Weekly Glimmers | A Week In Pictures: Aug 24 - Sept 1

Creative Practice
Written By Sarah Hailey

Heeey, how y’all doin’? …

I know it’s been an AGE since I’ve updated the blog, but the kids are finally back in school full-time, which means mama is back in the studio full-time too. (Well… part-time studio, full-time SAHM…you know what I mean!) 😂

So, we’re back to weekly studio updates and photo dumps. YAY!

I hope you’ll stick around. I’m genuinely so excited to be updating again, and I’ve certainly missed my studio time. There are so many fun projects coming up, and I can’t wait to bring you along for the process.

Plus… IT’S FALL, Y’ALL! 🍂

Life is feeling pretty sweet right now, and I’m enjoying it thoroughly.

Living with anxiety means things can sometimes feel very different, very quickly. So when life is sweet, I try to notice it. To photograph it. To tuck away little pieces of the magic whenever I can.

Because those little moments have a way of becoming anchors.

And when the anxiety gets a grip again, it helps to have a little collection of evidence that life is also this: good, beautiful, ordinary, and full of things worth savoring.

Anyway. Enough feelings. 😂

Here’s what’s been glimmering lately…

✨Weekly Glimmers is a photo series about noticing small moments of creativity, nervous system safety, and meaning while healing, parenting, and building a sustainable creative life.

If you want to find more like this, look here: Weekly Glimmers

 
Artist’s worktable with a graph-paper sketchbook, painted papers, masking tape, and colorful art materials beside a vintage cookbook page featuring peppers.

Summer heART journal coming together.

 

Feels so good to be covered in paint again.

 
Two orange cats looking through a window from inside the house, surrounded by vintage windows and jars stored on a shelf above them.

Meet the newest members of our family - the aptly named, Derpy and Sussy!

 
A field of small yellow wildflowers growing among green grasses, dark soil, and scattered gray stones.

“When a flower grows wild, it can always survive, wildflowers don’t care where they grow” - Dolly Parton

 
Colorful graffiti on a freight train passing a railroad crossing beneath a bright blue summer sky.

My favorite tags are super colorful and seem to GLOW as they zip past!

 
Dramatic sunset over a tree-covered landscape, with glowing orange and pink clouds beneath a deep blue evening sky.

Sky check: late summer stunner 🌄

 
Sunlight streaming through trees onto a paved walking path beside a grassy lawn on a bright summer morning.

a.m. snack run [for the 🐿️] just a regular run for me…😉

 
A small pale moon visible in a clear blue daytime sky above the tops of trees.

I love when I can see the moon in the daytime. 💗🌛

 
Close-up of orange and green leaves on thin branches, illuminated by bright sunlight against a dark wooded background.

Fall is swiftly approaching…🍂

 
Studio desk with an iPad displaying Dolly Parton artwork, surrounded by paintbrushes, colorful paper collage pieces, and handwritten creative notes.

Studio soundtrack this week. 💔

 
Studio storage drawer filled with acrylic paints and art supplies beside a lit candle, color swatches, and vintage objects.

Creative rituals + glamour magik 💗 I think Dolly would approve.

 
Grid of handmade painted-paper color swatches in pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, and brown tones arranged on a white sheet.

So excited for the upcoming season’s projects!

What’s been glimmering in your world lately?

I’d love to hear about it. 🌼

Xo,

Sarah

 
Sarah Hailey
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