Become a Creative Goddess

I can't recommend Leonie Dawson enough!  She is prolific and successful and this is her program for creativity!  

Creative Goddess eCourse

Think you aren't creative - this will help.

Blocked creativity - this will help.

This will make you more productive, more prolific, more creative and more alive!

Or, do yourself a big favor and just sign up for the Goddess Circle.  You get access to ALL of her programs instantly and for 1 year for one price, PLUS forums with the most supportive people ever!  These are the people I turn to when I'm down and they lift me up, these are the people I share my tiniest successes and they all celebrate with me.  We all support each other, lift each other up, send each other love and share our wisdom.

I joined the goddess circle because I wanted to take the Business Goddess eCourse and knew that I would love all the other programs as well.  I have taken the Radiant Goddess Course as well.  Both of the courses changed (and continue to change) my life in beautiful ways.  

{disclosure:  I am an affiliate for Leonie Dawson, which means I get money if you purchase these products.  Don't worry, I would never promote something that I didn't support 100%!}

Feel Great About Completing a Project.

Today started out really productive and positive.  I took photos for a new free tutorial for my tutorial newsletter subscribers.  In the process, I finished a super cute project.

After I finished the project and the photo, I felt tired and I decided to take a "quick" nap.  

It has been a long week.  I have been sick and haven't had a lot of sleep.  I feel asleep for a lot longer than I meant to.  When I woke up I felt icky and that I was wasting the day!

I felt bad.  Then I saw that cute little dotee doll, and felt a lot better.  Why?  Because I accomplished such an adorable project!  Plus, I have a great start on sharing the project with others so they can also bring cuteness into the world. 

Sometimes what you need is a completed project to see what you have actually accomplished.  The dotee doll did that for me.

I expect the dotee doll tutorial to be going out to my newsletter subscribers at the beginning of the week.  You can get on the list to get the tutorial by signing up for my Emerging Creatively Tutorial Newsletter.

Design a Doll! TODAY!

TODAY IS THE DAY!

I'm so thrilled to bring you the first in my series of new instructional eBooks:  Design a Doll!

Rag dolls are all the rage! They are adorable, not difficult to make and fun to customize!

Perhaps you have been considering making one yourself. Maybe you're a little overwhelmed on exactly where to get started and how to put your own style into it.

Maybe you can find a pattern, but don't want your doll to look like everyone else's.

Make a "memory doll" out of a loved one's clothing, or make your child's favorite clothing or blanket into a cherished keepsake.

Now you can learn how to design a doll, create a pattern and create your own doll with this new eBook! I take you step-by-step through the process, so don't worry, You CAN Do It!

I have also included a pattern if you prefer to use mine for the first time you make a doll, but I also give detailed step-by-step instructions on how to design and create patterns and create your own one-of-a-kind doll.

This project is perfect for people who have a basic understanding of how to sew. (Not a true "beginner" as in "never-have-seen-a-sewing-machine-before" necessarily, but you don't need much sewing experience, either. Alternatively, you can hand sew your doll, but you need a basic understanding of how to do this as well.)

You will also learn the basic of my own style of embroidery in this tutorial.

You can sell the dolls that you design and make yourself, but please do not sell, distribute or use the pattern photos or text in anyway without without prior written permission from me.

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eBook includes:

--34 page PDF file with tons of instructions and color photos.

--Detailed step-by-step instructions from designing to completing your doll. Both text and full-color photos!

--A doll pattern for an example to make your own pattern, or to use.

--Instructions on embroidery to make your doll's face. (Which is only one option for the face!)

--Ideas for creative customization of your doll.

You'll receive your eBook as 2 PDF files, one with the instructions and lots of photos and one with the pattern. (Requires the free adobe to open.  One file is large 2.7 MB, and the other is small 251.6 KB)
 

Please head on over to my etsy shop to purchase.  Thank you!!

(Coming up next: You want to make a doll, but don't want to learn all the customizable options or to design your own? My Zombie Doll Pattern eBook will be release next week!)

Don't Be Afraid to Be Creative!

I made these newspaper heart decorations for my booth at BUiLDiNG CHARACTER.  I put them up on First Friday and they were a big hit!

People kept saying that they could never come up with something so creative.

I don't particularly feel as though I came up with something that creative.  I knew I wanted Valentine's Day decorations in my booth.  I knew that I wanted to make them out of "trash."  I had a pile of newspaper.

Somewhere in my past, I think in elementary school, we made shapes (I think fish) out of newspaper.

Somehow I remembered this and created the hearts.  Then the other details just started to come to me.  I love buttons and have tons of them, so I knew they would be great!  I think they're why the hearts are so cute!

Anyone could have made the hearts if they had the same experiences as me.  I'm not any more creative than the next person.  I just had a cool elementary school teacher, the proper supplies and tools and the desire to make something.  I also did not have any fear that it wouldn't work out.  I didn't know, but I didn't really worry about it either.

They could have just as easily not worked out.

So, if you wish to be creative, GO FOR IT!  You may just need some tools or a little instruction and the desire to make something cool!  Don't be afraid of failing!  You can just try again if it doesn't work out.

My New Idea

I have been thinking and reflecting on my business lately.  I had been feeling like I needed to add or change something.  I love making jewelry and I will continue to do so, of course, but I wanted to add something, too.

Quite frequently lately I have been noticing people telling me that they "wish" they were creative.  I have been telling people they "are" creative.  They don't believe me, though.

So, I have decided to launch a line of eBooks to help people learn how to use their own creativity to make awesome stuff!

The eBooks will be much more than just a tutorial or pattern of how to make a predetermined project.  The tutorials will contain lots of information on how to create your own unique project.

For example, the first eBook will be "Design a Doll."  I will be sharing step-by-step instructions on how I design my own dolls, how I make patterns for them and instructions on how to sew them.  

Your project won't likely be perfect at your first attempt.  The beautiful thing is that you get to try again!  The more you make the projects, I hope that you will eventually become very comfortable with making things and coming up with your own ideas.  

The more comfortable you become, the more creative you will be!

First eBook Release

The first eBook - Design a Doll - is set to launch on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2011 in my Etsy Shop!