#jjtipstrickshacks23, Stress Less Creative Space

It was an honour to receive an invite to be part of RachandBella Crafts February 2023 collaboration focusing on Tips, Hints and Hacks, my contribution focuses on things you can do to reduce stress when creating in your creative space.

Have fun and be sure to follow the hash tag #jjtipstrickshacks23 to see all of the contributions to this fabulous collaboration.

Happy Crafting
Ceri

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[diannetrunnell]

THANK YOU. I HAVE DONE ALL OF THAT. VERY HELPFUL. MY BRAIN works exactly the same way.

[gayleagostinelli_ct]

Great video, my friend! So fun being part of this collaboration with you and the other wonderful folks! Wonderful tips for us all! Love and big hugs, dear Ceri! ❤

[TheCrabbyCrafterlol]

All great info as always. My favorite is #10, give credit where credit is due. So many channels "aggregate" info and ideas from other, usually smaller channels, and present it as their own. In the writing world, it's called plagiarism and it stinks. And, signing and dating, especially dating, your projects is so important for tracking our progress. It's so difficult to see or feel forward progression day to day and project to project, but when you see something you did a year ago, progress is clear and evident. LOVE this --YES--its okay to NOT finish...Spot on! One thing I'd add is to not sweat the details. I see so many people get caught up in the exact measurements of something or exact number of pages in a signature or model number of a rubber stamp set; it's, a JUNK journal, it doesn't matter the size or the number of pages or which stamps. It's the idea, the inspiration, the doing-of the thing, rather than trying to exactly copy something you've seen in a video, use what you have and enjoy the process.

[brookerohleder]

The best 25 minutes of advice on the Tube right now. Thank you so much, Ceri! ❤️

[WholewithAliyah]

Another truly wonderful & helpful video, Ceri, thank you! I've been collecting ideas for a while now for things I'd like to create in a lined notebook. One thing I'm doing that's helpful to me is having separate pages, and estimating the time commitment the project might take. That way, instead of thinking I don't have time to create something, I can find a small project on my 10-minute page or if I have a free afternoon, I choose something bigger from the hour+ page, for example. Cheers to you for a lovely week!

[jensartyinclinations]

Love this video, Ceri! Wonderful tips including some organisation I can aspire to. I especially loved your countdown cards. I always enjoy your channel - thanks again.

[aspiretoinspireartscrafts]

Thank you for sharing your tips, tricks and hacks with stress less creative space.

[bettyalvarez]

Cari thank you for your honesty. I love that you always encourage and make us that are not so confident feel like we can still do this. Thank you for the encouragement.

[CoriDahmen]

#10. Just amen ❤. Fantastic concept and great video. Strong work, Ceri the crafter.

[stephanieheiler]

As Gayle mentioned in one of her videos a while ago, a place for everthing and everything in its place. I don't have a lot of space so I have to keep my space fairly clean. Some of my ways to stop me from buying more supplies than I need and what helps me to keep my space organized. We all know the growing scraps piles and because of not having a huge amount of space to store my scraps I decided to keep an eye on them. I have some boxes within a bigger box where I try to keep my scraps kind of organiced (paper scraps, fabric scraps, other left overs) and every once in a while I put my self to the challenge to work on a project or even start a new project only by using whats in my scrap boxes. That helps me not to get overwhelmed by the "scraps-monster". I think we all know also the stuff we buy and don't like it very much. Instead of putting it in a box anywhere and never use it I have a box with the label that says "Use Up". Sometimes I find new ways to use the products in this box but the most important thing is that I feel happy when I've used up stuff from that box.

[DarcysMixedMedia]

Great tips and advice! Thanks!

I hope you have a delightful day. Love&hugs to you and Biscuit.

[daphnewright]

All wonderful inspirations for addressing life itself. I can relate to all ten of them. Taking a beaded protect apart because I just didn't like it or want to finish it, is something I have recently done. You have taken the guilt away. A big thank you for that. We have been taught to finish what we start. Sometimes that is just poppycock and a rule to be discarded.

[AngelaKerrDesigns]

What a fabulous video Ceri! First time I am watching your channel and I can completely relate. Great advice for all of us. Thank you so much for taking part in this collaboration. 🌸🌷🦋☺️

[robinsutton]

My husband happened to be listening, he kept saying, “are you taking notes”. With that said, I’ll be going through a bag where I have half completed cards. They need to be finished and given away. On the serious side, thanks for all you do, remind us of and just being a wonderful person. Stay safe and warm. Love to all.

[abowles]

Thank you for some great ideas for making creating fun again.😊

[noemidavila]

Your tips are fabulous! I am 62 and my passion is evolving thanks to all my talented artists from around the world 🌎! I really love your work and especially the 10 tips cards . ❤️ from FLORIDA where it's always hot!

[annelawver]

Wonderful words of wisdom. Reducing stress in any area of our life is a grand thing. Thank you for sharing your experience that can help us all truly enjoy our art.

[genevievelimozin]

More good ideas...I especially like no 8.Thank you.

[shellylaw]

It was wonderful to hear your helpful hints. Thank you so much!

[jessicabaker]

Thank you Ceri! It was nice to put a face to the voice. I love your number cards 😍 thank you for giving me permission not to stress about not completing a project!