The Crafty Damsel Journal

Creative ideas, meaningful moments, thoughtful gifts and inspiration for making more time to create.

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Creative Hobbies

Ways to make something with your hands.

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Time Together

Creative afternoons shared with the people you love.

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Thoughtful Gifts

Handmade presents that mean something.

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Creative Confidence

Gentle encouragement for starting, and for carrying on.

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A silk scarf painted with pink and black leopard markings, stretched on a wooden frame on a table at home, with dye and brushes beside it.

Creative Hobbies

Screen-Free Hobbies for Adults: Creative Ways to Spend an Evening

Ways to spend an evening away from a screen, and how to make a creative hobby easy enough that you actually start it.

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Ania at her vintage sewing machine, looking up from her work with the thread in her hands.

Creative Hobbies

How to Choose a Creative Hobby You’ll Actually Enjoy

How to pick a creative hobby that fits your personality, your time and your life, and that you will still want to come back to.

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Discover Silk Painting

Explore colourful techniques, creative ideas and courses designed to help you enjoy the process of making something of your own.

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