Category Archives: Inspiration

New Pattern: J’aime

I get such a buzz going from this: and this… to this… I can’t imagine I’d ever tire of the thrill I get when I see it all weave together like a dance of colour! Can you imagine this as a children’s duvet cover?! I can!  I am always on the lookout for bright and [...]

Bliss. Imbibe. Restore

Welcome to my new weekly post called Bliss.  Imbibe.  Restore. Each week I’ll be posting links, photos, poems , stories and all manner of things which I find inspiration from. Tonight I was thinking about the things that are important to me in my creative biz and life and I think I’ve managed to roughly [...]

Hunger Releases a Capacity for Dreaming…

  I was recently listening to Bill Johnson speaking on the theme of hunger.  Not in the literal food-type way, but in the spiritual sense.  Something in particular that he said really made me tune in and take notice.  Bill said that hunger releases a capacity for dreaming.  That’s cool.  Hunger releases a capacity for [...]

Yoohoo… Anyone Home?

It’s been a while hasn’t it.  Too long, I know.  (kick cans…)  Is a pc that kicked the bucket a good enough excuse?  You may not believe this, but it took eight weeks for my iMac to be delivered – down here we still use camels for mail delivery.  But I know, it’s been a [...]

On Tossing Pebbles…

One of my favourite blogs to call in on  a regular basis over the fast few years has been Christine Mason Miller’s – some of you may know her formerly as Swirly.  I’ve been reading her newly released book Desire to Inspire and it’s got some very juicy morsels of encouragement and a few good [...]

Love Really…

    What Is the Root of all these Words? (creations?) One thing:  love. But a love so deep and sweet It needed to express itself With scents, sounds, and colors That never before Existed. ~Hafiz (bold mine) photo my own – mid-west Australia en-route to Canarvon

My Divided Heart

Have you heard of Myers Briggs?  It’s a personality test and I had the opportunity to complete the whole thing years ago as part of a professional development (pd) course whilst teaching.  Supposedly it was to help with staff relations?  Anyway, it was amusing because I continually scored either exactly in the middle of, or [...]

Have Got Yourself Some Brave Girl Boots?

 Have you ever heard of The Brave Girls Club?  Well if not, then perhaps it’s time you did.  I came across the heart behind the club Melody Ross through the Hello Soul Hello Business course and I’m completely loving that space right now.  Each day there are these lovely tasty morsels of encouragement for big [...]

On Not Making the Cut…

Last post I shared with you a little bit about the painting that was accepted into the Mid West Art Prize Exhibition.  Today – I just wanted to show you the one that didn’t make the cut!  I really love this one just as much because as i mentioned before, I am just starting out [...]

Finding my Purpose and Vision…

This week in the Hello Soul Hello Business sessions we have been searching our hearts and souls to unearth the reason for doing what we love.  As a creative/artist, we often say that we do what we do ,( ie paint or sculpt etc) because we love it.  But there’s something greater than that which drives [...]