Fun fact about me… I don’t just create designs… sometimes I accidentally create or share entire stories with them too 😏 Not all of them. Just the ones that tap me on the shoulder like, “hey… we’re not finished yet.” “Velvet Ruin” did exactly that. Is my writing perfect? Nope. Does it hit something real? Yep. Did I resist the urge to rewrite it 47 times and just let it be what it is? Miraculously… yes, and that MATTERS! Here's her story: Velvet Ruin They called her broken long before she ever believed it. Not in loud ways. Not in words thrown like stones. But in glances that lingered too long… in silence that arrived too quickly after she spoke… in the way people stepped carefully around her, as if she might shatter simply by being seen. So she learned the art of becoming smaller. She softened her voice. Folded her wings inward. Wrapped herself in something dark and beautiful so no one would notice the cracks beneath. Velvet. It was easier that way… to be seen from a distance than understood up close. But ruin has a way of speaking. Not all at once. Not in chaos. But in quiet, persistent echoes that say: This is not who you are meant to be. And one day… she listened. Not to them. Not to the world that mistook her depth for damage. But to the low, steady rhythm inside her chest that had never once agreed with the story she'd been given. She stood. Not dramatically. Not loudly. But fully. And when she unfolded her wings, they were not delicate like they remembered. They were vast. Dark. Unapologetically her own. There was no moment of becoming whole again. No clean return to what she once was. Because she wasn't meant to be restored. She was meant to be rewritten. And in that rewriting, in every fracture, every shadow, every scar she refused to hide… She became something far more dangerous than perfect. She became real. Not velvet to be touched. But velvet that remembers what it survived. And ruin? Ruin was never her ending. It was the place she learned

I can’t draw, paint pretty but I know what I like. So, this is how I while away some free time to chill. So these are some ideas I’ve had. I want to make a feature of my 5th wall, but I don’t necessarily have the time to paper them all. My idea, is create a frame and paper inside of it where the light fitting is. Chandeliers are not optional but essential! Pick a colour from the paper, must be dark obviously and colour drench the room with its own theme. Only problem is my lack of wording requests to get the correct results. It’s a journey lol

Let’s have a little Creative AF reality check this week. Because if you’re anything like most of us in here, your brain probably looks something like this: • 12 new ideas • 6 unfinished projects • 3 things you started at 2am • 1 random supply purchase you’re not sure why you bought • and a voice in your head saying “I should really be doing something productive…” So this week’s theme is simple: Creative Permission. Not perfection. Not productivity Olympics. Just permission to create. Here are 5 things every Creative AF human should remember this week: 1. Your ideas are not a to-do list. They’re a menu. You don’t have to cook everything today. Pick one thing that sounds delicious and make a mess. 2. Done is better than “still thinking about it.” A messy finished thing will teach you more than a perfect idea sitting in your head. Your creativity needs movement, not more overthinking. 3. Play counts as creating. Doodling. Testing colors. Trying something weird. All of that is creative fuel. You’re not wasting time. You’re loading the inspiration cannon. 4. Your style evolves by creating, not waiting. Nobody discovers their voice by staring at a blank canvas. You find your style by making things and thinking: “Ooo… I like THAT part.” Then doing more of that. 5. The creative spark needs oxygen. If you’re feeling stuck, try one tiny shift: • new colors • different tools • music you normally wouldn’t play • creating somewhere new • or making something completely ridiculous Sometimes the fastest way forward is sideways. Your Creative AF Challenge This Week Create something small. Not something perfect. Not something sellable. Not something strategic. Just something that makes your brain go: “Okay that was fun.” Then come back here and share it with us. Because around here we celebrate: • messy starts • weird experiments • happy accidents • and creative courage So… What are you making this week? Drop it in the comments or share a photo when you're done.

Playing around with some bodymarkers. and got inspired. lol The flower you can make out. On my hand, not so much maybe, lol.