Creativity

Hello creative friends which means everyone!

I am always amazed with the over abundance of creativity that all of you share. It's so inspiring. To all of you-I am inspired daily by your creative talents. I feel creativity is such a big part of our well being, our existance of who we are and what we are.

Everyone is CREATIVE! To hear someone say "I am not creative" always persuades me to argue their point. I feel the word creative involves many aspects of our soul. Everyone has creativity in their soul. I feel we can easily enable that creativity by lack of self confidence in our ability to create.

Creativity should be the freedom of self expression. It is by your rules. It is your creation, you are the artist, you are in charge of your masterpiece. It is awesome to be inspired by someone else, but don't let it cause you to feel inferior of your own abilities and talents.

I find creativity more enjoyable when I am creating something completely by my own thoughts and by my own rules. I say make your own as you go! Feel free! This empowerment does wonders for the soul.

You are CREATIVE! Thank goodness life allows us to improve and grow, to learn, to prosper, to succeed, to fall down and get up. You are creating something right not wrong. You are learning, you are enriching yourself and others around you.


I love this video clip, my favorite! I know many of you have seen it, but it is a wonderful reminder of our abilities to create. You can watch it HERE.

Share your views on this subject. What inspires you to create? We all inspire and lift each other up!

Here are a few comments from a few people you might know who share their views on creativity.

Albert Einstein:
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

Arthur Koestler:
Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

Beatrix Potter:
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Buckminster Fuller:
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

Carl Sagan:
It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

Edward de Bono:
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

Erich Fromm:
Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

Erich Fromm:
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Franklin D. Roosevelt:
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Have a happy and creative day

Christmas Thought of the Day - 2/18/10

Christmas is here,
merry old Christmas,
gift bearing,
heart touching,
joy bringing Christmas.
~~ Washington Irving ~~

Welcome, Judah!

Judah Morris Eric Cowan

My sister, Lindi, just had her baby yesterday morning, weighing

 7 lbs and 4 oz, and is 19.5" long.

For a really long time I thought she was having a girl. I was sure of it. But a few weeks ago I started thinking that it was a boy. I don't know why...but I just had a feeling.

He's extra pink,VERY fuzzy, round and squeaky!

 He's got the most pathetic little wimper and startles quite easily. Really, he just does not like to be bothered.

I tried looking at his little feet (which are massive by the way, as are his hands!) and it completely freaked him out when I messed with his little blanket.

He doesn't look a thing like his sister, (it's funny, he actually looks like Reuben) and he smells absolutely heavenly.

Eva is in love. She tried to tickle her little brother, (she says "tee-ko tee-ko tee-ko!") but realized quickly that new born brothers do not like to be tickled!

I think i'm going to have to do a watercolor sign for his bedroom:) I'm trying to think of something cute to go with his name. I think of Lions when I hear the name Judah.

I'm pretty sure though that he's going to get "Jude" most of the time, as several of us have already started singing "hey Jude" as soon as we heard the name!

A Magical Disney Cruise

Hello! I'm back! I've been happily at sea with my family for the past 10 days on a Disney Cruise! It was an amazing trip! We started our journey from Cape Canaveral, Florida. We visited Key West, Florida, Cozumel-Mexico, Grand Cayman Islands and our last stop Castaway Cay.


We were held up at Castaway Cay for an extra 24 hours due to weather conditions. It was great! One extra day of Disney Fun! We were fortunate to be able to change our flights back home with no extra charges. I know it was a head ache for a lot of people trying to get back home.

Now it's back to catching up on 10 days of laundry and back to the reality of life. We will miss the room service, chocolates on our pillows and so much more! It may take us awhile to get back into the groove! No worries--my etsy orders are going out this week! Me and my sewing machine are back in the groove!

Happy Valentines Day!

Celebrate a Happy Valentines with these adorable boy and girl Valentines that you can make with your kids! A FREE download is available from: The Celebration Shoppe!

They have cute ideas for many celebrations!
If you are giving a baby shower, you will LOVE their creations!

Happy Valentines, Happy Everything!

A Successful Trip to the VV Boutique

  We have a chain of thrift stores around here called Value Village. I'm not sure if it's just a Canadian thing, or if American folks have this shop too.
Anyway, it's similar to salvation army, only often a lot more expensive. (Sometimes they have some pretty abused items marked up to some pretty steep prices. Coats with rips and missing zippers over $20 because it's brand name etc...) so we've dubbed it the "VV Boutique".

This weekend we had some stuff to donate,(remember the nasty "dusty rose" mini blinds from our new living room?) So of course I couldn't help ducking in just to see what they might have.

One thing about the VV boutique, is that while they overprice what most would call garbage, they often don't know when they have a treasure right in front of them.

Here are my Lucky Vintage Finds!

Set of 4 sweet rosie tea cups/sandwich plates: $3.99

Two Large Diner Serving Platters: $2.99 each

Massive  Juicer: .99cents!!

Four cocktail napkins: 99 cents

Two Table Cloths (one is so soft I plan on using it like a giant tea towel/apron: $1.99 each.

And last, but not least, A little sister for Gladys!

Gladys is my pink "piggie" bank, who rules my kitchen from her special little shelf. When I first saw her, I thought she was a cookie jar, but alas, she had a slot in the top. I bought her anyway. I had to. She was judging me. See her judging stare?

Mark has even made up a judging little owl sound that we're sure she makes to herself when we do not live up to her expectations.

Now they can judge us together.Will we be able to handle it??

Oh, the shame and humility!

I'm not yet sure what we're going to name Gladys's new sister yet...any ideas?

"Sew" What's New?

Welcome February and more fun creations for your little doll inspired by my little doll! There are seven coordinating fabrics in this little quilt bunting with matching pillow and pillowcase! Stay tuned for a tutorial soon to come!

Special Delivery to a loving Grandma in Garden City, Utah! Happy Birthday to two special little girls!

Wishing you all a Happy and warm February wrapped up in your favorite quilt!

You can see more fun crafty creations at:

Get Your Craft On
The Trendy Treehouse

Creations By Kara