World Calligraphy Day 2024: Here’s 5 Ways to Celebrate it
Creative hobbies, crafts and art forms can be celebrated any day of the year really, but this year Manuscript who established World Calligraphy Day are recognising the art of beautiful writing on Friday 16 August 2024. And we should absolutely celebrate with them… but how?
I've been thinking up ways and realised there's so much ready to share with you at my finger-tips, so below is a bunch of ways you can get your calligraphy started... or back up and running!
Harness the Power of Spring: 5 Creative Ways to Set Intentions This Season
Spring is the perfect time to set intentions and align your goals with the energy of renewal and growth. By following these actionable steps, you can infuse your spring with purpose and create a season filled with intentionality. From reflecting on your values to practicing mindfulness in nature, there are plenty of creative ways to set intentions this spring. Embrace the opportunity for growth and let your intentions blossom and flourish in the vibrant energy of the season. Ready to spring into intention? Let's make this season your most intentional yet!
How to reduce overwhelm with calligraphy
Overwhelm can creep up on you. And often we’re spinning in it by the end of the day / week. When we’re overwhelmed, we’re often doing things that aren’t actually helping reduce the overwhelm. So what can we do? I list a few ways to help ease overwhelm and share even more in my free calming calligraphy workbook to dip-into and de-stress whenever you need it.
7 Key Dates to Bring Creative Wellbeing into your Workplace in 2024
Planning your company wellbeing programme for 2024? Plotting best dates for team building and social activities? Here's seven key dates throughout the year to weave mindful calligraphy sessions into your company's calendar for 2024...
My 3 favourite Halloween Lettering Ideas
Grab your pens and get creative during the year’s spookiest season - from leaves to pumpkins, seriously scary to fun and friendly Halloween lettering. In this article I guide you through three fun ideas to decorate pumpkins and leaves with spooky halloween calligraphy designs.
How to improve your employees’ focus and flow at work
What if employees could take back autonomy over their mindsets? Reframing stressful project deadlines, adapting more positive cultures at work, allowing and progressing in their role with more focus, and flow. In this article I’ll be taking you through the steps to invite more creative and sensorial ways to improve the very thing businesses need to help their employees’ thrive…
Five Ways to Boost Creative Thinking in the Workplace
Creativity offers us much more than expression, emotional release and artwork to hang on the wall or fill a notebook with.
When you work with both, the expressive form and the mindset work, we unlock a huge amount of untapped potential – on an individual level, which can ripple out to a team level and into the organisation as a whole.
Here’s how…
The Mindful Psychology of Calligraphy
Following on from part one, we now look at flow state, consistency and vulnerability and three further life lessons calligraphy teaches us. From the mindful psychology of calligraphic practise, to simple tips and tricks to keep us your practise, read on to get your calligraphy journey underway.
What is creative self-care…and why do we need it?
Self-care is one thing, creativity is another. But what happens when you bring them together and how do they affect our minds and mood? Read on to hear my story and why I've created a brand new course to support your own self-care ritual.