Finding peace & calm
through creativity.
Hello & Welcome,
I'm Heather
Creativity has always been at the centre of my life. I am a mixed-media artist who works with watercolour, acrylic, textiles, and repurposed materials to create layered pieces that celebrate texture, playfulness, and creative exploration.
Much of my work begins in my art journals, where ideas are explored through colour, collage, drawing, and stitch. Journaling allows me to experiment freely and follow curiosity wherever it leads, often becoming the starting point for larger mixed-media artworks, dolls, and stitched pieces.
Upcycling and reimagining everyday materials plays an important role in my process. I enjoy transforming forgotten papers, fabrics, and fragments into something new, allowing each piece to carry its own sense of story and transformation.
Through my work I explore themes of storytelling, memory, and emotional connection.
Creativity is also an important mindful practice in my life, offering a calming space away from the pressures of everyday life while nurturing joy and imagination.
I share parts of my creative process on my YouTube channel From My Blue Desk, where I invite others to explore art journaling, mixed media techniques, and the joy of slow, playful creativity.
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Alongside my art practice, I also design and create handmade scrapbooks, journals, and memory-keeping pieces through Toshi and Bob (via Etsy) and I am building a library of classes and printable sentiments and ephemera on my website for people who are interested in memory keeping. These handcrafted books are designed to hold stories, photographs, and meaningful moments, continuing my interest in memory, storytelling, and the emotional significance of objects we keep.
Women over 40
Have you tried art journaling?
As busy women, many of us can lose sight of our own needs sometimes. Life changes and other factors can bring in unique stressors. Sometimes our age, whilst it can bring positive experience and wisdom, can also wreak havoc with hormonal fluctuations leading to feelings of anxiety and overwhelm.
Having some time to yourself for creativity can be such a wonderful healing experience. Activities like slow stitching, painting, doodling and art journaling can help you to make sense of intrusive thoughts, deal with overwhelming internal chatter, and give you time and space to plan improvements into your life too. Putting time aside for creativity, whether that's journaling, making something for yourself or even making a gift is so much more than time spent, it is time invested in you.
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Want to know more about how creativity & journaling can help you?
I'm currently preparing a number of creative classes based on painting, mixed media art, journaling and stitching, all processes that I have personally found fulfilling and therapeutic. So if you are interested in setting aside a little time for yourself and adding a bit more creativity into your life to give yourself a much needed creative boost, click below to subscribe. I will send you creative goodies for free and keep you up to date on creative activities as and when they are arranged in the future. I usually email on Saturdays!