Creativity is in Practice

So often I hear “you’re so creative! I could never do that!” But the fact is, if you have the desire, creativity is within reach of anyone. The trick is, not expecting your first try to look like my eight millionth try. Everyone has “beginner” efforts that the hope will never see the light of day, but without that first, clumsy attempt you will never get to the seemingly effortless flow that others marvel over.

In the next few months I hope to post some of those “first efforts” here alongside the latest iterations so that you can see what I mean by Creativity is in Practice. In the meantime, here’s a clumsy attempt at a felt ornament that Pinterest assured me would be super easy and fun to make! As you can see, I found it neither easy, nor particularly fun, but I will try again when the holidays aren’t on the way, demanding best efforts only for gifts. Who knows, next year I might be featuring these on the blog with a tutorial on how to make them!