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Creating Together: Why You Don’t Have to Craft Alone

Creativity can be incredibly personal—and also profoundly communal. When you’re navigating healing, chronic illness, or emotional burnout, connecting with others through creativity can feel like opening a window to let the light back in.

Today, let’s talk about the magic of crafting in community—and why it might be just what your heart (and hands) need.

💛 Why Crafting Together Matters

Whether online or in person, creative connection brings:

  • Companionship without pressure—just show up as you are.
  • Encouragement when you feel stuck or self-critical.
  • Motivation to follow through with your ideas and projects.
  • A space to be seen in a season where you may feel invisible.

For survivors of trauma, grief, or long-term illness, isolation is a common thread. Crafting together becomes a gentle, joyful thread that ties us back to ourselves and others.

✨ What Creating Together Looks Like:

  • Virtual Create-Together sessions (like my Friday lives!) where we share space, ideas, and laughter.
  • VIP Groups that feel safe, kind, and filled with inspiration.
  • Album Retreats or scrap nights focused on connection—not just productivity.

💬 “I joined for the creativity… but stayed for the kindness.”
That’s something I hear often, and it never stops being true.

🛠️ Don’t Overthink It:

  • You don’t have to have all your supplies ready.
  • You don’t need to talk if you’re not feeling it.
  • You don’t have to finish a full layout.
    Just being in the space makes a difference.

You don’t have to craft alone.
You deserve spaces that feel safe, creative, and healing.
And when we create together, our light expands.

✨ Join me for Create Together Friday Live at 10:30am Pacific inside my VIP Group!
You’ll get to see behind the scenes of this week’s layout, ask questions, and soak in a little creative peace.

💌 Not in the group yet? Click here to join the VIP Community and let’s create something beautiful—together.

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Group Scrapbooking: Crafting Connection

Healing doesn’t always happen in silence. Sometimes, it happens in the soft hum of scissors, the clink of embellishment trays, or the laughter that bubbles up over shared memories. Group scrapbooking offers more than creative inspiration—it’s a beautiful way to rebuild trust, share stories, and remind ourselves we’re not alone.

Whether you gather in-person or online, scrapbooking with others can nurture emotional connection and creative courage in truly powerful ways.

🤝 Why group scrapbooking matters:

  • Reduces isolation (especially during healing seasons)
  • Encourages shared creativity and idea exchange
  • Creates gentle accountability to show up
  • Builds confidence through validation and encouragement
  • Helps create joyful memories while documenting them

🧵 Ways to group scrap creatively:

  • Host a virtual scrap night:
    Use Zoom or Facebook Live, keep it casual, and give everyone a sketch or prompt to work from.
  • Mini swaps:
    Trade handmade journaling cards, embellishments, or 3×4 affirmations with group members.
  • Theme challenges:
    Like “Joy in the Everyday” or “Rewriting the Narrative” — invite participants to interpret it their own way.
  • Collab albums:
    Everyone contributes a page or layout about a shared theme (grief, growth, gratitude, etc.).

🧡 Emotional safety tip:
If you’re a trauma survivor, choose your group carefully. Look for communities that honor emotional pacing, welcome imperfection, and center compassion. A kind creative space can become a huge part of your healing journey.


Creativity is connection. And when we make together—across miles or across the table—we heal in ways that solitary crafting can’t always offer.

➡️ Want to scrapbook with others in a safe, joyful space?

  • Visit the VIP Facebook Group for upcoming group scrap nights and challenges
  • Share a layout made during a group session using #CraftingConnection
  • Not ready to join in real-time? Subscribe to the newsletter for weekly prompts you can explore on your own time
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Creative Rituals Roundup: Voices from Our Community

Sometimes, the most powerful part of creativity isn’t what we make—it’s how we make it. The routines, the rituals, the moments of quiet before our hands touch paper. Earlier this week, I invited members of the VIP group to share their personal creative rituals, and the responses were so heartfelt and inspiring, I had to gather them here for all of us to enjoy.

Whether you’re crafting to heal, connect, or ground yourself, these rituals remind us that creativity is sacred and deeply personal.

🕯 Why rituals matter:
Creative rituals offer comfort, consistency, and grounding—especially important if you’re navigating trauma, grief, or chronic illness. They create a rhythm that helps you feel safe and present in your creative space.

Here are some beautiful rituals shared by members of the community:

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✨ You don’t need a long list or fancy tools. Your ritual can be as simple as:

  • Choosing a song that helps you breathe deeply
  • Holding your cardstock and setting an intention
  • Sipping tea and sorting through photos mindfully
  • Pulling a card from your affirmation deck

You are not alone in how you create. We’re all crafting beside each other, bound by a desire for expression, healing, and joy. Whether your ritual is spiritual, sensory, or simply practical—it matters.

➡️ Want to explore your own creative ritual?

  • Download the free Bloom Tracker and use the notes section to record what grounds you.
  • Share your ritual on Instagram or Facebook using #MyCreativeRitual
  • Join the conversation in the VIP group where more voices and inspiration are blooming daily