Green Thumbs up for Creativity
Hello Creative QB’s, 3 minute read Spring is popping so our blogs this month are blooming with gardening themes and all things green. We all know that indoor plants have great health benefits like cleaning the air, but did you know that they can aid in...
Creativity is like gardening
Hello Creative QB’s, 2 minute read I love gardening and have a favourite old beaten-up hat I wear; it makes me feel like a gardener. Creative ideas are like gardens and often my best ideas come after a day moseying around the yard, digging in the dirt. Gardens thrive...
Reconnecting with creativity
Hello Creative QB's, 4 minute read Together as sisters we have cried during some very sad times of loss and hardship and cheered each other on during times of celebration. We stuff up and make mistakes all the time and we learn and grow from our mistakes...
Travel is the creative space of wanderlust
Hello Creative QB’s, By our guest blogger, Kristy McLoughlin (nee O'Bryan) 2 minute read We would love to introduce you to someone special today. We have another sister her name is Kristy. She is the middle child of the family and by her own admission is...
How to discover if you are a multi-passionate creative?
Hello Creative QB’s, 3 minute read How many creative projects do you have on the go right now? Do you have half a dozen, are you starting on another, almost finished one? If this sounds like you, you could be what is known as a ‘multipotentialite’. It’s...
Chicken soup for the creative soul
Hello Creative QB’s,CREATIVE COOKINGApprox making time 1 day----------------------------------------Making chicken soup from scratch using homemade bone broth is nourishment for your creative soul. It’s a perfect mid winter weekend thing to do and an antidote to...
Make a living succulent wreath
Hello Creative QB’s, DIY CREATIVE PROJECT Approx making time 2-3 hours - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Connecting with the joy of making helps us all de-stress, unwind and enhance our personal wellbeing. Working on a creative DIY project is...
Listening for the sound of creativity
Hello Creative QB’s, - 3 minute read - 15 min creative practice All that clatter and bang in our head is a creative block. It’s the noise that stops us from hearing the sound of creativity. Learning to turn down the background noise, turns up the sound of creativity...
Are you making perfect mistakes?
Hello Creative QB’s, 3 minute read Some of the worlds greatest discoveries came about because of a simple mistake; the microwave, superglue, teflon and even the pacemaker- all came about because of a creative process that was ‘stuffed up’, and even though these were...
COLOUR ME HAPPY
Hello Creative QB’s, 3 minute read Colour is an extremely powerful tool. Ninety per cent of snap judgements are based on response to colour. We encourage our children to paint rainbows and read picture books splashed with considered palettes. So why as we get older do...
How taking a creative leap of faith develops your inner trust
Hello Creative QB’s, 3.5 minute read Today is your day to leap barefoot, make a splash, to take the plunge into anything you deem as your creative leap of faith. You take your leap by showing up, by being present to your intuition, by listening for the call, the...
When creativity is more than just escapism
Hello Creative QB’s, 2 minute read. It is not fair for me to say my creativity is a form of escapism, whilst it certainly can be and is also a great healing process, the term escapism sells creativity short, for it is a much more beneficial tool that we can use to...
Belle’s philosophy on driving creativity
Hello Creative QB’s, 3 minute read I always feel after a road trip inspired by all I have seen and collected and imprint those images somewhere deep in my right brain. I capture the changing light on modern day ‘film’ and stuff the car full of nature’s curios I have...
Big Hearted Welcome
Hello Creative QB’s, 6 minute read This is my first post under the pen-ship of a new Creative Queen Bees. A big hearted warm welcome to you. I'm Amanda, founder and Creative Director at Creative Queen Bees. I'm an artist, designer and author dedicated to...
Cate’s candy shop of creativity
CATE'S FIRST BLOG 4 minute read I’m Cate- wife, mother of three, primary school teacher and DIY extraordinaire. I am a ‘can do’ girl. I wear the handy lady pants in our household. There is much I can’t do particularly well, but little I won’t try my hand...