Make: Believe - an exciting meeting

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I had a meeting this morning with my artist friend Crimbo.  We are hatching plans for a couple of Christmas events (and other and more arty crafty creative activities going forward onward and upward)  I am deeply excited to hear that she is totally on the same page with regard to the importance and essence of what we want to create.  That Art can help you find yourself and lose yourself at the same time,  of sharing the wonderfulness that being in the flow of creative activity brings.  How it lifts you up.  Makes everything better.   And she loves the name Make: Do.  And indeed  Make: Believe......

I believe in manifestation.  Or  - that, it IS POSSIBLE to make your dreams come true.  I guess this makes me what they call a Possibilitarian.

I believe, if you start writing things down, creating in your imagination,  AND you start taking teeny steps towards them, you create reality. This was why I started writing my blog.  It is actually common sense.  But I am in love with the idea of it being magical.  I love magic.  I love that real life can be truly miraculous.

A few weeks ago I wrote about my dream art workshops.  I wrote about it, in a 'working it out as I wrote it' kind of way  - you can read it  here if you want

 And what I love is that Crimbo read it, and it inspired her.  It made her want to meet up with me to talke about it.  And the writing of it, became part of the reason we met and devised real actual plans. 

I love that my dream casting ramblings hit a mark (or two) and are starting to sprout baby shoots that will grow into reality.

And the best bit is how easy it all was.  I was stuck. I wrote and worked out some ideas.  I met up with a friend at one of Brightons loveliest cafes  - the wonderful Treacle of Hove  - ate delicious cake, chatted at length - and came up with a plan.  

The last best bit?  Crimbo knows all about Photoshop.  Photoshop is on my list of things to learn.  And she is going to teach me. We are going to need to devise fabulous flyers!!

SO  - what ARE those plans?  (at least in part...)

Our Christmas plan is to host a series of workshops where you get to Make: Christmas (see how that works?)  Make handmade cards, Make decorations, Make wrapping paper.  (I am a firm believer that we Make our own magic ) We will provide  inspiration, materials and a glass of something nice (we are thinking a Chistmassy cocktail might do the trick? ) in a beautiful room in the centre of Brighton.  4 hours of creative play in creative company.  A launch pad to Making your  Christmas 2013 really magical.    Very excited.  Watch this space........