Happy holidays, everyone — and a merry Christmas if you celebrate! Painting holiday cards has become one of my most favourite holiday traditions. They’re amazing for getting in the spirit of the season, and they’re a beautiful way to celebrate connection. Admittedly, they’re also a helpful way for me to…
This year, I thought it would be fun to get the kids in on the festive creative action, and that’s how I discovered… Salt dough! I’m pretty sure this is not a new concept, but this was my first introduction, and I’m pretty excited about it. Oh, the possibilities! Of…
Happy Halloween! It’s been a while since I wrote for the series Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist. I meant for the series to be a place to share my random hobbies, but I’ve actually been pretty singularly focused on continuing to learn about the wonderful world of blogging. (And there’s…
You have a bunch of different projects on the go. They’re all pulling for your attention at the same time, and you can’t seem to finish any of them. When you do get a little free time to work on something, you can’t decide where to focus… And you make…
Perfectionism is the enemy of the multi-passionate creative. Of course, it’s a problem for any creative, but for a serial hobbyist, perfectionism can be particularly stifling. Why? We tend to deep-dive into many topics or hobbies, and that often means perfection is out of the question. Jack of all, master…
My last post was largely about the struggle to write concisely, specifically in blogging. As I wrote that, I was examining my motivation and realized that while the skill of brevity and the end goal of “being useful” to a reader is important, what I was really interested in was…