- 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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Cranniversary Surprise
It’s been a while since I posted but this past week held an event that brought back a lot of feelings that inspired me to blog in the first place. I felt the need to post again. Thursday was my … Continue reading
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Tagged brain injury, brain tumour, car accident, concussion, cranniversary
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The Creative Life Project: May
Drawing Days in May This month I’m going to keep it realistic and plan to work on catching up with some illustrations in the kids’ baby books. Each month (ideally), I write an entry into their books and add little … Continue reading
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Tagged Baby books, bird cards, drawing breaks, illustrations
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The Creative Life: April Review
The start of 2017 has held a doozy few months to date. They’ve been work focused toward a specific goal which was worthwhile (and thankfully ended in results I was aiming for) and resulted in a learning curve that is … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, working mom
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Creative Kids: Taped Cards
Our cards this month were inspired by a link a friend sent me, I think it was off Pinterest but I’ve searched for half an hour and can’t find the original link. Search: “tape art kids” on Pinterest and a … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible art, birthday cards, taped art, toddler art
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Creative Capers Creation I
Here’s my first creation. I’ve actually got a couple others in progress but just have been too busy to post. The colours of this piece were inspired by a social emotional retreat I attended. I also took creative inspiration from … Continue reading
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Tagged mixed media
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Power of Now Reflections and February Review
Power of Now Reflections For some reason, I feel great resistance while reading The Power of Now. His focus on living with constant “deep trouble” and “sadness” doesn’t resinate with me. However, my flat resistance to the book isn’t helping me access the … Continue reading
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Tagged Doodle art, The Power of Now, zen painting
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The Creative Life Project: March
January and February were a bit of a doozy of a couple of months. They were work focused toward a specific goal which was worthwhile (and thankfully ended in results I was aiming for) but this month, I need … Continue reading
The Creative Life Project: February
Mindfulness is something I am still striving to increase in my life. One thing I am doing toward this goal is focusing on really being present when I am with my kids and finding time each day to meaningfully … Continue reading
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Tagged creative life, mindful creativity, zen painting
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The Creative Life Project: January Review
January Review: Preparation, Organization, and Creativity Jump Start This month’s goals were aimed to enhance my creative space and time. Monthly goals: Write in the kids’ baby books. My poor baby books are sorely out of date. But hopefully by … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, mindful parenting, parenthood, time for me
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Creative Life Project: January
So far this balance thing has been interesting and hard to be honest. I am extremely busy and yet also feeling extremely fulfilled – though there aren’t enough hours in the day. One thing I am still trying to figure … Continue reading
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keeping the me in mommy 