Have you ever started a creative project that went so badly you trashed it? I have–more times than I’d like to admit. I had heard that mistakes can be our finest learning experiences, but I’d not relished that idea until I reclaimed one of my discarded pieces, and unexpectedly discovered how to reclaim my life, too. An hourglass quilt block I had made from scraps contained too many mistakes to use, so I pitched it. The triangles didn’t have points; I could have done better when I was nine years old. The parallel lines weren’t parallel–they would have made a …
Keys to Preventing or Overcoming Holiday Overwhelm
The holidays are coming. Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza are racing towards us. Just saying this starts a sense of overwhelm to creep into me. How about you? Let’s explore together how to prevent – or overcome – holiday overwhelm. When we were children, the wonder and magic of the holidays filled us with eager anticipation. As adults, it’s quite another story. There’s gifts to make or buy, homes to decorate, inside and outside; relationships to consider-both interconnecting family relationships and friendships; food to prepare, including considerations of who’s allergic to what, and who’s on which diet this year; budgets to …
Find The Magic in Being a CASIGY™ Misfit
Do you have a deep ‘defect’ in your life that makes you feel like a misfit? Dig deeply enough inside that ‘defect’ to discover the gift camouflaged within. Then hone and use that Gift to heal and serve others in the world. By this, you’ll find the magic in being a CASIGY™ MisFit. ScrapLady Sharon Barnes
Follow Your Own CASIGY Trail
Follow your own CASIGY trail through deep dark woods of despair, through deserts of dreariness, through terrors of deep knowing through the void of the unknown through inner earthquakes and cyclones to heights of mythic transformation. ScrapLady Sharon Barnes