Balancing Act—Work, Home, Creativity, and the Art of Not Losing It

Most of my blogs focus on creativity. How to find it, nurture it, and talk about things that feel true to me. I don’t often talk about the other side of my life. Working, bills, health, and maintaining both work and personal relationships take up most of my life. The stuff that doesn’t always feel…

Bringing My Digital Art To Life With Procreate

One of the many creative outlets I’ve found joy in has been visual storytelling and I’ve found Procreate is my favorite app for that. Procreate brings a sleek and intuitive app that lets me sketch, paint, illustrate, and design all with a stylus. Most people who use it rave about its intuitive and professional grade…

Color Horoscope Series… Scorpio

The Color Horoscope Series I’m not much of a horoscope or what’s your sign girly but that isn’t because I don’t want to be. I just never knew where to start or where to go to learn. I was on a work call, and someone asked another person on the call what their sign was…

One Of My New Love Languages—Feedback

When most people think of love languages they think of acts of service or physical touch. Before this blog I would have said quality time. Giving me undivided attention with conversation and some board games or a movie after cooking dinner together. Although I still want all that, I’ve found a new appreciation for a…

Confessions of a Creative Perfectionist

A big part of why I walked away from creating was me. Simply put it was just me. I couldn’t get out of my own way. I couldn’t stop over thinking everything I did. A part of finding some success came pride but also doubt. Instead of just creating and playing with new ideas, everything…

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…