Mindful Thoughts for Makers: Connecting head, heart, hands

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In it, Ellie Beck reveals why creating with our hands is uplifting, rewarding and soothing for the mind, body, and soul. Honoring rituals, noticing the internal quiet, creating time, and finding your flow are all explored in this charmingly-illustrated collection of reflections. The importance of making mistakes, respecting your creativity, appreciating dirty hands, and noticing the mundane moments, together form a meaningful tool every maker will cherish.

Ellie Beck is a textile artist, creative maker and teacher, finding inspiration in and from nature. She expresses her creative voice through botanical dyeing, loom weaving, slow-stitching, crochet, photography, creative writing, and basket weaving, and has taught her eco-conscious skills to thousands of students. Ellie lives a slow, simple and mindful life in the rainforest in Northern NSW, Australia, with her artist husband and three creative children. She blogs about slow creativity and living at Petalplum.com.au/Insta @petalplum