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  • Creative Living,  Mental Health

    Time for a (Social Media) Break!

    August 9, 2018

    One of the things I’ve been most excited about with my transition to being a stay-at-home-mom is that I’ll actually have the time (and energy!) to craft again. My mind began exploding with the possibilities of things I could work on finally and what projects around the house I could do. Naturally, anytime I am about to embark on anything I start “researching.” My version of “researching” is basically gathering ideas and inspiration. And due to my Questioner nature, this stage can get pretty intense and thorough. I. Can’t. Stop. The thing is with this “researching” stage is there really is no set end point. There’s no point you reach…

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    It’s Okay to Simplify

    August 1, 2018

    A week or so ago I started a project I was really excited about. Like, super excited. I had all sorts of layouts in my mind and a total vision for how it was all going to work out. Mind you, I have not done any sort of paper crafting since before the move. I don’t even have my craft desk set up to do that kind of crafting. My supply carts were (and still are!) in the garage, along with a couple random boxes in there, and a good number of boxes and storage tubs in the basement. My supplies were everywhere. I did my best to piece together…

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    Feel Good About Your Crafty Time

    July 17, 2018

    “Oh wow! That must’ve taken so much time!” “I wish I had the time to make something like that.” “When do you find the time to do all this?!” I suppose these comments are supposed to be some sort of compliment to our dedication (or at least I hope so) but when I hear things like this I sometimes feel kind of…judged. Maybe it’s just me? It’s become a status symbol in our culture to be super busy. It means you have important things to do that must be done! If you don’t have important things to do you must be a pretty boring, unimportant person. So…what does that mean…

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    Creating When You’re Feeling Mentally Unwell

    June 22, 2018

    I have PMDD. After 9 long months of pregnancy and then 8 months of breastfeeding the extreme anger, moodiness, and general feelings of “bleh” had become a distant memory…something I from another time that I had overcome a long time ago. But now it’s back and I had forgotten just how miserable it could be. On days when I’m mentally unwell I do not do any creating. I do Netflix. I do naps. I do fits of screaming, but no creating. My creative drug of choice the past year or two has been memory keeping / scrapbooking. That means lots of picture taking every day. But when I’m having a…

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    A Blog’s Purpose

    April 21, 2018

    “Your own reasons to create are reason enough. Merely by pursuing what you love, you may inadvertently end up helping us plenty. Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest of it will take care of itself.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic This quote sums up my creative life and my purpose. I go out into the internet world and see that most creative people have a particular niche of the crafty, creative world. It’s easy to carve out your own little spot if it happens to be well defined. When I try…

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Hello! It’s Alex Marie. This is my space to share little bits of my life and creative endeavors in hopes to inspire others to do the same.

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