A word about 2019
Hello Creative QB’s, On this last day of 2018, it’s in my nature to ponder the year that was. In the history of my many years, it was a good one. Sometime back in December I started thinking about 2019 with intention. Not like a resolution or something to achieve, but...
Drawing the end of 2018 with very Merry Christmas
Hello Creative QB’s, Has 2018 been a good year for you? Are you ready to farewell this year with a good dose of Christmas cheer? At the start of the year I recall reading somewhere that 2018 would be a year of endings. However 2018 rolled for you, there...
Stretching the comfort zone of your creativity
Hello Creative QB’s, How stepping from comfy sand shoes to nine-inch high heels helped me stretch out of my comfort zone and enter a regional art prize. If like me, creativity is starting to feel like an old comfy pair of favourite sandshoes it maybe...
How to make creative U Turns
10 reasons why YOU think you’re not creative and 10 ways to TURN it around. Have you every thought to yourself, “I want to do something more creative, I just don’t know what that is?”. If this sounds like you, then you are not alone. If you have...
Brand Love and Creative Love
Hello Creative QB’s, I am thrilled to be launching my series of masterclass workshops; ‘Brand Love’ on October 20th and ‘Creative Love’ on November 24th. By Amanda 2 minute read I've been busting to run workshops ever since moving back to the Hunter last...
Guilt Free Creativity
Doing it for the kids! This week, we have escaped in our caravan for the school holidays. Apart from board games, bikes and the beach, it’s up to my kids to make their own fun. I’m taking a few moments to work on some beautiful hand-made...
Finding Time To Be Creative
Hello Creative QB’s, 2 minute read Google states time is “a measure used to sequence and compare the duration of events, and to quantify rates of change in material reality or in the conscious experience.” Wowsa..when I read this I was immediately...
Branding Blitz for Small Business
Branding Blitz for Small Business The secret to creating an engaging, successful brand in small business is creative strategy. In this 4 hour hands-on workshop I'm going to show you how to build a creative, cut through brand, raise your brand awareness and implement...
Budgeting for Creatives
Hello Creative QB’s, 2-3 minute read Try this one simple way to help fend off the starving artist syndrome in the pursuit of personal creativity. I don’t know about you, but stepping into my favourite art supply store to buy “just a few things’ is enough to send my...
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...