My Creativity Blog

I love to give homemade gifts for Christmas.  I devote the last part of the year to being creative.  I don’t know if you can schedule creativity, but necessity breeds invention.  The first thing I do is really think about the person.  What do they need?  What do they like?  The last thing I worry [...]

I grew up watching my mother, who happens to be Terry Holliday,  create beautiful works of art.  Look at her work at Watercolors by Terry to see how talented she is. I remember one painting in particular from my childhood.  It was of my brother, my cousin, and myself  playing on the beach in Corpus [...]

Every year at this time the church I attend holds a Matthew 25 project.  It is a fundraising technique based on Matthew 25.  It is a parable in which a master has entrusted money to three of his servants.  After an appointed time, he returns to see what they have done with the money.  The [...]

Have you ever wondered what separates the good from the great?  Have you ever been moved by a musical or dance performance?  What makes some people’s cooking ordinary and some people’s extraordinary?  I am sure that the first thing that comes to mind is talent.  And yes, talent is important, but it is not everything.  [...]

In a household of seven, there are seldom quiet moments, but today we had a moment that was too quiet.  If you are a parent, you know what I mean about too quiet. Isaac, my two-year old son, found a permanent marker and decided that his skin was the perfect canvas.  I can see him [...]

My children look forward to dyeing Easter eggs every year.  We have experimented with many different techniques throughout their childhood.  I will share a few of our favorites with you today. 1.  Use brown eggs. At first I did not think that brown eggs would work.  After all, I spent my entire childhood dyeing white [...]

I don’t know about you, but I prefer both giving and receiving thoughtful, handmade gifts.  The presents might not always be the easiest or the cheapest gifts compared to buying something from the store, but they are very meaningful.  The receiver treasures them as keepsakes.  So the next time you need a gift for a [...]