7 days of memory dex

daily bouts of inspiration



Whether we know it or not, we create all day long.

We create to-do lists

We accomplish tasks for our boss

We plan at least a meal if not two

We create our outfit for the day.

Day 1

Now. Maybe those ideas do not strike at the heart of being a creative.

The point is that whether we realize it or not, we do create.

What about intentional creativity?

The kind that inspires us to think outside the norms of the routines of every day life. The kind that causes us to hunker down a little in our thoughts. The kind that makes us stop the regimen of the day and forge an experience.

Day 2

One reason found for purposeful creativity is self-care.

I know. I know.  

That is an on-topic, can’t open your browser or any social media channel without being confronted with the whole trending ‘self-care’ topic.

This is what I think. It’s a topic which time has come.

And I’m not referring to this sugary-lacking in any real concrete idea-self love thing. No. I’m probably not going to be found projecting my personal need for self love on all the people.

Day 3

Actually. I am talking instead about this little place within us that needs to be re-fueled probably daily.

I’m talking about paying attention to the reality that we probably do administer self-care more than we already realize.

I’m talking about being a bit more intentional with the need to enter into whole hearted living.

Day 5

Just one way to do this is by exercising our creativity with intent.

To set aside, even just a small bit of our day:

to craft with our hands

to create visual inspiration

to give voice to the inside imagination

See how many of our senses this touches?

Day 5

This is just one reason I have highlighted #30daysofMemoryDex this craft month of March.

I needed to craft a way to do something challenging, but not over the top, everyday.

For me this is already producing a couple of factors:

• managing my time a bit more intentionally
• coming up with one new idea daily
• allowing this simple craft sesh to be a mediative time

That’s just three aspects of what #30daysofMemoryDex is doing for me.

I’m not trying to recreate the wheel creatively everyday.

But I am finding a sense of what fuels me.

Even in this ever so simple of creative daily gestures.

Day 6

The photos in this post are the past seven days of this month’s creative endeavor.

The funniest and simplest joy of having these cards sitting pretty in my MemoryDex Spinner, well..I am having a difficult time putting into words how it rewards my heart and soul. 

I find I go over to the Spinner often through the day and just look through.

Which always prompts a new idea.

Who knew self-care could be so pretty!

Day 7

Is there even the smallest need with in you that needs to be re-fueled?

Here’s my challenge:

sketch out a small bit of time for purposeful creativity.

Allow that time to wash over you with self-care.

And fuel your heart for all that is asked of you in your life.

I invite you to be apart of this challenge:

Take a look at this video as I walk through the Memory Dex Spinner and talk through how each of the cards are embellished.

While the foundation of these cards is MemoryDex, the crafting really comes from the Emerson Lane Collection. I'll share more about that next week when I post 14 Days of MemoryDex

supplies | Click the links below for product:

Heidi Swapp Emerson Lane

Heidi Swapp Memory Dex Collection:

Heidi Swapp - Memorydex - Die Set - Tabs
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Heidi Swapp - Memorydex - Kit - Everyday
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Heidi Swapp - Memorydex - Cards - Monthly
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