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A place to explore creativity and life through a mindful lens

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It’s okay to take baby steps

It’s okay to take baby steps

Taking baby steps I'm back. Little steps at a time. At the end of January I was hit hard by a chest infection which took me out of action for a couple of months. I lost my way a bit getting over it. Just getting through the daily grind of life was the priority and anything extra felt too much. Then life seemed to keep firing at me in all directions and I withdrew. I am learning this tends to be my default if things get tough. I am realising that I find it easier to keep showing up for others...

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New Year, New Word

New Year, New Word

'Starting the new year with a word It has become a new year habit for me to choose a new word that I explore and hold close to me throughout the year. In the past this has included create and believe. Last year I carried with me open. Although at times I felt I had not really connected with this word, when reflecting back over my year, it was more powerful in my life than I had realised. So what does this year hold? That's something none of us can ever know and as I let go of trying to control...

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Never too late

Never too late

 Looking back Recently i have found myself focused on finishing up projects that were half done or I had just begun. I had started a project called 'Story of Self' which I will share more of in a later post and also returned to my photos I took for recording a day in a life. This is a project inspired by and originally created by Ali Edwards, one of my scrapbook and storytelling heroes. The photos were taken from a day in march 2020, the 5th to be exact. It just so happened that a couple of...

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Creative time – making it Happen

Creative time – making it Happen

Making time for creativity  I've have been very quiet on here because the school summer holidays hit. We were lucky enough to have a week away in beautiful jersey seeing friends. it provided a much needed break and change of scenery.  Since getting back, having a 6 year old around has been fun but also a lot of my 'grown up' creative time has been difficult to come by in the same way.  But I have made it happen. Why? because I need it. Why I made time for my creativity?  I needed to carve out...

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Documenting a week in the life

Documenting a week in the life

Capturing the everyday moments At least a couple of times a year I undertake the Week in the Life project. This involves documenting and capturing our everyday life over one week. The project is inspired by Ali Edwards who originally created it and offers so much inspiration. There is also a great community of scrapbookers and memory keepers who come together to participate in the project at the same time. Most recently we came together to document a week in June between Monday 20th through to...

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Using July’s CKC kit

Using July’s CKC kit

Challenge One done In my previous post I shared the exciting opportunity  I had to be guest designer for the Counterfeit Kit challenge (CKC) community. Finally I am sharing my scrapbook layout I did for the first challenge. Each month the groups designers come up with several challenges to encourage us to get creative. As guest designer this month my creation (the layout below) can be found on their website which was very exciting.  You can check it out here alongside other great layouts from...

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Counterfeit Kit Challenge – July

Counterfeit Kit Challenge – July

Counerfeit Kit Challenge It's a new month and I am really excited because I've had the wonderful opportunity to be guest designer for the monthly scrapbooking Challenge called Counterfeit Kit Challenge. It's  a lovely free group of scrapbookers led by a great design team. The aim is to use our stash which I love because it's so important to use the products we have. Each month a scrapbooking kit is chosen for inspiration and we choose products in our stash to make our own kits replicating it...

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CREATIVITY and MINDFULNESS

CREATIVITY and MINDFULNESS

Hello and welcome to MINDFUL CREATE CONNECT and space to share a love of creativity. Creativity can sometimes feel overwhelming. Where to start?  What tools do I need? How can I be creative? I’m not artistic? These are all questions we can ask ourselves and I certainly have done in the past. I believe we can all be creative in our own way and I love that creativity can help us so much in so many ways. It allows us to be in the moment as It is...

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About Me

A little about me…

I’m Clem. Welcome. I am a lover of crafts most especially scrapbooking and painting. I love creating and making a mess in my craft room. Another passion of mine is to explore new places and especially to get lost in nature. I am lucky to have lots on my doorstep in my home county of Shropshire, UK.