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In these stressful, anxious times, joy can be hard to find in your life. Maggie Oman Shannon has the solution in A Year of Crafting Joy.
Designed to instill simple happiness, calm, and a sense of peace into everyday. Organized by each week of the year, the author provides a wide range of crafts, inspired ideas, and practices to cultivate a sense of gladness. Through revealing interviews, personal stories, and forty suggested activities, the author shows how creative processes can become spiritual practices.In this crafty, cozy book, you will create:
- A Sacred Heart Bowl to remember all that is meaningful in your life
- A window Herb Garden to bring nature inside the home
- Junk Journals for savoring the special moments in your life
- A Family Recipe Cookbook to pass on legacy meals and treats
- Fairy Light Landscapes to light up the darkness with magic
In this guide to peace of mind, you'll find inspiring ideas for how to do exactly that through a wide range of creative exercises. Maggie Oman Shannon explores crafts and creativity as a practice with enormous physical, mental, and spiritual benefits. By immersing ourselves in a craft with intention and mindfulness, we can quiet those voices around us and in us — we can enter sacred stillness.
January
Joy Cards A-Z
Joy Vision Board
Joy Jar
Joy Altar
Annual Joy Embroidered Sampler
February
Sacred Heart Bowl
Museum of Joy
Glass Inspiration Stones
Doodling for Joy
March
Indoor Herb Garden
Joy Shrine
Wire Bird’s Nest
Solar Prints
April
April Fools’ Day Mask
Portable Loom Weaving
Reusable Tote Bag
Gel-Plate Printing
Joy Collection
May
May Day Baskets
Paper Dolls
Flower Vase
Joy Playlist
June
Crystal Collection
Bath Salts
Suncatcher
Seasonal Portable Tin
July
Star Freedom Votive
Animal Spirit Scrapbook
Inspirational Chalk Messages
Decoupaged Seashells
Junk Journaling
August
Joy Rocks
Yellow Pages of Joy
Spirograph Art
Photo Holder Clip Stand
September
Yarn Coil Basket
Essential Oil Signature Scents
Indoor Terrarium
Create a Personal Manifesto
October
Fall Leaf Art
Resin Charms
Joy Poetry Anthology
Style Lookbook
November
Practicing Craftivism
Memory Wire Bracelet
Family Recipe Book
Painted Gourd Art
December
Advent Action Calendar
Felting Hearts
Fairy Light Landscapes
Joy Divination Deck
Confetti Bowl