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Creeeaaaaak... step through an enchanted doorway and join me on an adventure to explore and celebrate creativity of all kinds..
Welcome Creative Explorer
If you have a creative heart, join me on an adventure to explore and celebrate creativity of all kinds, just for the joy of it.
This is a place to get wonderfully lost, to stumble upon unexpected delights, to follow the fireflies of inspiration on enchanted paths that wind through creativity and finances, moonlight and mess, practical tools and impossible dreams.
Follow the enchanted portals below to begin your journey
These are my top 10 favourite While I Was Drawing letters and poems. If you’re not sure where to begin, this is a good place to start.
Each is a small act of noticing, of bearing witness to the beauty, complexity and ever changing wild tangle of being alive.
✨Fiction✨
Here you’ll find a growing collection of my fiction.
Archive of Stone is a short fiction series, with part three coming soon. The other two are standalone tales, and I have the first delicate seedlings of another beguiling story growing in my mind, a story of magic and enchantment that I am tentatively enticing out of my imagination and into my notebook.
Illustrations and photographs to use as printable art, creative references, or visual companions for your writing, Substack, website or social media. Whether you're crafting, designing, or simply gathering beautiful things, there's something here for you.
✨Because Creativity Guest Letters✨
A gathering of stories, reflections, and joyful explorations of creativity in all its forms.
Whether it’s singing, painting, writing, baking, gardening, music, mending, or making something just because it feels good, these guest posts celebrate the act of creating simply because it brings us joy.
A magical guidebook for navigating the realm of creative finances.
The Realm of Finance is a strange and bewildering world, filled with bizarre landscapes and peculiar creatures, shaped by curious forces and unpredictable rules.
It’s easy to get lost here, but with the Magic Beans Guide as our enchanted map, we will explore new trails together through this mystic land.
✨The Creative Bucket List Club✨
An exploration of creativity of all kinds, including tutorials, downloads, videos, creative projects and chat threads.
The Creative Bucket List Club is a celebration of trying all the things, of saying yes to the flutter of excitement in your stomach when you see a new craft or imagine a wild idea. It's for the creative adventurers who want to make not just one kind of art, but all the kinds, simply for the wonder of it.
And coming soon:
A directory of posts and resources exploring and celebrating creativity in all its forms.
Lovely words from readers of While I Was Drawing
“Emily’s work and words always feels full of heart.” Linn
“I’m glad I found your little creative corner, especially when your wonderful drawings arrive side by side with good advice!” Susie
“This is breathtakingly beautiful writing. So immersive and enchanting.” Robyn
"Emily has so many incredible insights in the way she thinks and the way she sees things." Keeley
For Creative Explorers
If you’d love to use some of my illustrations but now isn’t the right time to upgrade, you can sign-up for free as a Creative Explorer, and receive a beautiful bundle of 30+ illustration assets to download, that will be delivered in my Welcome Letter, and occasional free downloads in my regular posts.
Inspiring welcome page, Emily! I am needing to do a thing - very inspiring…
What a beautiful, warm and welcoming page Emily. But what’s new 🤗