Every year like clockwork, I tumble headfirst into a love affair with fall, and nothing makes me happier. For me, fall is full of cozy time, cute, layered clothing, and creative sparks that light up my brain with so much happiness I ooze it. You always hear about seasonal depression. In the Midwest it seems…
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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…
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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