Category Archives: Creativity Boosts

Creativity Boost: Pay Attention

Sarah White October 3, 2016 Creativity Boosts / Life2 Comments

I’m pretty sure at some point when Jackie and I were walking around Santa Fe we talked about wondering if people there ever get tired of or stop noticing the view. I wondered the same thing when I lived in coastal Massachusetts for a summer. Do people who grow up …

Creativity Boost: Honor the Transition

Sarah White September 26, 2016 Creativity Boosts / Life2 Comments

I spent the last five days at a writing and meditation retreat in Santa Fe, which was amazing and wonderful and inspiring and tiring. I spent most of yesterday trying to get home after storms in Dallas messed up air travel for the whole center of the country and beyond, …

Creativity Boost: Do Something Scary

Sarah White September 19, 2016 Creativity Boosts2 Comments

Last week I shared my first creativity boost/challenge in a while, complete with a Facebook Live video (which you can see at the end of that post if you want to). It was all about giving things up to give yourself time and space to be more creative. How it …

Creativity Boost: What Can You Give Up?

Sarah White September 12, 2016 Creativity Boosts3 Comments

If you don’t follow me on Instagram or Twitter you might have missed that I spent the weekend at a blogger conference, which is always nice to do because I see old friends and get inspired about what direction I want my blog, and my life, to go. Now that …

Make Bad Art — It’s Good for You

Sarah White July 12, 2016 Art / Creativity Boosts2 Comments

I really hate the idea of calling anything you make “bad.” Things might not turn out the way you planned (so often) but that doesn’t mean it’s bad, just that it turned out differently. But “bad art” is what a lot of people feel like they make, those people who …

Designate a Travel Project {Craft Challenge, Day 51}

Sarah White February 20, 2016 Craft Challenge / Creativity Boosts / Yarn Craft0 Comments

Piggybacking on yesterday’s challenge about creating where you are, this becomes much easier if you always have a project with you, which can happen when you designate a travel project. Benefits of a Travel Project If you have something you can carry with you, you’re more likely to be creative …

Collect Inspiration on Pinterest {Craft Challenge, Day 6}

Sarah White January 6, 2016 Craft Challenge / Creativity Boosts / Pinterest0 Comments

Today’s challenge is sort of the digital version of yesterday’s inspiration wire challenge. There is so much fun, inspirational stuff out there on the Internet, whether projects you want to try, techniques to explore or just pretty pictures or objects that can inspire your own creations. The task today is …