Coming up with creative solutions to painful problems is a challenge that’s frustrated me for years, constantly reinventing the wheel and looking to others for methods. It’s taken ages but I’ve come up with my own way to easily think creatively for...
How much do you beat yourself up for stuffing things up? Most of us have this negative sound loop playing when we make mistakes that easily knocks the crap out of us. But I think it’s a heap worse to have a bundle of life enhancing dreams go flying by simply...
If you’re anything like me setting your goals for the year can be daunting and exhilarating, a fabulous way to set your focus for the year ahead. But when it comes to checking up on progress with achieving your goals that can be left for another 11-12 months,...
We get into some odd conversations at market and this weekend it was one of fantasising about how to spend $3,000 on marketing for our own businesses. Now the reality is very few creative businesses will have $3,000 to spend on marketing and advertising in one fell...
Whenever I’ve simply waited for inspiration to arrive with a fabulous idea I’ve been left hanging, smashing into a blank wall and feeling inadequate. I enjoy being creative in my thinking, problem solving, making and doing. It invigorates me and perpetuates a sense of...
Since I was a little girl I’ve loved cards, all manner of cards, birthday cards, art cards, greeting cards, anniversary cards and every thing in between so it’s no surprise that I’ve had the dream of having my own stationery range of cards for years....
I’m a big believer in constantly learning so I can keep living this independent and creative life I value so deeply but there are times when it is a bumpy road that really knocks my faith in myself around. A recent workshop I went to certainly did that, forcing...
It’s been a year since I started going to weekly art classes and the biggest surprise from it all has been how much learning how to paint has informed all my other creative outlets. As a ceramist making her full time living from what I craft I thought I was...
I think one of the biggest fears people have going into their own precious business is what they’ll look like if they fail, if the business fails to take off and they’re ruined. We all hear about the amazingly successful businesses that are doing so...
Sometimes I think that my soul is more wilderness girl rather than the city I was born into. I love going exploring in wilderness areas and it lights up my soul and sets my creative muse afire. When I first ventured over to Arthur River on the Tasmanian north west...
