Pinterest Night Returns!

We took a vote via text and it was nearly unanimous: Fri 8/17 @8PM!

This gives you a little under two weeks to find something you've always wanted to bake, sew, craft, photograph, design, cook, learn to do...etc. and DO IT!

Bring it to share if you can!

It was so much fun last time and here's some bad quality photos from my phone to prove it:

So come one come all!  Make something and bring a friend, or don't make anything and bring no one!  Or do some combination of that.  See you there!

Mark your calendars creative people!

It looks like Sat 5/19 @8PM works best for all who have commented here, on Facebook, or just when I saw you around. :)

So that gives you some time to make this happen!

Get on Pinterest and look for something you've been meaning to create, bake, sew, craft, photograph, design, cook, or attempt in general AND DO IT!

Bring it to show-off on Sat 4/19 (at my house).  Should be a great night!  Invite anyone you want and get creating!

Here's some pictures I took on my phone one night when a bunch of us made chocolatey goodness around the holidays:

Such a fun, tasty night- I love my creative pals!

Pinterest Night!

Hey Creative Collective- who's ready to be creative again? Maybe you have been all along and I have just been laying around being nauseous for about a trimester or so... anyway, I no longer feel like I'm going to die all the time. Want to play? Let's have our Pinterest night! Find something you have pinned and make, bake, create, sew, craft, photograph, or attack it! Whatever it is- get it done and bring to share if you can. I'm excited! I've got a couple of things I want to do. Like this pillow I saw on New Girl last night.

You had me at ball fringe and rick-rack Zooey D. 

 Or things I have pinned long ago like the homemade fruit roll-ups that are probably to hard to execute here in Hawaii because of humidity, but still look how awesome:

And how cute and easy does this raincloud mobile look?  

And how great would these pillow mattresses be at ward camp next month?

And stop rolling your eyes and wondering where we will put a gigantic tee-pee in our not-so-gigantic house Thomas Robertson.  This is pure magic and I will make it someday!

What are you going to make?  I was thinking we could get together on either Monday 5/14 @8PM or Sat 5/19 @8PM.  What works best for you?

We got together yeah yeah yeah.

We had so much fun getting out to Honolulu last night and soaking up some pure inspiration!



Next meet-up should be easier to accomodate everyone who had to miss this time. It's back at my house in March for a Pinterest themed night. More details to come!

Creative Collective Meet-up Reminder!

Hey friends,

Just a reminder to meet at my house at 4PM sharp tomorrow (Friday 2/23) so we can head out for our night of creative inspiration!

We'e going to hit up Eat the Street in Honolulu:

and when we're all full of chocolatey goodness it's off to Honolulu Academy of Arts for Art After Dark!

I'm excited!

If you can't make it this month stay-tuned for the March meet-up at my house.

Creative Collective February Meet-up!

Brothers and Sisters Alooooha.

Where did January go? We haven't met up for a while and I think we need to get our creative batteries recharged with some fresh inspiration.

So, let's get gussied-up, or whatever, and go out to the Honolulu Academy of Arts Fri Feb 24 @6-9PM for ARTafterDark!

Details:

ARTafterDARK celebrates the incredible gift of The Contemporary Museum to the Honolulu Academy of of Arts—the result is the Honolulu Museum of Art. Some things are just better together.

ENTERTAINMENT + ART:

Spinning on the decks are DJs Slant + Kevin with mash-ups of classic and contemporary hip-hop, pop, house and everything in between.

Electronic artist VIZ creates a special digital piece inspired by the theme Better Together.

Don’t miss this live art performance by artists participating in Pow Wow, a gathering of street artists from around the world organized by Hawai‘i’s Jasper Wong.

Art scavenger hunt

Search for clues in select galleries for a chance to win great prizes.

Zip tour

Take a tour of the new exhibition Hawai'i Art Now in Gallery 28.

FOOD

Town and Downtown revive classic food-and-drink pairings with fresh twists.

I think it's $10 to get in. More info here. Meet at my house no later than 5PM unless you want to drive solo. We can talk about our creative goals and pursuits on the way down in the ultra-creatively, cool minivan... I have yellow paint on the side of it ever since I dented it that one fateful time... so.... that's artsy... YOU IN?

Creative Collective Game!

Reminder: Creative Collective Meet-up this Friday 12/2 @8PM at my house!
This woman is the ultimate foodie and is doing a hands-on demo with us involving holiday sweets and all I need to say is: chocolate. Now combine that word with her awesome skills and you know you're in for quite a night. You don't want to miss it. Mariko has been very gracious to show us her awesome ways so I think we should pitch in for supplies if you can- just a dollar or two should do it! See you there!

*Don't forget to give us an update on how you are doing with your goals - bring samples of your progress if you can!

Now let's play a game shall we? Yesterday I was cleaning-out a drawer and finally found all the cute hair things I have been missing for like a year at least! Then I noticed that all of them are from friends and all but one were made by friends! Even the one that wasn't handmade is so creative and totally my style. I am thankful for cool, stylish, thoughtful friends! So, no matter if you know these people or not, let's play! Which piece of hair-flare belongs to which creative type?
Ashley

Melissa

Katie

Echo

And Matti (pictured here with her sister, the bride!)

Just kidding!

Hey Creative Collective.

