Apologies for being a day late this week, love bug!

My dear friend Erin came to spend the weekend, and I spent so much time just soaking up our time together that I simply didn't want to break away to write to you.

However, amongst the paint, threads and glitter of the weekend, I learned a lesson that I think might help you right now:

Find five minutes a day to micro-dose creativity.

NEW ON SUBSTACK:
Glitter Soup

The other day, I was sitting at my table with cardboard scraps, a bottle of glue, and a bowl of what my dear friend Erin affectionately calls Glitter Soup.

It’s not fancy. Just a big thrifted jar where I’ve poured in every stray container of glitter I’ve collected over the years—pink stars, green hexagons, fine gold dust, big chunks of iridescent purple. Nothing matches. It’s messy and chaotic, a jumble of odds and ends.

And yet… when I dip a glue-covered star into that bowl and lift it out, something magical happens. The chaos clings together and suddenly it’s beautiful. I hold a tiny constellation in my hand, shimmering with light.

new in the shop:
You Are Magic stickers

If you want more fun things to bring you sparks of joy, there are brand new stickers in the shop (that ship worldwide for free!) and the supersized October issue of Illumine that I think you'd LOVE!

Playlist: Dreamy 90s Whimsy

As we spent our time immersed in creative joy, we also listened to music that we loved - songs that brought us back to a simpler time in our 20s when life felt infinitely easier. This playlist is full of those songs we loved in the 90s...

Now go find your glitter of hope to focus on when the world is too much, k?

Love you.
Mean it.
Big time.
xoxo,
gina