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Is This You?

You’ve always been creative or artistic, but it’s so hard to find the time to make things anymore, and you really miss it. You want to change this, but you’re feeling pretty stuck trying to figure out how to find the time.

You wish you could figure this out, because you really want to feel like an artist again.

You care about your family and want the best for them, but it can feel like everyone else’s needs are getting met but yours, and no one seems to notice this but you. Somehow, you’d like to pursue your creative dreams without your family feeling like you’re taking something away from them.

And now, because you rarely get a chance to make things anymore, you’re starting to feel like you don’t even have any ideas either–and are worried that this part of you has disappeared or dried up.

Solutions That Didn’t Work

You buy supplies to try to get yourself going again, but then when they go unused, you feel guilty. You’ve tried buying kits, but the directions are usually so confusing or unclear, that you usually don’t finish them. Or you sign up for a workshop, but when you come home late and nothing has gotten done and the kitchen’s still a mess, it starts to feel like it’s not worth it.

Enter Make Great Stuff

Make Great Stuff will help you weave creativity back into your life and get you back to your creative self.

I’m here to help you find the time to create, to learn to be on your own side, and to give yourself permission to experiment, explore, and have fun making things. All kinds of things–whether your project is a beaded necklace or an oil painting.

Sign up for email updates and receive blog posts and newsletters that explore tough topics like how to find the time to create, carving out a space to work, facing your fears that your work is no good or that you’re no longer talented, as well as offering tips and techniques for making all kinds of interesting projects.

Order a kit and know that it’ll come with a video (much easier than reading instructions) as well as a free, optional Telecrafting Teleseminar, where anyone who has ordered can join in a conference call as I walk through all the steps and answer any questions that you may have.

Watch some of my free, super clear how-to videos for inspiration, or for a few dollars more, sign up to watch more advanced videos or attend teleconferences and webinars on a variety of interesting techniques.

Cool Stuff Coming Up

Starting in 2010, I’ll also be offering an exciting affordable monthly subscription for my Online Collage Party. This monthly teleseminar will provide the structure you need to create without having to leave your house.

The technique we’ll be using in the Collage Party takes the stress out of creating (especially if you’re feeling rusty), helps you actually make something once a month (12 more works of art than last year!) and this in turn will get you feeling like an artist again. It’ll be a time you can look forward to each month that’s devoted to you and your art making.

I’ll also be offering online classes that explore one technique in depth (such as, image transfer, gold leafing, using photos in your work, etc.) that will also give you the chance to explore and experiment without having to leave the house. So you can still make sure homework is getting done and the dishes get cleaned while also spending time on something that matters to you.

All of these venues help interrupt the momentum of putting everyone else first, but don’t require you to go anywhere! Perfect.

What Should I Do First?

So what now? Sign up to receive email updates that show up a couple of times a week in your inbox. After reading a while, buy a kit, sign up for a class, or join us for the monthly Online Collage party. It’s going to be fun.

And thanks for coming, I’m glad you’re here!