Cultivate Your Creativity is my newest eCourse. I've designed it as a resource guide to aid you in exploring and developing your creativity and share insights from my own creative journey. It's full of encouragement and advice but also offers plenty of structured steps to show you how to develop your own creativity no matter what season of life you're currently in.
Who is is it for?
This eCourse is written for anyone who used to paint but hasn't made time for it since their new job or once spent all of their free time sewing but hasn't made it a priority since they had a baby. If your creative spirit has been been set aside while you deal with regular life this course shows you why you're selling yourself short. If you've been feeling the urge to create but get overwhelmed with where to start this course offers steps to make things feel manageable. If you're in the middle of a creative dry spell this course is ready to help you find your way back to fresh inspiration.
Why should I buy it?
I walk you through all of the reasons your creativity should be valued so there's no excuses for setting it aside any longer. I'll show you the importance of setting up a creative space no matter what resources you have available, walk you through my creative process and the checklists I run through when I'm narrowing down design ideas, point you in a few different directions to continue your creative growth, talk about the value of creative community, discuss ways to avoid and overcome burnout, and share exercises I use for project development. It's also full of encouragement to remind you how important that creative spirit inside of you is and plenty of high fives as you work through the course material!
What do I get?
You get a big push in the right direction in the introduction and can follow along as I share how my creativity has served me since I was a kid and especially how it's seen me through some challenging times as an adult. Then I share five chapters on how to set yourself up for a successful creative journey with posts covering creative space, the creative process, creative growth, creative community, and burnout. Each chapter has reflective homework questions to help you get specific about your own journey. Don't worry, this is the good kind of homework.
You also get six interviews with creative women that share how their creativity has served them, their families, and in a lot of cases, their budgets. They share how they stay inspired and affirm that YES YOU CAN BE CREATIVE no matter what season of life you're in. On top of that you get 3 free hand-lettered art printables designed by the lovely Jenny Highsmith to hang in your creative space as reminders to make time to make things. Add to that a list of resources gathered to guide you as you grow and creative affirmations I use on a regular basis to keep my thoughts in a good place when insecurities arise.
Contributors include: Alison Faulkner of The Alison Show, Jahje Ives of BabyJives, Amanda Rydell of Be Crafty, Sarah Rhodes of Arrow and Apple, Jenny Highsmith of Maiedae, and Erin Hisaw of Tweet Potato Pie.
This eCourse is a self-paced course with no start or end date. Work through the material at your own pace and come back to it as often as you need. It never expires. Upon purchase you'll be sent an e-mail automatically with your log-in information to access the private eCourse blog.
Cultivate Your Creativity will be offered at the price of $42 USD but is currently for sale at the launch price of $32 until June 12th. Yay for sale prices!
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Offered at $42/USD
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I'm so excited to finally share this with you all. I've written over a dozen eCourses in the last five years but this is the first course that aims at the heart of creatives and encourages you as you develop your own specific talents and gifts. It not only gives you permission to make a mess, it reminds you how refreshing and satisfying it is to your spirit to get your hands a little dirty. It is an investment of time and energy that will return to you tenfold.
Below is an excerpt from the chapter on Creative Process:
The reason I think it's important to finish those projects is because they take up space in our minds and in our homes. It's creative clutter and just like the piles of mail that can become both an eyesore and a forgotten energy sucker, creative projects left unfinished leave us feeling a little undone. If it's something sentimental like a baby quilt made from all of the outfits worn in your little one's first year, that might fit into its own category. However, if it's something you thought you were into but it's been sitting half-finished for six months, either make time to finish it soon or make the hard choice to either reuse the supplies or find it another home. Clearing out crafting clutter feels as good as clearing out your closets and makes space for the fresh ideas to come rolling in.
I am so thankful for all of the lessons I've learned in making my creativity a priority even more so because I'm a mom. I get to share those lessons with my kids and in turn they remind me what it looks like to take such pleasure in using their imaginations to make something just for fun. Those kids know things!
I hope you enjoy this course as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Thank you ever so much for your role here as readers and for all the ways you've added meaning to this space and my creative ventures with your support and encouragement along the way. Thanks for being a part of my creative community!
-Rachel
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Offered at $42/USD
Launch Sale $32/USD
Photo Credits: Janae Hardy and Rachel Denbow
this looks fabulous... and on sale.. bonus!
Posted by: Bonita Rose | 05/28/2015 at 10:42 AM
I am at a crossroads in my career, which has virtually no creative aspects to it. I've been thinking about switching paths and getting a masters degree, in an area with no creative aspects. BUT NOTHING FEELS RIGHT! And I realized, I just need to give myself permission to BE ME and let myself get sucked into creative endeavors if that's what I enjoy! Your POST on this e-course ALONE has been inspiring and helpful and I realized: I just need to buy it and do it! This e-course is exactly what I need at this crossroads. Bless you. xoxo
Posted by: Heidi | 06/05/2015 at 04:15 PM
Heidi,
What an exciting realization! Thank you for sharing that. It sounds like you're taking some important steps in a great direction, lady!
Posted by: racheldenbow | 06/10/2015 at 02:22 PM