I am in love with fall. From a south Florida girl who never got to experience fall until I was in my 20’s I so greatly appreciate it. For me, fall sparks the creativity in me and Halloween marks the start of it all. There’s something electric in the air. Pumpkin patches, fall decor, vintage scary posters, crisp fall leaf walks, late night candlelight dinners with wine and cute warm weather clothes. Halloween…
Author: Savi Monroe XO
Playfulness Is My New Superpower
For the entirety of my creative endeavors, I chased perfection. I edited and over-thought everything until the pictures were pristine, stitched in perfect lines, and everything was curated like I was sending it off to a museum. Naturally after years of that I lost the spark along with the glitter, the giggles, and the joy. For me creating was my…
A Pause, A Pandemic, A Palette Reborn
In 2019, I walked away from the creative world—not with a dramatic slam of the door, but with a quiet, aching pause. It didn’t feel like burnout. It wasn’t a failure. It was something more….something like a slow unraveling of joy. Back then, my art felt more like a performance than an outlet. Every stitch, every brushstroke, every weave, every pixel was weighed down by a heaviness of expectation—mine,…
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