Weekly Glimmers | A Week In Pictures: Mar 23 - 29

Creative Practice
Written By Sarah Hailey

A little peek into the week. Bits of movement, cozy inspiration + filling the creative wells and whatever studio time I could catch in between. ✨

✨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.

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a bright blue sky beaming above an expansive hilly landscape of east tn with spring trees coming into bloom

I took my first outdoor jog since last summer thanks to our newly adjusted schedules and oh. ma. god.

It felt SO GOOD!

 
an overhead image of a bright green newly awakened lemon balm plant peeking through the brown leaf mulch of Winter along with the artist's fresh lavender pedicure in furry purple house slippers

Finally springing back to life! There’s so much life returning. 💜

 
a closeup of a black bowl with chopsticks laid across it containing a dumpling salad with arugula, carrots, sesame dressing, iceberg, dumplings, and Fly By Jing chili crisp

Dumpling salad + a crispy Diet Coke on repeat the last couple weeks. 💚

 
an evening sunset view with still bare tree silhouettes in the foreground and a lavender and orange fading sunset in the background

☁️Sky Check: Lavender + Orange 💜🧡

 
overhead image of the artist's legs and feet and purse with colorful bag charms walking to her artist date

Took myself on a much needed Artist Date to the craft store and local duck pond for some sketching and taking reference photos of what’s in bloom.

Perfect date! 🤍

 
nature image of a duck pond and two geese on the bank with their beaks to the ground, digging for lunch

Unbothered. Thankfully…

 
a selfie of the artist with only half her face in the frame of the image. shes wearing a neutral t shirt, gold earring and a gold necklace. she had mid-length brown bair and dark brown eyes

🐾

 
an image of a red Michael's shopping cart with paint tubes in the background while the artist is holding a copy of The Stardew Valley Cookbook

Saw this in Michael’s and though I didn’t buy it, I was finally convinced to download Stardew and start a new cozy game.

I have a feeling I’ll be back for the cookbook soon…😅

 
image of an eastern red bud tree in full PINK bloom taken from underneath the branches so the entire frame is FILLED with tiny, bright pink blooms

Spring in TN is so BEAUTIFUL 🩷

 
an image of the morning sky with dappled fluffy clouds with a golden glow around each one

Sky Check: 🎶we’re gonna be, gonna be GOLDEN!🎵

 
an image of the artist in her studio, sitting at her computer working on illustrations. workspace is decorated with jars and jars of art supplies, brushes and markers and a large computer screen as well as vision boards filled with art and inspo

Lots of digital work this week that I can’t show yet, but thankfully I found some analog art time later in the week too!🎨

overhead image of a flowerbed filled to the brim with wild violets and on just the other side of the bed's edge is a lush growth of purple dead nettle

Two of my favorite heralds of Spring: wild violets and purple dead nettles

 
a close up image of the wild violets and their leaves

My yard is now an ocean of tiny purple blooms and it makes me so happy! 💜💜💜

 
a curated set of Prismacolor colored pencils with pops of neon set next to a black cutting mat and a pencil sharpener along with a piece of paper scribbles with colors

Played around with making new palettes and made my own version of the Oliver Jeffers x Caran d'Ache set.

 
a close up desk shot of a painted paper collage violet and leaves on a marble background with art supplies around the desk

These purple gems inspired much of my work this week.

 
a close up and a blooming crab apple tree taken from underneath so the branches and blooms fill the photo frame

Crab apple in bloom, looking FABULOUS! ✨

 

I hope you had a wonderful week! Tell me one of your favorite glimmers! I’d love to hear it.

Xo,

Sarah

 
Sarah Hailey
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