Pink heart

I’m just about about emerging to the surface after having spent six weeks In The Fish Bowl: Life As An Artist Online with Marisa Haedike of Creative Thursday, holding onto this quote by the Persian poet and philosopher Jalal ad-Din Rumi: “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

It’s been six dynamic, inspiring & empowering weeks, charged with a combination of expert know-how and a passion for doing what you love to do. Organically connecting everything from pricing, to blogging and marketing with being connected to your vision and following your heart.

Thank you Marisa, for your focus on being true to your self, and thank you all of you amazing and inspiring artists who participated in the course!

Tags: courses, Creativity

Walk with maple leaves

Yellow. If anyone asked me what my favourite colour is, I don’t think I’d say yellow. But here it is and every time I see pure yellow it washes over me like delight in the form of a colour. A miracle. And I ask myself, how can anything be so yellow?!

A rain of maple leaves

Maples trees turn vibrantly yellow, sometimes blushing lightly before turning a flaming scarlet red. These drifts of golden leaves remind me of treasure, childhood dreams of gold coins.

Below is a photo with yellow and gold leaves on dark soil, that inspires me to create patterns for textiles. The beauty of nature is an endless source of inspiration to me!

Yellow and gold leaves

A cloud of yellow! Startling! A marvel!

A cloud of yellow leaves

Tags: autumn, foliage, leaves, nature, yellow

Dreamboard. Full Frost Moon. November 2009.

This dreamboard didn’t turn out as I had planned it, not at all. And here I thought I had clear idea for what I wanted to bring into November! Since I’ve been spending my autumn expanding, following my heart, being in my creative process, participating in projects, resetting my internal compass, getting to know new friends and connecting with old ones, I felt it was time to, consolidate. To retreat to my home, to prepare for the holidays, find peace, bring beauty to my home, do yoga and sort out drawers. That is what my dreamboard was supposed to be about, but it took a direction of its own.

What I see is a dreamboard that’s about giving my creativity wings! Finding creative freedom. And a dreamboard strongly influenced by the bright colours of the autumn leaves, that bring me so much joy and inspiration!

For those of you who feel inspired by this dreamboard, I created Satsuma Sky, a desktop wallpaper and calendar for November with this motif. I hope you enjoy it!

Tags: collage, creative process, Creativity, dreamboard, dreams, full moon, making wishes, nature, orange, watercolours

November. Chestnuts, satsumas, celeriac, mangos, parsnips and pears. Darker days and candlelit evenings. Shades of orange and brown. I’m so enjoying experimenting with watercolours and collage techniques. This desktop wallpaper takes its cue from the autumn skies, watercolours and the explosive oranges of autumn leaves. A perfect backdrop for both Luminous Orange Folder Icons and Luminous Purple Folder Icons.

The download contains fullscreen, widescreen and iPhone versions, with and without a desktop calendar for November.

Save this wallpaper to your computer.

Tags: collage, desktop calendar, desktop wallpaper, nature, orange, watercolours

Luminous Orange Folder Icons is part of the series of Luminous folder icons, created to help you keep your desktop both tidy and gorgeous by colour coding your projects.

Orange is the colour of optimism, adventure and communication. Juicy, generous, sociable, spontaneous, energetic, enthusiastic, flamboyant and vivid.

Joyous orange is a powerful healing colour, it lifts our spirits, helps us look on the bright side and recover from grief. Rejuvenating orange helps us forgive and move on.

Here are eight shades of orange folder icons: Satsumas, Orange Peel, Pumpkin, Jack-o’-lantern, Cinnamon, Orange Rose, Cayenne, and Peach!

Save Luminous Orange Folder Icons to your computer.

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Tags: color code, folder icons