to update The Creative Retreat workbook and make it into a paperback. And yes, I published the original eBook last year so this idea came right at the heels of releasing the eBook. I began to sketch out ideas of how to add more content…
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Permission to Create
Have you ever felt like life is too busy to take time to create? Like you actually might need permission to create and to work on your projects? This is something I’ve wrestled with over the years, and I find it so interesting that even though I consider myself creative, an artist even, the act…
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Three Reasons a Springtime Retreat is AMAZING
Have you ever taken a springtime retreat? I recently took one and came home so refreshed. Spring is here. At least, I’m pretty sure it’s here. The rain is still pouring outside but instead of the rivulets pooling around bare sticks and mud puddles, those bare sticks are covered in a magical shade of new…
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A Quick Start Guide to Creative Retreats
If you’ve been around here for a while, you know I’m a big fan of creative retreats (so much so that I wrote an entire workbook about how to DIY your own.) Taking time to pursue my own creative practice in the many varied ways it shows up these days has been so life-giving to…