quotes Archives - Hello! Hooray! https://hellohooray.com/tag/quotes/ Take time out to be creative! Thu, 17 Oct 2019 09:55:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Creativity takes courage https://hellohooray.com/creativity-takes-courage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creativity-takes-courage https://hellohooray.com/creativity-takes-courage/#comments Sun, 22 May 2016 19:57:59 +0000 http://hellohooray.com/?p=8325 Sometimes, I think too much. I’ve had one of those days today and my mind has been wandering a bit – some of it good, some of it not so good! But then I remembered something that one of my friends posted on Facebook this week and it reminded me of the quote ‘creativity takes courage’.…

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]]> Sometimes, I think too much. I’ve had one of those days today and my mind has been wandering a bit – some of it good, some of it not so good! But then I remembered something that one of my friends posted on Facebook this week and it reminded me of the quote ‘creativity takes courage’. Like me, she’s a musician by trade and she began working on a massive composition project a few years ago. It was 6 years ago in fact! It was her life during her Master’s degree but since then a lot has happened, including the birth of her son, and needless to say this has changed her life a lot. But this week she talked about not being the woman who stops chasing her dreams, and about how she has recently been able to do work on this project whilst balancing being a Mum – and it really resonated with me! It was so good to get back into my blogging with my post earlier this week, and I don’t think I realised how much I had missed it. In my head I wasn’t sure how it would fit in with being a Mum, but even having just 5 minutes to edit and post a photo on Instagram or jot down an idea in my notebook makes me really happy! And I’m glad to have friends that remind me of this. Being a Mum is the most amazing thing in the world and I can try to balance that with snatching time to work on things where I can, when I can. I can give Tom time to work on his projects too. I want Little One to grow up in an environment where creativity is encouraged, knowing that she can do or be anything that she wants to, and that she can achieve anything if she puts her mind to it.

 

 

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So yes, creativity takes courage. It takes time, and it sometimes needs inspiration and encouragement from the people around us. And that reminds me of another quote from Albert Einstein: ‘Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.’ I feel very grateful to my friend for passing it on to me – thank you for the inspiration! 🙂

 

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]]> https://hellohooray.com/creativity-takes-courage/feed/ 1 Embroidered banner https://hellohooray.com/embroidered-banner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embroidered-banner https://hellohooray.com/embroidered-banner/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:30:18 +0000 http://hellohooray.com/?p=8172 I have been making this embroidered banner as a house warming gift for one of my best friends over the past few weeks, and now that I have given it to her I can share it with you! It should have been finished quite a while back, but I was really ill when we were supposed…

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]]> I have been making this embroidered banner as a house warming gift for one of my best friends over the past few weeks, and now that I have given it to her I can share it with you! It should have been finished quite a while back, but I was really ill when we were supposed to meet up so I couldn’t go. Actually, I didn’t get it finished in time either! So I was determined to have it ready for the second time round 🙂

 

The design comes from the Flow magazine colouring book, which has the most gorgeous designs by Helen Dardik and Carolyn Gavin. Although I’m pretty good at stitching, I’m rubbish at designing so this was perfect!

 

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Flow colouring book | Hello! Hooray!

 

I traced the design to make my own pattern on A4 paper to use as a template, as this was easier than trying to trace it onto my fabric out of the book. I used an air erasable pen to transfer it onto my fabric, which was some premium white Kona cotton that I love using for embroidery projects. The colours I used were the following:

 

Anchor 206, 208 and 210 (greens)

Anchor 28 (pink for the large flowers)

Anchor 26 (pale pink), 293 (yellow), 187 (teal), 146 (cornflower) and 119 (purple) for the shapes

DMC 3845 for the letters

 

I embroidered the design and then put the banner together in the same way that I did in for my painted banner (click here for the written tutorial or here for the video). I attached the pom poms at the end so they are visible at the back, but no-one is going to see that anyway! The pom pom trim is jumbo size and is from Frumble and I really love it! Each pom pom is 20mm in diameter, so it’s a great size for this banner. I’m obviously trying to think of other things to make with it haha! 🙂

 

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I’ve already got my eye on a few other designs from the colouring book that I want to stitch (I will probably colour them in at some point too!). I love this bird and the tea pots too…

 

Flow colouring book | Hello! Hooray!

 

Flow colouring book | Hello! Hooray!

 

I’m now stitching something else for another friend – I am seriously into my embroidery at the moment! When it’s done I’ll share that with you too. What are you making?

 

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