Category Archives: Creativity/Inspiration
Posts to inspire creativity
Breaking the Rules – Playing with Photography
Spending an afternoon with your kids breaking rules, getting messy and exploring how you see the world is a great way to get creative and make memories. The best thing about this activity is you can do it every week if you want to and discover something new and unexpected every single time.
Continue reading...How to Battle Creative Burnout
Creativity is like water, it tends to ebb and flow, sometimes coming in a torrent and sometimes in a trickle so scarce you have to search deeply for it.
Continue reading...Creativity Lessons from My Mom
In honor of Mother’s day I thought I would post a day earlier than usual and share just a few of the creative lessons I have learned from my mom.
Continue reading...Forrest Sargent – Hidden Light
There are those life altering moments - often few and far between - where you see something/read something/hear something that inspires you and changes you forever.
Continue reading...5 Keys to Overcoming an Off Day
Whether you are racking your brain trying to come up with some creative family activities, staring blankly at lesson plan wondering how to reach your students, or feeling overwhelmed on a personal project, there are strategies you can use to get back on track and feel inspired again.
Continue reading...Pottery and Creative Parenting Parallels
Pottery and Parenting – at first glace two things that don't seem to be related. I have just finished my first set of Beginner's throwing classes and at every step parallels between pottery and parenting kept popping into my head it has made me look at both topics in a new light.
Continue reading...Dr. Seuss – Snippits of Wisdom for us Adults
I have a confession to make. I an one of those few children who did not grow up with or read Dr. Seuss books as a child.
Continue reading...Defining Creativity
If you ask 100 different people “What is creativity?” You will likely get 100 different answers. I recently came across a great definition of Creativity that I thought we could look at and examine further.
Continue reading...How to Host an International Women’s Day Celebration in Your City
On March 8th 2011, Women all over the world will be gathering together to celebrate International Women's Day. This is the time to showcase and celebrate all the amazing things that Women do on a daily basis. It also brings to attention the struggle for not only equality, but the basic human rights that many women all over the world are still fighting for.
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