We all need a “Happy Book” filled with antidotes, doodles, words, stickers and other happiness makers.
The Girls Club Girls inspired us today ❤
What makes you happy?
Happy!
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Be Kind
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
In a world where you can be anything, be Kind.
Hurray! I am so proud of Our Kindness Wall Project; a joint partnership between CReATE STUDIO and Girls Club Strong and maintained by the Dude Be Nice Club at Agoura High School (my two daughters alma mater).
The wall is ready for positivity and good vibes through campus shares from students, staff and administrators of kind doodles, words and notes. This is what makes me smile!
Happy Tuesday!
Tuesday, January 16, 2018Today is our special deal day, all day where two create for the price of one!
When you visit the studio today please note that the street in front of our business center will be blocked today due to street paving. Use this map as reference (blacked out sections are being paved) and park on the other side of the neighborhood by White Oak Elementary School to them walk across the field and park, entering the center on foot. The studio will be on your left.
We apologize for any inconvenience this will cause.
Spotlight!
Monday, January 15, 2018
As our spotlight on Styrofoam shines on, we look at what creators have been making with styroafoam.
Here, a modern little bunny fuses traditional (non biodegradable) Styrofoam with its contemporary, bio degradable packing peanuts that break down as soon as they get wet.
Our bunny friend marks the sign of change in the world of packing and shiping…
Thinking Outside The Box I Live In.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Every once in a while I remember that I create the life I have. But more often I go along thinking that my life has been created for me.
I believe that the energy of creating is ongoing and unbiased so, I can step out in front of my status quo thinking and aim for farther reaches by dreaming because we were built to dream, imagine and create! Because it’s the kind of should I should do.
I am inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. who dared to dream when it seemed too high a cost though It was too high a cost not to. He reminds me that dreams can lead to much bigger things.
Who am I to think in limits by not dreaming? That is not what I am built for.
I NEED to dream outside the box I live in. It might inspire someone else to dream outside theirs.
Messy = Fun
Monday, January 15, 2018
Messy Toddler Art Fun meant creating and exploring with this n’ that this morning. We even got to mess around with some interesting Styrofoam stuff which is our material spotlight this month!
Be Kind
Thursday, January 11, 2018
It was great to spend a Crafternoon with the ladies from The Boomer Life group making inspired wood signs today.
Spotlight on Polystyrene
Wednesday, January 10, 2018Our spotlight shines the light on “Styrofoam”, known in it’s manufacturing circles as Extruded, Expanded and Molded Polystyrene and falls under the plastic umbrella of material. In order to be lightweight it is injected with a gas to make them so. Styrofoam is slow to biodegrade and it’s small pieces can be found making their ways to oceans and lakes. Yikes!
Learn more about this sciency material by visiting Wikipedia’s vast explanation at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene#Extruded_polystyrene_foam
Global Warming is a thing…
Monday, January 8, 2018
Natural elements are changing all around us as they always have.
In todays world though, the process of change is sped up by the number of people sharing our planet.
We are using more space, building more structures, growing more food, feeding more people and buying more items than ever before so planetary change is coming on strong.
As I think of the quote by sustainability proponent, Annie Leonard, “there is no such thing as away.” I shiver at all the bi-products of our more-ness.
I am not sure what came first for me, reuse or creativity or maybe they walked a tandem line as I noted from a childhood age the potential and intrigue of consumer packaging, what was destined to become post-consumer waste. A wrapper has more to it than just covering this chocolate bar… what could it be? That concept still unfolds for me each day at the studio when I see what creators do with the stuff we have. Looking at packaging and more this way means recycling just makes sense on so many levels. We do it for fun with a creative connection but there is so much more I think about. Our planet and all of it’s inhabitants is what I think about. It’s a real thing to think about, I have children and they may have children…oohh boy.
I am not sure what came first for me, reuse or creativity or maybe they walked a tandem line as I noted from a childhood age the potential and intrigue of consumer packaging, what was destined to become post-consumer waste. A wrapper has more to it than just covering this chocolate bar… what could it be? That concept still unfolds for me each day at the studio when I see what creators do with the stuff we have. Looking at packaging and more this way means recycling just makes sense on so many levels. We do it for fun with a creative connection but there is so much more I think about. Our planet and all of it’s inhabitants is what I think about. It’s a real thing to think about, I have children and they may have children…oohh boy.
Today, I keep it simple and focus on what can be reused and recreated to make a happier child, a more curious mind and a more conscious mind.
I am focusing on reuse as a a desire to step in the right direction.
I am focusing on reuse as a a desire to step in the right direction.
Resourceful.
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Cardboard pocket ninjas for imaginers on the go!