An Important (and Sad) Announcement

Oh, sweet Spring readers....We have an announcement that saddens us. After 13 months, this will be the final post.

 

Back in November, the 4 of us realized that our schedules wouldn't allow us to devote as much time to Spring as we would have liked, so we took a bit of a Spring Break (get it?) with plans to start back up after the first of the year. When 2011 came, we exchanged multiple emails trying to find a time for us to discuss our game plan and come up with the specifics for the new year - but we weren't able to find a time that worked for us all! It was then that we faced up to a truth we've been trying to avoid for a while now: We could no longer keep up with Spring.

 

We started Spring with the intention to create a community of like-minded creative women to have discussions about the themes around our lives. Whether it was time management or religion or money, we loved talking amongst ourselves and hearing your thoughts on the topics at hand. We were thrilled to open up this blog to guest post-ers and artists and others who wanted to share their viewpoints with this same community, and we'll always be touched with the response we've received here from the very beginning. 

 
We absolutely do not want this to be the end of the discussion, or the community, or of our connections to each other. Please please please, come on over and visit us anytime:

• Tiffany: website, blog, twitter
• Jess: website, The Declaration of You, blog, twitter
• Carolyn: website, blog, twitter
• Michelle: website, The Declaration of You, blog, twitter

Thank you for all your comments, all your support, and all your encouragement. It's meant so much to us all.

An Abundance of Generosity For You: Free and Inspiring Downloads

Can you believe Thanksgiving is in less than a week? I love this time of year and try to soak up all the positive moments before winter sneaks upon us in the not so distant future!

I am so inspired by all of the creativity that is given away freely on the web. After just a few minutes (okay, maybe those few minutes turned into a few hours!) browsing through some of my favorite blogs, I downloaded an entire file brimming with creative project potential. I hope you enjoy the roundup below that includes a great variety of potential projects and gifts (all free and ready to download - does it get any better than that?!).

Warm up a cup of tea, light a soothing candle, and explore to your heart's content!

Gratitude Printables via My Computer is My Canvas

Love is in the Air via A Beautiful Ripple Effect + Allie Creative

Creature Comforts Projects + Freebies (a serious collection of inspiring DIY projects and printables)

Ruffled Blog Downloads (fun downloads - two faves: printable alphabet bunting + downloadable thank you cards both created by two brunettes)

Eat Drink Chic's DIY + Freebie Section (I got lost in this section for over an hour while preparing this post - inspiration overload, one of my faves: love and thanks card)

Up Up Creative's Positivity Freebies

How will you soak up the positive moments during this special time of year?

(image: eat drink chic)

How do you make creativity a habit?

Hi everyone!

Welcome to our fourth and final video for Creativity month!

This week we're talking all about how to make creativity a habit. I think this is something we all struggle with, especially as we don't really give ourselves much credit for really, truly being creative. How often have you NOT done something just because you were scared you weren't creative enough?

So watch the video to learn how we all make time for creativity and try to create habits. You'll here a fantastic strategy that works great for one of Michelle's clients, and be sure to listen up to why I think people should stop watching tv (except for SPRING videos, of course!!).

How do you make creativity a habit? from Spring Inspiration on Vimeo.

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And, in case you missed the earlier videos this month, here they are!

Week One: What's your definition of creativity?

Week Two: How do you use creativity in your everyday, "mundane" life?

Week Three: Have you ever been surprised by your creativity?

We really hoped you enjoyed our talks this month! If you still have any unanswered questions on the topic, leave a comment and I'll see what I can do to get your questions answered. I know people, if you know what I mean ;)

Have you ever been surprised by your creativity?

Who has the giggles?

We do!

We had such a blast talking about creativity that this video starts with a serious case of the giggles! But we get "serious" (yes, it's in quotes, because are we ever really serious?) when we start talking about the times we've surprised ourselves with our creativity, how we approach that big scary Blank Page, and why Carolyn was thisclose to making a spectacle of herself in class. Come watch/listen!

Have you even been surprised by your creativity? from Spring Inspiration on Vimeo.

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Have you ever been surprised by your creativity? We'd love to hear about it in the comments section and/or on your blog via Spring Into Action!

How can you use creativity in your every day, “mundane” life?

I know that with Spring Into Action! the surprise of what our question is every week isn't as, well, surprising, but I'm still excited to give ya our video discussing how we each use creativity in our every day, "mundane" life!

Give it a look/listen to hear about Jess' roadside-to-necklace-holder-display, who wants to talk to Carolyn, how creativity makes things special, being in the moment, and...well...I'm not gonna spoil it all for you!

How can you use creativity in your every day, “mundane” life? from Spring Inspiration on Vimeo.

Audio file:

And here are some links to the cool stuff we talked about in the video:

• The Right Brain Business Plan 
• The Declaration of You (an e-course by me & Jess! starts on the 25th!)

If you didn't already answer this question in our Spring Into Action! Mr Linky widget, we'd love to hear your thoughts below! How do you use creativity in your every day, “mundane” life?