Grab a cuppa and let's chat! (except I'm doing all the chatting 😂) ✴️ I want to share with you what's happening in the cottage so you can get a clearer understanding of what I'm all about and how The Creative Cottage works. ✴️ Please comment if you can, so I know you've watched. 😵‍💫 Heads up, NO EDITING HERE - so it's a bit of a sketchy start, but then, we get into the vibe of the vid. ⚠️ Warning - I talk fast, so if you turn up the playback speed, I may sound like a chipmunk but that could be quite entertaining🤣

Sometimes our creative flair is fanned into flame by taking ourselves away from our normal environs and out on a creative date! Julia Cameron, who wrote "The Artist's Way," said, "An artist date is a block of time, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. I must say I felt so inspired after my little outing last week! @Debra Verrall I'll be needing to make an outfit to wear to the next event! I may need your help! If you haven't seen it already, then here it is - the lovely picnic I attended over Easter.

I don't know about you, but the days are passing at speed. I cannot believe it's been 4 days since my last post! I would love to know how often you would like to see posts here in this community - i am aware that many of you are in other communities so the load of keeping up can become quite burdensome! With that in mind, I'd like to do a poll to see where you are all sitting regarding commitments here in Skool.

Have you watched @Stephanie Kara’s lovely YT channel? I was watching one day and in amongst the relaxing scenes of ducks and chickens and cottage vibes I won a prize! I feel so blessed and pampered and grateful. Here’s what she sent me:

Some months ago, I was all excited to make a costume for Jane Austen's 200th birthday party, which my friend was hosting. Sadly, I didn't make it or the costume, due to this busy cottage life. However, today is a different story. I'm thrilled to be off on another adventure to a little country town called Harvey here in the Southwest of Australia, for another Historic event. I'll be borrowing an outfit for the day and will definitely be filming this for the YT channel so I can show you all. Below is a little pic of the Jane Austen Event and a little drawing made by the event hostess of a parlour maid party she held at Christmas. See you on the other side!