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Hi, I'm Darlene and I love gardening, peonies, painting, sewing and good cup of tea with a friend. This is my space to share with you my passion for teaching, encouraging and helping others realize their goals. Sprinkled throughout, you will find my love for floral inspired watercolor & pattern design. Read More…

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Can you relate?⁠ ⁠ Coming back from a holiday

Can you relate?⁠
⁠
Coming back from a holiday can be invigorating and overwhelming at the same time.⁠
⁠
Let me explain.⁠
⁠
While getting away from work can be refreshing and essential, it is a lot harder to start the wheels of work turning again.⁠
⁠
I do have a ton of inspiration from our trip - cue the orchard views and fresh peaches.⁠
⁠
Luckily, I wrote out a month plan prior to going on a holiday and I am ahead of schedule. ⁠
⁠
Here are some of my key strategies for getting back into work:⁠
⁠
1) Start doing something you love to regain a sense of rhythm (for me it was washing dishes by hand and visiting my Pinterest account)⁠
⁠
2) Be gentle with yourself and have minimal expectations for the first day back.⁠
⁠
3) Mix in daily routine with work routine.⁠
⁠
4) Stop to enjoy what is around you - practice mindfulness - smells, sounds, sights can be very invigorating and produce joy.⁠
⁠
5) Turn those little joys into thankful statements that you record.⁠
⁠
When you complete these you will be more ready and able to return to your work schedule with a peaceful heart and mind.⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
#artist #surfacepatterndesigner #mindfulness #thankfulness #routine #findingjoy #negativethinking #reframing #potential #goals #inspire #encourage #corebeliefs #goalsuccess #achievegoals #irrationalthinking #affirmations #goalsetting ⁠
#creativity #bossbabe #createeveryday #confidencecoach #lifecoach #womensupportingwomen #mycreativebiz #calledtobecreative #creativeentrepreneur #growyourbusiness #womeninbusiness #femaleentrepreneur

Summer is for berries and picnics. This print is

Summer is for berries and picnics.

This print is one of my central prints for my Berry Delightful Picnic collection.

I hope you enjoy.

Find fun and beauty in your day today!

#picnic #summerberries #strawberries #picnictable #picnicbasket #surfacepattern #surfacedesign #immersion #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #botanicalpattern #printandpattern #textiledesign #textiledesigner #artlicensing #licensingartist #creativeprocess #creativelife #worldofartists #loveforart #creativehappylife #creativebusiness #livecreatively #fabricdesigner

Today, remember to take in the beauty around you.

Today, remember to take in the beauty around you.

If beauty is hard to find these days, just start with a colour.

What is your favorite colour and seek it out.

Invite it into your home and make friends with it.

I have a very close relationship with blue (cue surprise). It brings me calm and peace and reminds me of the ocean.

@amydixonart helps with my blue colour love too 💙

#seekbeauty #pursuebeauty #peonies #delphiniums #oceanviews #surfacedesigner #surfacepatterndesigner #blue #seekpeace #beauty #turquoise

Is there something or someone that inspires you to

Is there something or someone that inspires you to create?⁠
⁠
I love flowers and gardening but I also love to picnic with my kiddos.⁠
⁠
Going on a picnic is my inspiration for my 3rd pattern collection.⁠
⁠
I am hard at it and loving it!⁠
⁠
Bring on the strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb!⁠
⁠
⁠
#picnicinspiration #picniccollection #raspberries #strawberries #gardening #gingham #summerberries #fabricdesigner #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #botanicalpattern #printandpattern #textiledesign #textiledesigner #artlicensing #licensingartist #creativeprocess #creativelife #worldofartists #loveforart #creativehappylife #creativebusiness #livecreatively #fabricdesigner

This week was a great launch of the Peony Earrings

This week was a great launch of the Peony Earrings!

Thank you to all of you for your comments, likes and purchases!

Remember to take time this weekend to stop and admire the beauty around you.

#beautyinnature #peonies #peonyearrings #patterndesigner #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #handmade #surfacepattern #peony #peonycabochons

I am sure you have heard me gushing about my peoni

I am sure you have heard me gushing about my peonies.⁠
⁠
They are just so beautiful and breathtaking. ⁠
⁠
And they last for so short a time. But I am learning to appreciate them while they are here and not wish the season were longer.⁠
⁠
I love how flowers teach us so much about beauty, patience and mostly our own hearts and what needs tending to.⁠
⁠
Find beauty today and sit with it for a while.⁠
⁠
#beauty #artists #artistsofinstagram #peonies #peony #pinkpeony #findthebeauty #peonyearrings #peonycabochons #learnfromnature #findinspiration #surfacepattern #surfacedesign #floraldesign #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #botanicalpattern #floraldecor #floralart #blooms #moodforfloral #floral

Every year I am still so in awe of the beauty of t

Every year I am still so in awe of the beauty of the peony in our front garden.⁠
⁠
So delicate, so lightly blushed with pink, and revealing many different stages of beauty.⁠
⁠
I am excited to share the essence of the peony with my new earring collection.⁠ These include a peony watercolor style and hand drawn peonies from my first pattern collection.
⁠
#cabochonearrings #earringlaunch #goldstud #golddangly #handmade #handmadeearrings #peonyearrings #surfacepattern #surfacedesign #floraldesign #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #botanicalpattern #peonyjewelry #floralart #blooms #peony #peonyart

Wow! Do I ever have freckles! Always fun to do p

Wow! Do I ever have freckles!

