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Three Simple Ways To Up-Level Your Life

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It’s easy to get caught up in everything that is happening around the world right now. The news all seems bad. In the meantime, we have to carry on, and believe it or not, this can be a time of opportunity.

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Seven Dumb Things You Need to Stop Doing

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We say things to ourselves and about ourselves that we wouldn’t dream of saying to someone else, yet we wonder why we don’t feel good about ourselves.

​You have to be kind to yourself, and one place to start is to stop saying nasty things about yourself...

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12 Easy Ways to Better, Happier Habits

Journal writing - Easy ways to better, happier habits.
​We all have times in our lives when we intentionally want to change our behaviour for the better and create new habits for ourselves.
 
This could be getting in the habit of eating more fresh vegetables, and drinking more water. Or it...

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Choosing Watercolor Paper -
a Guide for Beginners

How to choose watercolor paper, watercolor sketchbooks with sunflower painting.
Today, I'm going to talk about watercolor paper. For beginner painters and watercolorists and sketchers, the topic of watercolor paper can be quite confusing...

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What Do We Do With All the Sadness?

Wilting roses - what do we do with all the sadness?
In the past week, a good friend of mine lost her father after a difficult illness, and a young mother I know lost her husband in a tragic car accident. Just today, another friend lost a sibling unexpectedly. Things like this happen every day. Sometimes it happens to people who are close to us, and sometimes to folks we don’t know, so it doesn’t seem to touch us.

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Three Inspiring Ideas that Make Life Better

Pink cake - Three inspiring ideas that make life better.
You never know when something is going to cause a change in your life, however small, that may make everything simpler. I believe that these occurrences come into our lives when we're ready or perhaps they come along all the time and we only notice them when we're ready.

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What Would Your Life Look Like if You Had No Fear?

RV Happy Unpacking -
Soothing the Soul

What would your life look like if you had no fear?
Recently, I was musing about making some changes in my life and when I thought about certain things, I could actually feel a sensation in my body. It was like that feeling you get when you are startled by a knock at your door, or when it's your turn to speak a meeting.

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Soothing the Soul
Beautiful music, pleasing colours, pretty things give most of us a lot of pleasure, and surrounding ourselves with these delights makes life so much more lovely.

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Paint a Watercolor Autumn Maple Leaf - Step-by-Step Tutorial

Quick and Simple Guide to Choosing Your Watercolor Palette Colors

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I am so excited to share with you my step-by-step watercolour tutorial showing you exactly how to paint the beautiful Autumn Maple leaf, like you see at left.
To get started, I've provided the drawing pattern you'll need to use to trace onto your watercolour paper.

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Quick and Simple Guide to Choosing Your Watercolor Palette Colors
Let's talk about choosing watercolor paints. This is a confusing subject for a lot of beginning watercolor artists, so we're going to cover it today using my quick and simple method. But before we get started, take a moment and subscribe to my Youtube channel.

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  • Home
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Make It
    • Inspiration >
      • Be Happier and More Creative in Three Easy Steps
      • Take Time to Get Away
      • Eat Chocolate for Breakfast
      • There is Always Time
      • How I Became an Artist
      • Make it Pretty Quickly
      • Use the Good Things
      • Finding Quiet
      • Do You Have the Nerve?
    • Turn Your Vacation into a Creative Retreat
    • Sketchbook Tour
    • Artistic DIY Envelopes
    • Everywhere Designs and Patterns
    • Decorating with Seashells
    • Creative Spaces in My House
    • Creative Business
    • Lesson Library >
      • Lesson List >
        • Sketch Rome Travel Journal
  • About
    • My Books
    • Sketches from the South of France
    • About Me >
      • My Licenses
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