desire
holiday freebies & the want to place
Mark my words: In a week or two there will be untold numbers of free PDF “Best ofs” flying around the internet as bloggers and businesses offer up these stocking stuffers in gratitude to their readers this holiday season. This, I think, is a lovely gesture. When it comes from the right place. The giving [...]
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A career coach for creatives armed with the super power of hearing between the lines, Laura Simms helps passionate creatives discover and cultivate the work meant just for them. Once called a “momentum swashbuckler,” Laura puts the giddy-up in career transition and career strategy. Learn more at createasfolk.com.
where craftiness comes from: the desire within
Over the past few months as I have explored where craftiness comes from, I have realized that, while our craftiness can be influenced by others, it is our own desire to create that really makes things possible. Everyone I have interviewed has come from a different upbringing; some went to art school, some did not. [...]
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Dannielle Cresp is a creative direction enabler and web designer, creating a handmade friendly world through mindful living. Learn how you can too at her blog.
Do You Honour Your Own Vision?
A few years ago I worked on a project that I was totally and completely in love with. A series of cards that I also envisioned as a boxed set and further saw as journals. I dove into the project open-hearted and fully excited. I had an art director at a large stationery publisher who [...]
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Liz Kalloch is an artist, designer, traveller, and writer who has worn many different creative and entrepreneurial hats – and some of these hats she has even designed and knitted herself. Her artwork – and life – is focused on searching the soul to stay connected to her life path, clarifying and re-clarifying a life purpose and always trying to listen more carefully to that inner voice that speaks the truth. These days you can find her in the San Francisco Bay area where she runs her own freelance design and art creating business and blogs about it here.
Discovering Your True Goals
Hello, hello! It’s Brittni from papernstitch. And this week I am departing from my typical art roundup. Not to worry, I’ll be back to finding amazing artwork in two weeks for my next post. But today, I wanted to talk about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately: goals. What? Goals? Tomorrow is [...]
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Brittni Mehlhoff is the editor of the handmade blog, papernstitch, and is also the owner and creator of an exhibition site by the same name. If you are a creative entrepreneur, small business owner, or a blogger, join the growing community of 7,000+ Stitchers and sign up for Brittni’s free weekly biz tips + handmade picks.
the quiet desperation of need
While I often wax poetic about defining what you want and then acting on your desires, it’s not so much what you want but what you need that will propel you into a life lived outside the box. When we “want” something, it can almost feel dirty, shameful. Who are we to want more than [...]
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Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
