Creative Play Newsletter Issue 3 – Finding My Way Back: Creative Strength Training
Never underestimate the power of the Universe. Starting in 2007, I explored “creative play,” trying a new quilting technique or creating a weekly journal quilt. In 2012, I took a maternity leave from that and by 2014, I was so far out of touch with my creative self that I …
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Creative Play Newsletter Issue 2 – Learning to Play
Last month, I ended my newsletter article by saying, “Let the creative journey begin!” But in truth, I have been on my creative journey for a very long time and I suspect that you have too. In 2007, I started a blog that I called “Creative Play.” My idea was …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 2 Coming Soon!
I’m drafting the second volume of my Creative Play Newsletter, which goes out to inboxes next Thursday, August 11th. If you would like to have the newsletter sent right to you, you can sign up here. You can also read the first newsletter if you’d like to see a sample …
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#TBT – Bleeding Hearts, 2008
For this week’s Turn Back Thursday, I thought I would share the first of the bleeding heart flower photo projects I did. Before I had a second attempt at doing something with my bleeding heart photo that got chopped up and became the circles piece I posted on Tuesday, I …
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Creative Play Newsletter Vol. 1, Issue 1 – Losing My Creativity
This is the first edition of my monthly “Creative Play Newsletter” in which I explore the topic of creativity. If you would like to subscribe in order to have it delivered right to your inbox, subscribe here. I was 36 years old when I got pregnant with my first (and …
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Creative Play Newsletter – One Week from Today
I am putting the final touches on the first edition of my Creative Play newsletter, which will land in email boxes one week from today. In this newsletter, I will explore the topic of creativity and will be writing about where creativity comes from (spoiler alert – I think we’re …
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#TBT – Colnago, 2008
In honor of Father’s Day this week, I’m sharing a small art quilt I made for my husband in 2008, as a “Creative Play” project. It sat finished in my “UFO” drawer for years, but I am happy to say that it’s been hanging in his bike room now for …
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Announcing…
The first version of this blog when I started it in 2007, was named “Creative Play” because without really having a concrete strategy, I was using the blog as a way to explore my own creativity and to figure out how to keep my creativity well full. I have since …
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