Always fun to do product shot with oneself!

Not!

Oh well, I think they turned out how I was hoping.

Only three days until the launch. 😳

I have to admit I am very excited but at the same time I am very nervous. My history has been that every launch has been a enormous flop.

I have put so much time and energy into so many launches and even though this one feels different I can't help but feel very tentative and scared.

So I'm having all the typical negative thoughts and fears because that's just been my history with so many things in regards to selling.

If you can name it, it has flopped - online courses, social media accounts, my online store, my experience with brick-and-mortar, wholesale and the list could go on.

So here's to this one being totally different and blowing my fears out of the water. 🙏

#earringlaunch #peonyearrings #dangleearrings #studearrings #handmadeearrings #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #FLORALDESIGNER #watercolorart #watercolorartist #surfacedesign #floraldesign #handmade #surfacepattern #artlicensing #patterndesigner #printandpattern #licensingartist #fabricdesign #fabriccollection

Happy Canada Day friends! In the last few years I

Happy Canada Day friends!

In the last few years I am starting to change the way I see this day.

Yes, I am extremely grateful for being born in such a beautiful country. The luxuries and opportunites are limitless.

But as the Indigenous stories of residential school experiences continued to be brought to light, my love for our history became more tentative.

I started to learn more because of the work Gord Downie (in 2017) started in bringing to light Chanie Wenjak's tragic story of escape from a residential school.

If you are Canadian, I encourage you to look into this history and Gord's concert called "The Secret Path" as a place to start.

#Iamlearning #Iamlistening #canadian #indigenousrights #chaniewenjak #gorddownie

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Can you relate?⁠ ⁠ Coming back from a holiday

Can you relate?⁠
⁠
Coming back from a holiday can be invigorating and overwhelming at the same time.⁠
⁠
Let me explain.⁠
⁠
While getting away from work can be refreshing and essential, it is a lot harder to start the wheels of work turning again.⁠
⁠
I do have a ton of inspiration from our trip - cue the orchard views and fresh peaches.⁠
⁠
Luckily, I wrote out a month plan prior to going on a holiday and I am ahead of schedule. ⁠
⁠
Here are some of my key strategies for getting back into work:⁠
⁠
1) Start doing something you love to regain a sense of rhythm (for me it was washing dishes by hand and visiting my Pinterest account)⁠
⁠
2) Be gentle with yourself and have minimal expectations for the first day back.⁠
⁠
3) Mix in daily routine with work routine.⁠
⁠
4) Stop to enjoy what is around you - practice mindfulness - smells, sounds, sights can be very invigorating and produce joy.⁠
⁠
5) Turn those little joys into thankful statements that you record.⁠
⁠
When you complete these you will be more ready and able to return to your work schedule with a peaceful heart and mind.⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
⁠
#artist #surfacepatterndesigner #mindfulness #thankfulness #routine #findingjoy #negativethinking #reframing #potential #goals #inspire #encourage #corebeliefs #goalsuccess #achievegoals #irrationalthinking #affirmations #goalsetting ⁠
#creativity #bossbabe #createeveryday #confidencecoach #lifecoach #womensupportingwomen #mycreativebiz #calledtobecreative #creativeentrepreneur #growyourbusiness #womeninbusiness #femaleentrepreneur

Summer is for berries and picnics. This print is

Summer is for berries and picnics.

This print is one of my central prints for my Berry Delightful Picnic collection.

I hope you enjoy.

Find fun and beauty in your day today!

#picnic #summerberries #strawberries #picnictable #picnicbasket #surfacepattern #surfacedesign #immersion #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #botanicalpattern #printandpattern #textiledesign #textiledesigner #artlicensing #licensingartist #creativeprocess #creativelife #worldofartists #loveforart #creativehappylife #creativebusiness #livecreatively #fabricdesigner

Today, remember to take in the beauty around you.

Today, remember to take in the beauty around you.

If beauty is hard to find these days, just start with a colour.

What is your favorite colour and seek it out.

Invite it into your home and make friends with it.

I have a very close relationship with blue (cue surprise). It brings me calm and peace and reminds me of the ocean.

@amydixonart helps with my blue colour love too 💙

#seekbeauty #pursuebeauty #peonies #delphiniums #oceanviews #surfacedesigner #surfacepatterndesigner #blue #seekpeace #beauty #turquoise

Is there something or someone that inspires you to

Is there something or someone that inspires you to create?⁠
⁠
I love flowers and gardening but I also love to picnic with my kiddos.⁠
⁠
Going on a picnic is my inspiration for my 3rd pattern collection.⁠
⁠
I am hard at it and loving it!⁠
⁠
Bring on the strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb!⁠
⁠
⁠
#picnicinspiration #picniccollection #raspberries #strawberries #gardening #gingham #summerberries #fabricdesigner #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #botanicalpattern #printandpattern #textiledesign #textiledesigner #artlicensing #licensingartist #creativeprocess #creativelife #worldofartists #loveforart #creativehappylife #creativebusiness #livecreatively #fabricdesigner

This week was a great launch of the Peony Earrings

This week was a great launch of the Peony Earrings!

Thank you to all of you for your comments, likes and purchases!

Remember to take time this weekend to stop and admire the beauty around you.

#beautyinnature #peonies #peonyearrings #patterndesigner #surfacepatterndesign #surfacedesigner #handmade #surfacepattern #peony #peonycabochons

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