Creative Besties, I have a question… What art supply are you saving for “something special”? 👀😂 You know the one. That gorgeous paper you don’t want to cut. The stickers that are too pretty to use. The fancy paint you’ve been saving. The beautiful journal you’re scared to mess up. That little something sitting in your stash waiting for the perfect project. Well, Creative Bestie… YOU are the special occasion. 💜 So for today’s Self-Care Sunday Creative Invitation, I want you to go into your creative stash and choose ONE GOOD THING you’ve been saving. And then… USE IT. 😂 Cut the paper. Peel the sticker. Open the paint. Make the first mark in the journal. You don’t even have to make a finished piece today. Spend 10 or 15 minutes enjoying the thing you bought because it brought you joy in the first place. Because sometimes self-care isn’t adding something else to your to-do list. Sometimes it’s simply allowing yourself to enjoy what you’ve been saving. And ain’t no Creative Police coming to tell you that you used the good paper wrong. 😂🎨 👇🏾 Tell me in the comments: What’s one “good” creative supply you’ve been saving? Bonus points if you actually use it today and come back to show us what you did with it. 👀💜 Happy Self-Care Sunday, Creative Besties. — Meka Now go use the good stuff. ✨

I’ve been sitting here thinking about how much our little creative corner has grown lately, and I just wanted to pop in and say WELCOME to everyone who has recently joined us. 🎨💜 Some of you found your way here through the Art of Handmade Summit, some of you have been hanging out with me for a while, and some of you may still be quietly looking around trying to figure out what you’ve gotten yourself into. 😂 Wherever you are in your creative journey, you belong here. And I want you to know—we have so much more coming. More opportunities to create together. More art journaling. More creative play. More ways to get past the perfectionism and overthinking. More conversations about creativity, confidence, and making creativity part of your actual LIFE. But more than anything, I want this community to be something we build together. So if there’s something you’d love to learn, a technique you’ve been curious about, an idea for something we could do together, or even something you’d simply like to see more of around here… Tell me! Make a post. Drop it in the comments. Send me a message. And if you’re brand new and you’re sitting there thinking, “Okay Meka… where the heck do I start?” 😂 — ask me. I’m here. You don’t have to figure everything out before you participate. You don’t have to be “good” at art. And you definitely don’t have to wait until you feel creative enough. Just start where you are. Because this isn’t a community about performing creativity. It’s about coming back to it. And Creative Bestie… The Creative Comeback is just getting started. 💜🎨 Now tell me something: What would YOU love to create, learn, or experience inside this community? 👇🏾 I’m listening. — Meka

Hi I’m Wanda and I love trying different art mediums, textile art and combining my love for textiles and collage. I try set time aside every day to play around or make something. I’m busy with a collage art journal for my dad for his 80th birthday. I will share as I go along. I am making the journal from scratch and busy gathering some paper and scraps. I have taken copies of my dad’s hand-written wine-making notes to use as the base for some of the pages. I also love cyano printing and botanical dying, so way too many ways to capture some good memories.

I’ve been sitting here reading the messages and comments coming in from those of you who watched my Art of Handmade workshop during the Hobby School Handmade Summit, and I just need to say…THANK YOU. 💜 Some of you told me the workshop inspired you. Some said you finally have a way to get past that intimidating blank page. One of you said you heard exactly what you needed to hear. And some of you decided to come on over and join us here in Start Creating Again. Looka here… THAT means something to me. 🥹 Because my hope wasn’t simply to teach you how to make an art journal page. I wanted you to walk away believing that you could get out of your own way, make the first mark, and give yourself permission to create again. And now I’m watching new Creative Besties walk through the door, people joining my email community, and conversations beginning that weren’t happening before. That got me thinking… we’ve got a little creative momentum happening around here. 👀🔥 And I don’t want to waste it. So thank you to everyone who watched, commented, emailed me, joined the community, or simply decided to pick up your supplies and try again. I’m already thinking about what we can do together next… and I have a feeling it’s going to be more than just another art journal page. 😉 Stay close, Creative Besties. 💜🎨✨

Baaaby, it’s here! 😂💜 TODAY my workshop is being featured at the Art of Handmade Summit! And I’m teaching: ✨ The First Page: How to Start Art Journaling When You’re Afraid to Mess It Up Creative Besties, this workshop is SO much of what we talk about right here in our community. The blank page. The overthinking. The “What if I mess it up?” The belief that you need to know what you’re doing before you’re allowed to begin. Nope. 😂 Today I’m helping people get past all of that and actually MAKE THE FIRST PAGE. So I would absolutely LOVE for my Start Creating Again family to come over and create with me. 💜 And if you haven’t registered for the summit yet, you can still join! 🎨 Art of Handmade Summit ✨ My workshop is available TODAY — Day 3 💻 Virtual 🎟️ FREE to attend 👉🏾 JOIN THE SUMMIT + WATCH MY WORKSHOP⁠ If you’re watching today, come back here afterward and SHOW ME YOUR FIRST PAGE! 👀🎨 I want to see what you created! Ain’t no Creative Police. Just make the page. 😂💜 — Meka