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Wild Blossom Life

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Thoughts on Perfectionism

A Sense of Place or a Sense of Belonging?

Finding Inspiration in Winter Colours

Landscape and Creativity Part 4: Using Things Found in Nature

Thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions and Goal Setting

Embroidered Winter Wreath

How to Make an Advent Candle

Some Thoughts on Wabi Sabi

DIY Pumpkins From Fabric Scraps

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A walk Spring sunshine Noticing the blossom and

A walk

Spring sunshine

Noticing the blossom and the scent of hawthorn

A drawing

A few moments knitting

A painty palette inspired by flowers

Little things in a creative person's life 🌸🌱🌞💖

Wild Blossom Companion is a gentle, seasonal invitation to slow down, notice, create and reflect.

I'll be sharing more about it soon 💖🌸

#creativelife
#wildblossomlife
#wildblossomcompanion
#creativepause
#inspiredbynature

So... I made a couple of colour wheels for a blog

So...

I made a couple of colour wheels for a blog post I've written about colour theory for crafters.

One of them looked a bit odd.

I realised I'd got into a muddle with what colours ought to have gone where.

My first thought wasn't a thought. It was a feeling in my stomach, like panic. Then the actual thoughts arrived.

I've messed it up.
How could I be that stupid?
All the people who have ever implied that I'm stupid and useless are right.
Now I have to do another one but I don't have time
😭😭😭😭😭

Then I realised that it was entirely fixable with a pair of scissors and a glue stick!

Also that panicking doesn't help

And that The People are wrong.

Everybody makes mistakes. They don't prove anything. But being able to either fix the mistakes or move on with your life when they can't be fixed shows resourcefulness, creativity and courage.

Even if it's just some painty patches in the wrong place.

#creativity #creativelife #lettinggoofperfectionism #colourwheel #mistakescanbefixed #resourcefulness

A friend and I were chatting the other day about h

A friend and I were chatting the other day about how lovely spring is, how we forget what a joy it is and only remember when it comes round again, and how we want to make time to enjoy it.

This has been my April.

Blossom

Petals falling like snow

Everything springing green

The fields busy with crops

Rural bus services that mean long walks sometimes!

Lots of sunny days

A first trip to the sea this year, to beautiful unspoilt north Norfolk less than an hour's drive away.

My favourite footpaths have dried out and are no longer squelchy.

#creativelife #norfolk #april #blossom #slowdownabit #sunnydays #spring

Projects don't get finished for all sorts of reaso

Projects don't get finished for all sorts of reasons.

🌸 You have a date in mind for finishing it but you don't get it done in time

🌸 It's a seasonal project and the season changes before you've finished it

🌸 It might not be actually seasonal, but you prefer different crafts at different times of year, and it's too warm for knitting socks, or too cold for sewing dresses

🌸 You've lost interest in it

🌸 You've got stuck on a difficult bit, or the instructions have become confusing

🌸 A new and shiny project has come along and you'd rather do that instead

Some people like to finish a thing before they start a new one.

But we're not all like that and we don't have to be. The problem is that we have been made to feel guilty and ashamed. So we don't finish everything we make before moving into a new project. We feel bad about it but the old projects are still not finished.

So I invite you instead to see your unfinished projects as just not finished yet 💖🌸💖🌸

Who is to say that you won't finish them at some point?

The reel is of some granny squares I've made in spring colours. I made a few last year, then it wasn't spring anymore so I left them. This year I've made a few more. I think they'll be an early spring project for a few more years before I decide what to do with them.

#creativelife #grannysquares #springcrochet #notfinishedyet #springproject #inspiredbynature

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