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Tag Archives: Inspiration
Pick up the baby: dealing with writers block when looking after a small person
Regular readers of this blog will know that I have set myself the inadvisable task of trying to finish (and publish, or find a publisher for!) my novel this year while I am on maternity leave and also looking after … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, parenting, writing
Tagged Inspiration, motherhood, parenting, writers block, writing, writing parent
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Finding stillness, living in the present, and looking after a baby
Here in the UK we’ve been in ‘lock down’ for nine weeks (I think, I have lost count). In the Magpie household we entered lock down with a two and a bit week old baby to look after, and little … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, mindfulness, parenting
Tagged baby in lockdown, gratitude, Inspiration, living in lockdown, living with lockdown, lockdown, luck, mindfulness, new baby, new mama, new mom, new mum, parenting, parenting in lockdown
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A thing I’ve been listening to, and you should listen to too: Scroobius Pip and Distraction Pieces Podcast
So while I’ve been getting steadily more and more pregnant I’ve been finding it a bit difficult to do things. However, that has meant that I have had a lot more time on my hands to sit in the bath … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, creative work, creativity, Inspiration, listening
Tagged Inspiration, podcasts you should listen to, Scroobius Pip
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Reasons to be greatful #8 – autumn sunshine
It’s been a bit quiet over here recently. I’ve been trying to manage some pretty rubbish fatigue, which I think may be linked to my on going efforts to try to balance out my hormones and manage my PCOS through … Continue reading
Posted in Brilliant Britain, gratitude, Inspiration, nature
Tagged autumn, fall, gratitude, infertility, Inspiration, living with infertility, pcos, reasons to be grateful, ttc, ttclookforbeauty
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Friday fun
I wanted to share a quick pic of these origami elephants that I made last week for my boyfriend’s birthday. My normal creative MO is cutting paper, but I didn’t start there. Several years ago I became interested in paper … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, Paper
Tagged Art, artist, artists, Inspiration, Origami, Paper, paper art, paper artist, paper cutter, paper cutting
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Reasons to be grateful #6 – swimming with my sister
There hasn’t been a huge amount of activity on this blog for a week or more as I’m a bit exhausted and taking a bit of down time. However, Laurie from the lovely blog Meditations in Motion posted this post … Continue reading
Blogging – taking some down time
Things aren’t often noisy over here on Magpie, but they’ve been a bit quieter than usual. I’ve been having a bit of an emotional slump, which I think are related to the hormone injections I’ve been having as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Craft, creative work, infertility, wellbeing
Tagged Art, Craft, creativity, down time, experiments with colour, Inspiration, new materials, paper cutting, wellbeing
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Objects with Meaning #21 – Birthday nail varnish
This is a part of a series of photos of objects that have meaning to me. Want to know a little more about the origin of this project? Have a read here. Fellow magpies, what objects have meaning for you? … Continue reading
Objects with Meaning #20 – Glam headband
This is a part of a series of photos of objects that have meaning to me. I’ve still never worn it, 7 years later. Want to know a little more about the origin of this project? Have a read here. … Continue reading
Objects with Meaning #19 – Birthday Card
This is a part of a series of photos of objects that have meaning to me. Want to know a little more about the origin of this project? Have a read here. Fellow magpies, what objects have meaning for you? … Continue reading
