I’m starting to sparkle on Saturday – and I hope you’ll join me!
Are you aching to bring your creativity to life but simply feel you don’t have enough time? Are your coloured pencils languishing in the corner? Is that journal still blank? Do you keep meaning to write but you never get around to it? Does your body long to dance? Is your creative spirit wondering when you’re finally going to invite her out to play?
Sparkles is for you.
Do you feel like you’re living your life in black and white? You’ve got your day job and lots of responsibilities. Your to-do list seems endless. You look longingly at the art supply store when you walk by but, seriously, who has time for that stuff?
Sparkles is for you.
Is there a little secret seed in you that says, “I’m creative.” Maybe you haven’t told anyone. Maybe you’ve barely told yourself. But somehow you hear that whisper again and again but you’re just not sure what to do about it.
Sparkles is for you.
Or maybe you’re at home with your creativity, maybe it’s how you make your living, but sometimes you just get burned out. You need some creative nourishment, some tasty morsels of inspiration to fill your creative well. You’re hungry for it!
Sparkles is for you too.
What is Sparkles – LIVE?
For 31 days, you’ll go on an adventure designed to awaken your creative spirit and fill you and your days with sparkle. Each day, you’ll receive a quick-to-read, quick-to-do inspiring creative exercise in your inbox. Lessons come from an amazing array of creative guides from a wide range of disciplines (e.g. photography, writing, painting, sound, dance – even food!) They’ll show you how to get creative, even when you feel like you have no time at all!
And for the first time ever Sparkles is being offered LIVE! From August 1st to 31st we’ll go on the journey together, sharing our adventure in a Facebook group and cheering one another on!
- The Journey: Starting August 1st, you’ll receive a “sparkle” every day. Each sparkle is a creative prompt (an invitation to dance, write, scribble, imagine etc.), a quick and easy exercise to awaken your creative spirit in 5 minutes or less.
- The Supplies: You won’t need any super-special supplies. Just something to write on, something to write with, some way to play music and a camera. So, with a journal, some markers, pens and crayons, an MP3 player and a camera, you’re all set.
- Our Sparkles Community:We’ll share what we’re learning and how we’re sparkling journey with one another on the Facebook group.
- You Can Take It With You: And the magic doesn’t end when the course is over. With Sparkles, not only will you infuse your month with creativity but you’ll also walk away with fresh tools in your creative toolkit. You’ll be able to come back to your favourite sparkles again and again and continue to fill your life with creative joy.
- Your Sparkling Instructors: The most amazing creative teachers have come together for Sparkles. They are here to inspire you and to help light your creative fire! You’ll receive lessons from: your host, Jamie Ridler, Leonie Dawson, Jennifer Louden, Leah Piken Kolidas, Mindy Tsonas, Carmen Torbus, Patti Digh, Fabeku Fatunmise, Kimberly Wilson, Jennifer Lee, Chris Zydel, Jenn Gibson, Ken Robert, Madelyn Mulvaney, Claudine Hellmuth, Chris Kay Fraser, Tracey Clark, Rachelle Mee-Chapman, Christine Claire Reed, Danette Relic, Amanda Oaks, Suzie the Foodie, Kate Swoboda, Christen Hammons, Annabel Fitzsimmons, Susannah Conway, Connie Solera, Andrea Schroeder, Christine Mason Miller.
Sparkles Live: August 1 to September 1, 2015
Registration is only $31
The fee is adjustable if you are inspired to give extra love for the kittens!
Have Questions? Here are a few answers.
What if I’m not creative?
The truth is: you are. Yep, we human beings are wired to be creative. And then something awful happens, often when we’re young. We start to get ‘sorted’ into the artists and the non-artists. A teacher, a parent, a classmate gives you the message that you’re of the non-singer ilk, that you’re not a dancer, that you can’t draw. It’s not true. You get to do all of that. All of the arts are there for all of us to enjoy. Sparkles will give you a chance to remember the joy of words and colour and sound and movement. You will rediscover what as a kid you knew; you are creative.
I’m already an artist. Will Sparkles do anything for me?
As artists, we consistently need to fill our well. New experiences, new teachers, new mediums, all of these things help keep our creative fire alive and sparking new ideas and that’s exactly what Sparkles provides. On top of that, you’ll learn from some truly amazing teachers.
Do the lessons really only take 5 minutes?
When we created Sparkles, we had several beta testers go through the process so that we could be sure that each prompt was clear, easy and awesome. The feedback we received helped us make sure that each lesson was truly 5 minutes – though we also heard they were so great that often people wanted to spend more and more time with them! And if you want to, you absolutely can.
What difference can 5 minutes make?
It can change everything. When you know, like, really in your bones know, that your creative spirit can be nourished in just 5 minutes, you won’t have to wait any more. You will no longer be stuck in that painful creative limbo, with so much inside of you unexpressed and frustrated. You will know that right now, right here, there is room for your creative spirit to sparkle.
I’ve done Sparkles before. Can I do it again?
Absolutely! The prompts will be the same but the LIVE! experience will bring a whole new element to the journey. Just as we journal, doodle and dance again and again, these sparkles are beautiful to return to.
Still have a question? Email me
Sparkle in August & your registration fee will go directly towards tender loving care for The Studio Triplets: Scout, Shibumi & Escher
Taking in three abandoned kittens came as quite a surprise – as does three vet visits, three sets of vaccines and three spay/neuter surgeries! So we’re getting creative and relaunching this much-loved course in support of these much-loved rescues! We’ve even made the registration fee adjustable in case you want to add a little extra to their care package. We know they’d appreciate it.
Your heart will start sparkling right away with your do-gooding!
We go LIVE August 1st.
Sparkles Live: August 1 to September 1, 2015