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Sara Santa Clara's avatar

Thank you so much, Emily, for mentioning my Substack and sharing pictures of my pottery! I was blown away when I saw the notification and then read your post! Little newbie me along side so much creativity and inspiration 🙏🏽.

Will be looking at the other beautiful things you found, this is such a brilliant idea!

Thank you again.

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

My pleasure Sara 💛

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Suzy Rowlands's avatar

Those clay buttons! 😍

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

They’re fab aren’t they!! 💛

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Sara Santa Clara's avatar

Thank you! ☺️

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

It is so wonderful to see so many different types of creativity here Sara, it was a pleasure to share your pictures. I love seeing what people create. 💛💛

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Val Spiers's avatar

I loved looking at all the things you found. I’ll be clicking the links today and enjoying looking further.

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Louise Tilbrook ✨'s avatar

Wow, such a lovely inspiration-filled post. Thanks so much for the mention

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

So grateful for the recommendation Louise - the photos and written explanation was incredibly helpful.

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Oh these are all so beautiful Emily!

I loved the mention of junk journaling. It's something I have never heard of before, but I would love to try it. I have added a few things in my journal already, like the boarding pass from my first international trip after almost a decade, some pictures, flowers that my mother received on her birthday. I am so excited to expand on this idea. Thank you for this lovely post💕

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Thank you so much Mansi, I’m glad you enjoyed all the diverse creativity and how wonderful that you’ve taken inspiration from the junk journaling - if you would like to, it would be lovely to see some photos of your creativeness in our chat thread 💛

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Mansi Kwatra's avatar

Absolutely!

I was just at the chat thread and I love how creative and wholesome this community is.🥹

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Eva Lydon 🌺's avatar

I love this Emily 💛 What a wonderful way to introduce other creatives and showcase their beautiful work 👍 It was hard to stop myself from subscribing to everyone! 🙈😆 I can't make the creativity zoom on Thursday, but I think it is a wonderful idea and I would love to come to the next one please 😊

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

So glad you enjoyed it Eva. I kept seeing such wonderful creativity popping up, I started to save links in my phone notes and then just wanted to share them. And I could have included so many others too. Thank you for your kind words and it's amazing to know you'd like to join the creativity zoom next time round 💛💛💛

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Oh Emily! How did I miss this…? I am just walking my little dog at the end of a busy Monday and truly needed a little burst of loveliness like his! Thank you for always inspiring us to create… no matter what it is!

Wishing you a gorgeous week lovely 💛🍃x

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Thank you dear Susie, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. There's so much wonderful creativity around, it felt worth celebrating. Have a wonderful week 💛💛💛

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Cheryl Rutledge-Brennecke's avatar

Kristin is my friend and I had not seen her poems so it was such delight to see them in your newsletter!

I’ve seen your Substackagram but this time of year in the garden and working full-time leave it a hard thing to add one more thing to my to do. But I do like seeing the lovely photos in my stream.

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Thank you so much Cheryl 💛 I'm so pleased you saw her poem. It was so wonderful to see it - spontaneous and beautiful. I would never want any of my posts to feel like they add to anyone's list of things to do - I'm glad they bring some beauty into your day xx

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Yasin Giray Demir's avatar

This post beautifully captures the essence of celebrating creativity in all its forms. As an artist specializing in Islamic calligraphy, I deeply appreciate the acknowledgment of diverse artistic expressions. Your emphasis on finding joy in the creative process and appreciating the unique contributions of each artist resonates with me.

It's inspiring to see a platform that encourages and uplifts various forms of creativity. Thank you for sharing this uplifting message and for fostering a community where all kinds of creativity are celebrated.

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Thank you Yasin, I appreciate your kind words. I explored your Substack and read your Layered Masterpieces - absolutely fascinating to see such beautiful calligraphy and learn a little about it 💛💛

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Yasin Giray Demir's avatar

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm thrilled to hear that you enjoyed my Layered Masterpieces series. It's a joy to share the beauty and intricacies of calligraphy with others. Your support means a lot to me.

Best,

Yasin

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Rebecca J. Gomez's avatar

I’d love to crochet with you, but that’s not a good time for me this time. Maybe next time! I’m all about trying all the things.

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A.J. Sky's avatar

You are a colorful burst of light, Emily. ☀️ LOVE the snippet from Esmerelda and the Fireflies most of all!

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Oh thank you A.J. I m so pleased you enjoyed the snippet from my unwritten book, I wasn’t sure whether or not to include it. It means so much to me that you enjoyed it. Thank you for your kind words 💛💛💛

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A.J. Sky's avatar

I'm so glad you decided to include it! Best part of the whole post (to me). 🥰

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Linn Thorstensson's avatar

So much joyful nourishment here Emily. I would second Attic24 as a great source for crochet. I’ve made a few of her blankets.

I’ve recently started knitting and am almost done with my first jumper. I think I’ve caught the textile creative bug now as I’m also eyeing up embroidery 🥰😅

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Oh that’s fantastic Linn!! A whole jumper, that is wonderful. I hope you’ll share some photos!? I feel that my life definitely needs at least one crochet blanket in it. We knitted when we were children as well and My favourite was fingerless gloves. I don’t remember if they were any good, but I very much enjoyed it. And crochet too, Linn! Brilliant. I feel like there’s a little creative revolution here 💛🤩

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Linn Thorstensson's avatar

I definitely will share. Fingerless mittens are also on my “to make” list. Because I love wearing them.

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Klamo's avatar

Thank you again for the mention. So much beauty and creativity to enjoy.

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Loved having your letter on While I Was Drawing Klamo 💛

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Katy Wheatley's avatar

Ah! Thank you for including me in such a creative and inspiring round up x

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Your glass blowing was completely awesome. Loved it so much 💛

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Meaghan McIsaac's avatar

Such a great little treasure trove of creativity! Blown glass always looks so magical!

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

It does doesn’t it? I would LOVE to have a go 😍

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

You are forgiven Emily.... for posting again. 😊 You have greeted my NZ early morning with this wonderful celebration of creativity. Thank you. ❤️

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Aw, thank you Jo!! I just couldn’t wait to share all this amazing creativity 💛🦋

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