If there’s one thing that stands in the way of being creative more than anything else, it’s perfectionism. That horrible feeling that we’re going to get it wrong so often prevents us from even trying. We worry ourselves into paralysis, to afraid to make the first mark, the…
The idea of a sense of place, and how it differs to a sense of belonging, is a theme I’ve written about before. It was about 3 years ago, when I was researching Dorothy Caldwell and her work as part of a foundation course in textiles, when I…
It seem like an unpromising start to looking inspiration in winter colours for a creative project. Where you are it might be snowy. Here, it is dreary and bleak, muddy, cold and wet. At a first glance, everything is drab and shades of grey and mud. However, taking…
Getting outside in winter, unless you absolutely have to, can be tricky. Not only is the weather awful, but the days are so much shorter. In summer, it doesn’t feel like a challenge to get up a bit earlier and go for a walk, or to go out…
Over the years, I’ve had a mixed relationship with New Year’s resolutions and goal setting. New Year’s resolutions can seem like a good idea, but can cause us some problems. Often, we set ourselves huge goals that are not even remotely realistic. We’re encouraged to “dream big”, and…
A little while ago, I had an idea to make 4 little embroidered wreaths, one for each season. They were inspired by these Christmas ones I did a long time ago. And that idea came from a book about hand lettering when I was into that. I really…