A little 3 minute video about the role drawing plays in my practice. First in a series of me banging on about drawing. While drawing. Drawing Story No. 1 from Kirsty Hall on Vimeo. See if you can spot the deliberate art joke. Oh, and if you want any art before Christmas, you should order…Continue Reading “Drawing as meditation”
When we moved into our house 13 years ago, the garden was so neglected that I thought I’d have to dig up the lawn just to have a few flowers. Then I started cutting back the hedge and discovered to my surprise that I already had large flowerbeds. They were just completely hidden by a…Continue Reading “This is not about gardening”
Ooh, categories vs tags, it’s like The Sharks vs The Jets. Except not. Other ways I could describe them. Categories are like tags on steroids. Categories are like your troop carriers and tags are the specialist troops that live inside them. Tags are little goblins but categories are orcs. Look, I’ve been up all night,…Continue Reading “Categories vs Tags”
Welcome to the Artist’s Eyeball launch party! Woo, streamers, balloons, cakes and small children peeing themselves with excitement (what, it could happen). Pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink and have a slice of cake… photo credit: Rubyran The Artist’s Eyeballs were quite insistent that they had never had a proper launch and that…Continue Reading “The Eyeballs have cake”
photo credit: ShironekoEuro[busy] 1) Customer Love challengers are amazing The support, love, ideas and kindness I’ve received from fellow challengers has been incredible. I’ve met cool new people and deepened relationships with existing people and this was undeniably the best part of the experience for me. If you are thinking about doing the next Customer…Continue Reading “19 things I learnt during Customer Love”
Face facts, my little cupcakes, you are not good at everything. I know, I know, your mother told you that you could do anything you wanted in life. She did not, however, tell you that you could do everything. And if she did, she was wrong. photo credit: Casey Serin Creative people have a bizarre…Continue Reading “Hat attack – or how to hire yourself”
One day I’m going to come up with a clever title for these round-ups. But not, apparently, today. Prize Update About a million years ago – OK, two months ago – I asked for name suggestions for my coaching service and offered a free consulting session for the winning name. I got some wonderful ideas…Continue Reading “Latest round-up”
Hey lovelies, it’s been killing me to keep this quiet, so I’m chuffed to bits that I can finally announce my Super-Exciting Something. Ta-da! Next week I’ll be teaching my first ever online class in collaboration with Tara Swiger from Blonde Chicken and Crafting A Business. As you’ll see if you watch the video below,…Continue Reading “Behold, my exciting class!”
During November I’m taking part in the Customer Love Challenge. photo credit: qthomasbower Huh? What is the Customer Love Challenge? The Customer Love Challenge started in September of this year after Naomi Dunford from Ittybiz wrote this post about how if you needed to make a lot of money quickly, you should love on your…Continue Reading “Customer Love Challenge”
I’ve always known that I’m not in it for the money. Don’t get me wrong – earning money is great and if you buy some art, a consulting session or an Artist’s Eyeball, rest assured that I will do The Happy Money Dance. photo credit: marfis75 I’m not averse to earning money; I’m just not…Continue Reading “What’s your motivation?”