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September 6, 2025November 24, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

15 Negative, Creativity-Killing Phrases

When we’re pushing the boundaries of our creativity, negative reinforcement can mean the end of new ideas. Here are fifteen negative phrases that can kill our creativity and limit our growth.

September 6, 2025November 23, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

Do Coffee and Creativity Mix Well?

From an irritable mood to caffeine withdrawal headaches, coffee can be your best friend and your worst enemy if you’re using it to enhance your performance at a creative job.

August 30, 2025November 24, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

Tenalach: One With Nature

Tenalach is the dynamic push and pull between humans and their environment, the exchange of energy and oxygen between you and the plants you grow.

August 23, 2025November 24, 2024 elizabethadan Artwork, Blog

Evolution of a Landscape: Cardboard Mountains

Cardboard is a super fun medium to paint on because it absorbs so differently than canvas - making for this quick and easy Pacific Northwest landscape! Check out the evolution of these cardboard mountains below.

August 16, 2025November 24, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

4 Tips to Boost Productivity

Time wasters are abundant, so managing your time and being as productive as you can be is important. Here are 4 ways to be more productive.

August 9, 2025November 23, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

Thrice the Luck: Four Leaf Clovers from the Field

After taking a jaunt around the patches of clover, I lucked out! I found not one, not two, but THREE four-leafed clovers on the ground.

August 2, 2025November 19, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

Philocaly: The Love of Beauty

Beauty is all around us. From a single green leaf holding a dewdrop in the morning to the pink and purple skies of a fiery orange sunset, there’s always much more for our eyes to behold. If you love the beauty of nature and can’t get enough of it, consider yourself a philocalist.

July 26, 2025November 23, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

Catching Rainbows

Home of rabbits and magpie birds, apparently it must also be home to a leprechaun!

July 19, 2025November 22, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Creative Process

Green Studio: 4 Benefits of Plants in Your Workspace

Working from home allows me to create a workspace specially tailored to suit my preferences, which translates into lots and lots of houseplants. Filling your space with the bounty of nature can also bring benefits beyond just beauty. Here are four benefits of having plants in your workspace.

July 12, 2025November 22, 2024 elizabethadan Blog, Poetry Books

Magnetic Magic & Other Bits of Joy from Like Paper Feathers

Celebrate small open windows of intention and light with Like Paper Feathers poetry!

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