Remember how I said the next meeting was Sat 12/3? Well, I was just kidding.

I know. I'm hilarious.

It's really Friday 12/2 @ 8PM so be there or be square.

Mariko is doing a foodie demo and we all want to hear how your projects are coming! Bring samples of your work to inspire us if you can please.

See you then.

Creative Collective goal time!

We had a fun time at our first meeting. Everyone (somewhat reluctantly) admitted what they wanted to do with their hopes and passions and then we made goals to get started over the month of November.

What do you want to do? Write it down. Admit it to yourself. Make a realistic plan to get it accomplished. Tell us what it is! You'll be a little more accountable that way and more likely to get it done.

I am committing to finally sewing the seven bags I cut out for a future etsy shop. It's a big goal for the month of November, but I can do it!

Some people are starting handmade Christmas gifts, selling at craft fairs, baking or creating a Pinterest project for every two pins they put up, getting things up on their walls to make their house a home, honing their photography skills, simplifying their work schedules to spend more time with their children, stocking up on handmade cards to have on hand for special occasions, and looking into a dream business idea.

Pretty fantastic right? I was bubbling with excitement and inspiration just being in the presence of so many great ideas.

You can do cool stuff too so let's work together! Comment on what you want to accomplish in the month of November and I'll check in with you by the next meeting and maybe even post your progress on the blog if you'll let me! We can do the things we have always wanted to do because now we all have a creative support team!

Next meeting: Saturday Dec 3rd @8PM-- my house.

Bring what you've accomplished or an update on it. Come to get inspired! Come to plan and scheme. Come to hang-out with cool, creative people. Come for a foodie demo by someone I haven't asked yet, but am hoping she will do it because she's seriously amazing!
I'll even give her one of these if she'll do it. :)

Let's do this!

Saturday it is!

Seems like Saturday works best for most who commented on here or talked to me about it in person.

What: First Creative Collective meet up!
When: Saturday 10/29/11
Time: 8PM or whenever your kids are in bed...etc. -- I know my kids get down around 7:30 so this will give me time to clean my house before you all come over!
Place: My house


What to bring: Any ideas you have or desires to take your passions to the next level- let's talk about it and create plans to make things happen! Bring a little notebook if you can get/find one. This will be a really great tool for you when planning or inspiration strikes if you aren't obsessively keeping one already like most of us!

You can also bring a snack to share if you want, but no pressure. Bring any artsy, foodie, crafty, writer-y, photo-y...etc. types you want to join in. Try and come together since parking can get tricky.

I am so excited! I started one of my goals/hopes this week and I can't wait to share and get suggestions for some other ideas.

See you Saturday!
(All images from the ever-inspiring Anthropologie.com.)

Let's get started then.

I have so many ideas that are just babies or little bits of something that should/could be much bigger. But I let "stuff" hold me back. I really hate "stuff"... don't you?

I have some secret hopes that I wish would happen, but I am afraid of taking things to the next level and failing. And other people KNOWING I failed.

I am afraid of rejection.

I don't have a lot of free time to dedicate to anything that doesn't involve caring for and spending time with my family, the job I already have and love, and maintaining my health and sanity.

I am insecure about my talents and abilities because I feel like there are so many people who are better writers, crafters, designers, cooks...etc than insignificant me.

I am not competitive at all and sometimes going for it and succeeding requires a little bit of a competitive spirit. I would rather give up from the start if it means I can avoid competing with someone else. It's not that I'm so great and nice or anything, but competitiveness usually means comparing yourself to others and that never ends well or trying to beat out someone and I never feel good about that. So I just usually try and keep competitive people at arms length because have you met a competitive person? They are usually really hard to get along with. You can never win with them.

So.... all these reasons and more hold me back from going for it with my passions in my life. I am sure some of this "stuff" may be familiar and holding you back as well.

I am going to look at that list boldly in the face and say, "Yeah, so?" and try and march forward anyway and go for it!

If you are ready to go for it too- let's meet up! I think we could all benefit from sitting in a room together and admitting what we want to do with our passions and brainstorming how to take these hopes to the next level together. If you live across the sea from us, let's do it via the comments section or email or over the phone!

Every good group should have a name so I am calling us "The Creative Collective" and that'll do for now.

This is a productive, supportive, and honest group. We are going to help each other and cheer each other on. We are going to brainstorm, create, and make great things happen in our lives. I hope this group will not take away from what's most important in our already busy worlds, but enhance and bless it.

So I think Ash had a good idea to make it a monthly meet up and for the first one I say we just all come with a goal in mind of what you want to do with your particular passion(s). You have to admit it to yourself. For example:

I want to finally get organized with editing and publishing, but I just need to bounce ideas off people before I make my plan of attack.

I have all the stuff cut out and needing to be sewn for this etsy shop I planned to open last summer, but I just need to go for it and I want to talk to other etsy shop owners before I start.

I want to make more things for my family and home and I like to talk to crafty types about these things.

I want to get a few freezer meals made for busy weeks and I wonder where to start.

I want to look for more opportunities to attend artistic events with my family or just with a few artsy friends.

I have a million of these ideas and I want a creative collective to brainstorm with and to lend advice or encouragement to others.

Let's do it! Does Friday 10/28 or Sat 10/29 at 8PM work better? The most votes wins. Let's make this happen!