I Have a Choice Today’s #marchmeetthemaker prompt is Change. How very apt. A month ago, when I first discovered this years #Marchmeetthemaker prompts and decided to take part, I drafted some possible text to accompany each of the 31 prompts. What I wrote then for today’s prompt is so very…
The Balloon Ride Who knows where the idea came from? For someone who’s been afraid of heights since childhood, it seemed like a crazy idea. Perhaps it was watching wonderful films like David Niven’s version of Around the World in 80 Days as a child? Or the Nimble bread advert?…
Happy New Year Happy New Year lovely friend and follower, I do hope you’ve had a lovely festive break? It all seems like ages ago already doesn’t it? I had a really lovely, well needed and relaxing break. Getting back into work and the usual routine has been rather hard…
100 Days of Creativity Challenge – Week 12 Empathy This has been a week of emotional extremes. This morning I have found myself reflecting on that fact and trying to understand what it has taught me. In the process of my pondering, I’ve come to realise that the common thread…
100 Days of Creativity Challenge – Week 11 The Looming Deadline With the finish line of my 100 day project clearly in sight now, the issue of how quickly time rushes by seems to be constantly on my mind of late. Every one of my journal entries for the past…
100 Days of Creativity Challenge – Week 9 The Ripple Effect I’ve become fascinated how small actions can accumulate to create a massive impact. That’s what has happened with my 100 day project. My original idea was simply to encourage a better daily routine and give greater priority to my…
100 Days of Creativity Challenge – Week 8 New Opportunities This week has been quite simply magical. In last weeks blog I wrote about dreaming of being able to create textile sculptured creatures and characters that are as special, as magical in real life, as they are in the visions…
100 Days of Creativity Challenge – Week 7 Time Time seems to be rushing past of late. I’m currently on a three-day textile sculpture workshop. Today is Friday, day one. Each of the three days is long, so although it’s only Friday, I’m sat writing this blog post ready for tomorrow’s…
It’s been an interesting a somewhat chaotic week to begin my 100 days, so I am immensely proud of myself for prioritising my daily creative hour. I won’t bore you with too many details, but my week included: Spending a wonderful annual summer get together with the writing group I…