How can we find time to do the things that we love? The million dollar question..... Life can feel like a constant barrage of curve balls that get thrown in our direction time and time again. We bat one thing off and another mysteriously appears! Things get in the way or take up more of our time than we anticipate. Work, family, friends..........stuff! We always find the 'stuff' that stops us from moving forwards. We overthink We procrastinate We worry We deliberate We make E

Yesterday I was like a kid in a sweet shop. Exciting times! This is all new to me. A whole new hidden world of Art Fairs. I know.....I must've been living in a cupboard for the last 20 years! Completely oblivious to all the yummy artiness going on right around me. Galleries, yes....always on my radar. Art Fairs....nope....but firmly embedded in my annual list of 'to do's' from now on. This is a PRIME example of letting the life that you want to live pass you by. DON'T let it

I saw this phrase on Instagram this week.....and guess what? I did it. It happened. A page in my sketchbook that I absolutely hated! It obviously wasn't intentional. In my head, what I was working on was going to be amazing. I was visualising a beautiful Daggerwing Butterfly in deep purples and blues with a soft fluffy body and delicate but strong wings. But OH NOOOOO, my chosen mediums of watercolour pencils and pens had other ideas and it went the proverbial 't*ts up'. I wa

This is a question that I've asked myself no end of times....and I still do. In fact, if I gave myself a pound for every time that I asked myself this then I'd have a lovely stash of cash by now and possibly be on a golden tropical beach somewhere sunning myself with a cocktail in hand (and a sketchbook in the other of course!) In my opinion and I suspect many others, you don't need degrees and all that shebang to create art. There are no qualifications that make you any more

So here we are. 2018. New Year, New you........resolutions......we'll change the world......sadly it normally starts to fizzle and fade by March even with the very best of intentions! I started my challenge last April. I dipped my toe in the water and tested my 'staying power', and guess what? I did it. Here I am. What Sarah Made. Art is my happy place. The place where I'm comfortable and safe. The place that makes me smile and gives me that warm fuzzy feeling.....but life in