- Hi, I’m Renata. I’m a mom, a wife, and a teacher. I am also a writer, a painter, and a general creative soul. I love to write stories for children and poetry for adults. My favourite painting medium is acrylics. As well, I love to craft with my kids. While the goal is to have focused, daily creative time, that is not always possible with a five year old, three year old, and a one year old. That is why post it notes with sentence fragments, story ideas, and sketch ideas can be found on most surfaces in my home. This blog is a record of my attempts at sanity and at making me time for creativity while being a mommy of three.
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Monthly Archives: January 2014
A Tribute
It’s never the way you want to remember, but a death does remind you to cherish those you love. It reminds you to say the things you need to say now and not wait. You know, those things you assume … Continue reading
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Painting Project: November Serendipity Painting
As with other months, I started out with a painted page. This was this month’s endeavour. My favourite part was the circles in the top right corner (I also liked the peacock feather shape but that ended up in another painting). … Continue reading
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Creative Kids Moment: Chinese New Year Crafts
Here are a couple toddler friendly crafts you can do to recognise Chinese New Year. 1) Chinese Lanterns: This is a classic school craft. It didn’t take much to adapt it to a toddler craft. I had C free paint on … Continue reading
A Year Ago Today…
To my sweet baby girl who is now one, How amazing to think we’ve been a family of four for a year now! And yet, at the same time, how amazing to think you haven’t always been with us. You … Continue reading
Bring On the Horses!
Chinese New Year is almost upon us! It’s on January 31st this year and it will be the year of the Horse. I’ve always been facinated with Chinese New Year and the predictions about personality depending on what year you … Continue reading
Start the Year Off Write
I’m sharing this a little late but it’s been a crazy new year so far. Just in case anyone is looking for some writing inspiration, I’ve been following Shannon Abercrombie’s Start the Year Off Write prompts. She has been/will interview … Continue reading
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Slice of Life January 2014
As January is typically a time of reflection, I decided it was time to re-do my life pie check in (this is the pie chart based on Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way (57) but with an 8-slice switch up). Here’s a break … Continue reading
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Mine, mine, mine!
My son currently loves the movie Nemo. His favourite part involves the turtles. My favourite part is the seagulls who cry “Mine, mine, mine!” It cracks me up because it is exactly what I’m hearing at my house! It doesn’t seem … Continue reading
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