Before Christmas I posted about some craft I was doing as presents for friends. At the time I hadn't actually started it but I was hopeful that in the middle of all the other end of year and Christmas craft happenings it would get done. Well it didn't get done.... Read more →

{Basket woven by my ten year old daughter, Airlie, at The Village Continuum festival. Photo styling: Airlie} We're wired to create. It's in our DNA. I just know it. It's why there are cities and spoons, buildings and blankets, stained glass window and shoes. We just can't help ourselves, we... Read more →

This post is a homage to the people I call my mentors. My mentors aren't people I personally know. I've never met them or spoken to them. And yet any time one of their emails hits my inbox, it's a red letter day cos I know that I'm going to... Read more →

It's really easy to get caught up in the importance and urgency of what you're doing. All those pressing deadlines need to be met and those three thousand emails in your inbox to be answered. The obvious solution is to work a little harder, so you can get it all... Read more →

Write to the people who inspire and move you. Tell them what you loved about their work. Let them know they have been seen and heard. Most likely they work away in obscurity and never get to hear the compliments. It's amazing how a little kindness from a stranger can... Read more →

You know the feeling. You've been on a making roll when suddenly inspiration and creativity desert you. You're stuck at just the time when you need to be focussing on getting your project done. There's a deadline and bills to pay. And you can't possibly make another thing. It seems... Read more →

I first heard the term productive procrastination when I was listening to author Austin Kleon being interviewed on The Writer Files. Austin Kleon is the author of the bestselling books, Steal Like An Artist and Show Your Work. Productive procrastination happens when you have a few different projects on the... Read more →

I crave contact with other people. The old-fashioned, face-to-face kind. Where you get to chat to a living, breathing person and see their emotions stride across their face as they tell you what they are passionate about, what worries them, what their dreams are. I love hearing other people's stories.... Read more →