Wildly Creative
A six-week program for women who feel drawn to making beautiful things and learn what it means to be truly creative in every area of their lives.
Does this sound familiar?
You’ve recently started to feel an urge to create something with your hands but you don’t know what it is or where to start
You already know what you love to create but it always drops off the to-do list because there’s always something ‘more important’ that you should be doing (usually for someone else).
You see the work of others and it makes you catch your breath - but you lack the confidence that you could make something that beautiful so you don’t even start
You feel inspired to move towards a creative project but a little voice says ‘What a waste of time given you’re no good at this - what IS the point?’
You're tired, stressed or exhausted and you know self-care needs to move up the agenda.
You don’t believe you are a ‘creative person’ but deep down you know it’s something you’d like to explore
Wildly Creative is your invitation to...
Have the feeling of deep satisfaction from having fulfilling that restless creative urge
Enjoy the quiet and welcoming company of other women also drawn to create beautiful things
Heal the heart in a tender soft way and reconnect to the feminine energy, especially if you've been through a period of suffering recently
Bring something from an idea into form instead of just thinking about it
Actively prioritise spending time on yourself and realise the benefit of that for everyone and everything in your life
Become more masterful at your art just through spending consistent time with it and discovering what wants to be created through your hands
What makes me the right guide for you?
Creating something out of nothing is my superpower:) From creating books to businesses to wedding cakes to flower arrangements to online programs to painting - taking an idea and bringing it into form is just what I do.
I'll be getting messy and creating alongside you. I'll share what I've learned with you about the Art of Creativity, but then the rest of the time I'm rolling my sleeves up and doing the work (and journeying through the highs and lows of that) with you.
I know what it means to twitch unless you're creating! If I'm not creating, I cause trouble. I get irritable, frustrated and start interfere with other people's lives! I can't sleep properly, can't think properly, can't love properly unless I'm creating. If you get that, you're my kind of person.
I believe that we are all creative
This simply means to conjure up something, where before there was nothing. If you’ve ever cooked a meal, tried knitting or sowed a seed, or birthed a baby (or had a role in making one) that counts. But it’s all too easy to get caught up in the PRODUCTS of our creativity (the dress we made, the image we designed, the business we created) and fail to appreciate the PROCESS of it. The art of creativity itself. The joy inherent in sitting down and carving out time just to make something beautiful. Even if it turns out ugly.
Wildly Creative is NOT for you if you’re looking for advice on how to improve your watercolour technique, what template you should use for your website or how to sell your finished creations.
Wildly Creative IS for you if your hands itch to create, you MUST be creating and you feel miserable if you’re not.
How it Works
Wildly Creative is a six- week program. I’ll send you an introductory video as soon as you sign up and then tomorrow you’ll receive Lesson One. Every week for six weeks you’ll receive a new Lesson, along with an invitation to join together (online) to actually create (see below).
These lessons are six easily-digestible videos designed to help you deepen your relationship with your creative nature - each with a short piece of homework
Lessons include:
• Start With What You Have
• How To Get Inspired
• Creativity by Design
• The Feminine Energy
• How To Take Yourself Out of The Game
• The Ripple Effect
And Time To Create
Then, you’ll be invited to The Gathering - an online co-working space - dedicated to nothing but making beautiful things. No longer will your essential creativity be pushed to the bottom of your to-do list. At least for these six weeks, let’s honour your creative heart and find out what wants to come through you.
It will change your whole life.
The Gathering runs each Wednesday 9am to 1pm UK). Please see timezone conversions in the FAQ below. We’ll gather together online using zoom.
Bring your sewing, your sketchpad, your flowers, your laptop; take us into your kitchen, garden or dance studio and in that shared space, and in that shared energy, let’s create together. (Don’t worry if you don’t know what to create, I’ll let you know what to bring to the first session).
The sessions will be structured with an introduction, focussed creative time and an opportunity to share what you're working on with others. Come for an hour, come for the whole session - you’ll know what’s right for you each week.
Why Wildly Creative? I wanted to create a container with enough time to mess about, get mucky, try things you’ve never done before, make awful art, make beautiful art and let the heart express itself in any which way it likes. More like a child’s playgroup where you end up with a big smile and covered head to foot in paint than a ‘grown up’ fine arts class:) Or you can sit and quietly knit for the whole morning - this is YOUR space to connect with YOUR creativity.
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The list is endless :) You might want to spend some time painting, flower arranging, cake decorating or graphic designing - those things we typically think of as 'art'.Or you might choose the time to write love letters, doodle to your heart's content or figure out how to fart Happy Birthday - really - who am I to judge?Or you might want to create a new offering for your business, a new website, a book or a writing a piece of software code.Or all of them on one day.I'm less concerned with WHAT you create and more interested THAT you create.It's all creation. It all acts as a vehicle to learn more about how to create something from nothing. It's all here to be breathed out through your hands.Bring it on.
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I have tried my best to cover all time zones!
Wednesday Gatherings are
9am - 1pm UK
10am - 2pm Paris
4am - 8am New York
1am - 5am Los Angeles
8pm - 12am - Sydney
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That's OK - sometimes we have a burning desire to create SOMETHING, we just don't know what it is. If you're prepared to be open-minded and follow some simply instructions, I'll help you get that creative ball rolling before the first Wednesday.
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I understand, life has a way of trying to distract us when we make a commitment to our creativity! (And sometimes things that are genuinely important crop up too). Simply attend as many session as you can. The Art of Creativity modules are released each Monday so you can watch when it's convenient to you (each will be no longer than 20 minutes so you can fit it into your busy life). Because the Wednesday sessions are there to do the work itself, those won't be recorded. You can also just come for the first hour of implementation, or the third - it's up to you.
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Of course:) If you're curious about discovering more about your feminine creative energies and have a hankering to make beautiful things - by all means - please join us.
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And therein lies the problem we traditionally have with the idea of creativity. We see it as a 'I'll do that when.....' type of affair and although our creative heart is calling to us, we have abandoned her in the pursuit of everything we consider 'more important'. This is not decadent. This is essential. And gift to you and everyone who touches your life.Item description
““It is not the critic who counts: not the person who points out how the strong woman stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the woman who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends herself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if she fails, at least she fails while daring greatly, so that her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
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