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I'm Anna and I'm happy you're here!

I offer gentle, low risk ways to explore what it means to be a creative person.

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Crafted Colours: Colour Schemes From Photos

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Perfect is boring 💖 I'd rather see somebody's

Perfect is boring 💖

I'd rather see somebody's face as it's actually like, rather than a face that's hidden under a thick layer of makeup and you've no idea what that person actually looks like.

When I go to somebody's house, it's nice to see evidence of the life they're living.

I like to see gardens with messy patches, stinging nettles and long grass, because it means that somebody is looking out for tiny creatures 🐛🐞🪲

Drawings with wobbly lines, paintings with weird colours, and musicians who make mistakes are reminder that these things have been created by humans, not robots 💖

The weird thing in the reel is a piece I'm working on for my textiles degree. I buried a piece of calico in the garden and left it for a month. When I dug it up, it had some interesting holes, and all these beautiful colours and patterns.

It wasn't something I could control, and I had no idea that something so beautiful could be made naturally just by burying it in the ground!

Now I'm doing a little bit of stitching to enhance what is already there.

#creativelife
#lettinggoofperfectionism #perfectisboring #wabisabi #textilesart

I like November 💖🍂 October is lovely, but I

I like November 💖🍂

October is lovely, but I like November too. October is beautifully golden. In November there is less green, the colours are less bright, there aren't as many leaves and there is more brown and grey. It's colder, but a warm coat and some gloves go a long way!

It's still lovely, just different. What do you think?

The first photo I took in a tiny wood in my village. The second photo is of a beautiful tree round the corner from my house, and the third photo is of socks I am knitting. I chose the yarn because of its autumn colours, and it's just like the colours in the first two photos! The last two are colour schemes I made from the photos, and if you'd like to learn how to do that yourself, I have a free mini course. The link's on the bio 🧡

#creativelife #november #novembervibes #novembercolors #colourscheme

This is a little thing I'm trying 🧶🖌️🪡

This is a little thing I'm trying 🧶🖌️🪡

There's an expectation that when we feel tired, grumpy, frazzled or fed up, we push through it. But although there is some satisfaction in tackling a mountain of laundry or a huge pile of washing up, or picking up all the shoes again, I'm not convinced that's the best way to deal with it.

So instead, when I feel like that, I'm taking 10 minutes to do something I enjoy.

At the moment it's knitting socks. I have rediscovered sock knitting mostly thanks to a post by @lostartsofnature where there was a basket of knitting. It gave me an overwhelming urge to start knitting socks again! The yarn I'm using is just like outside at the moment, brown and green and grey.

And guess what? It's working! All I need is 10 minutes and my knitting, and the grumpies fade away enough to no longer be a problem ☺️🧶💖

I encourage you to try it if you haven't already!

If you like the idea of socks, @arnecarlos easiest sock in the world really is easy. Otherwise you might prefer granny squares, embroidery or drawing.

If you do this already, I'd love to know what creative thing you do that works as a mood fixer! 💖☺️

#creativelife #november #knitting #sockknitting #takingamoment

I've seen November described as the tough person's

I've seen November described as the tough person's October 💪🍂🍁

The days are shorter and it's dark in the evenings now, and it's colder. The footpaths in my village are starting to get muddy and the flowers are mostly over.

I know some people really don't like the gloom and the cold, but I love it!

In the pictures:

I only noticed how much green there still is when I was looking at the photos!

I love my fire, but my daft white cat has singed her whiskers 🐈

Self striping yan means I can knit socks without getting bored or having a lot of ends to weave in.

My youngest boy would not be having elevenses of toasted teacakes and hot chocolate if he was at school, which in my opinion is another argument for home ed!

Obviously I can't just have one project on the go! This one is a hot water bottle cover

#november #autumn #creativelife #novembervibes #sockknitting #cosy

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