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Art & design journal

The surprising origin of the postcard & how sending a card is participating in history!

The postcard has been around for over 150 years. And whether you’re sending one from your travels in far away …

Art & design journal

The design process of the Money Mindset Workshop figurehead

When I, at the beginning of 2021, decided that it’s time to start creating courses, I also decided that each …

Art & design journal

The equestrian collection is progressing well in Q2!

Ever since I designed the Mulegirls-tee I started thinking about creating a whole collection of gorgeous lettering just for equestrians. …

Art & design journal

What I love about colouring & can there be any benefits in colouring for adults?

Did you know what your brain experiences relief when it enters a meditative state – such as when colouring? This …

Mulegirls are cooler than cowgirls t-shirt
Art & design journal

Inside the Mulegirl t-shirt design process

Get a peek inside the design process of this t-shirt designed for a real mule girl! I was asked to …

Art & design journal

9 studies for pet portraits in acrylic

I explored what it would be like to do pet portraits in different mediums than I’m used to. They’re not …

Art & design journal

Old Hollywood Starlets: 14 portraits in acrylic of striking actresses that are to die for

Painting people can be a massive pain in the ass. I mean, you just get one thing a bit off …

How the zebra got its stripes
Art & design journal

How the zebra got its stripes, a Maasai fable

This traditional Maasai story recounts how the zebra went from a plain animal to possessing the beautiful black and white stripes he has today.

Sunset unicorn doodles
Art & design journal

Is my art for you?

I love making empowering art for women. Because I want all you badass bitches to have my art in your …

How to paint a swan in Procreate
Art & design journal

How I’m learning to draw what the eye sees – let me show you step-by-step

In order to make good art I have to constantly learn new things and improve my technique. In this post I go into finding the balance of high detail to blurry areas in a painting.

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  • Did you know? The postcard has been around for over 150 years! It actually started out as military correspondence in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, before it evolved into a personal communication medium. Whether you’re sending one from your travels in far away lands, for someone’s special birthday, or just sharing some awesome memories with the person you made them with, the postcard can do no wrong. It connects two people in a gorgeously nostalgic way. And actaully taking the time to write and send a card is like rebelling against the culture of likes and shallow interactions that we’re drowning in online. Because reading something physical beats digital any day of the week. With the perfect design on the front and a heartfelt note on the back, you can never go wrong with sending someone a card.
  • Not that long ago, women were considered “not credit-worthy”.⁠ ⁠ And in many countries, this is still true today, even if it’s more convention than anything else.⁠ ⁠ On a household level, women have been dissuaded from handling money matters and the awareness about investment decisions has been minimal.⁠ ⁠ Women have a long history of being relegated to dealing with the household and running it on an allotted budget while the menfolk go out to earn an income and participate in the decision-making.⁠ ⁠ It isn’t enough for women to have representation in parliament.⁠ ⁠ We need access to finance and to have the tools that will help us make financial decisions independently.⁠ ⁠ For you to have your own money, as a woman, is important because that gives you a voice in the world and allows you to invest in what makes sense to you.⁠ ⁠ By 2025, women will hold over $100 trillion in assets.⁠ ⁠ We still have a long way to go before we reach true parity, but we’ve made tangible progress.⁠ ⁠ There’s a lot of power in holding trillions in assets because how we conduct our businesses and manage our personal wealth literally shapes the world around us.⁠ ⁠ Women approach investing with their own goals in mind.⁠ ⁠ Women don’t invest to play the game, they invest to build wealth and tend to lead with a broader set of goals for their family and for the world.⁠ ⁠ Women see building wealth as a means to articulate their own values.⁠ ⁠ So, you see, more money really IS spiritual when it's in the hands of people like you.⁠ ⁠ To read why women need their own money and how to become a one-woman revolution by being financially independent, head to the blog 👇⁠ ⁠ https://evahussain.com/why-women-need-their-own-money-become-a-one-woman-revolution-by-being-financially-independent/⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #moneymindset #abundancemindset #wealthmindset #moneyisspiritual #empath #empaths #empathlife #femalewealth #richwomen #abundancemindsetadvice #empathadvice #empathlife #alivebydesign #dreamlife #moneyblocks #clearmoneyblocks #moneymindsetcourse #moneymindsetworkshop
  • "Let yourself be silently drawn the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." I think this is a quote from Rumi. What isn't expressed here in these beautiful words is that growth is often messy, uncomfortable and full of feelings you weren't expecting. And yet that's all necessary when you don't want to stagnate. Boredom, frustration and anger are tough feelings. Difficult to embrace and socially unacceptable to express. They're not as sexy as envy or as glossy as happiness. But they are very empowering when you finally learn how to listen to them without being carried away by them. Stop. Breathe. Listen. 🤔 Why are you here? 🤔 What are you showing me? 🤔 What am I not seeing? 🤔 What am I missing? Apply compassion liberally, poultice with patience. Breathe. You're doing good. You're trying to do something hard and you're doing great. Just look how far you've come. Pause, take a breath, enjoy the moment, just don't give up. You got this! . Print available in the shop 💖 Link in bio. . . . #supportsmallbusinesses #compassion #empath #empaths #empathstruggles #empathprotection #empathproblems #empathjourney #empathadvice #alivebydesign #hsp #hsplife #hspsofinstagram #empathofinstagram #empathsofinstagram #artist #lettering #letteringart #artistoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #letteringartist
  • Empaths often struggle with expressing themselves.⁠ ⁠ When you spend as much time in your head as we do, it's easy to get tripped up when trying to explain something to someone who doesn't have the depth of understanding on a topic that you do.⁠ ⁠ And jumping back and forth in order to bring that other person onboard can make you seem erratic and unfocused.⁠ ⁠ You obviously don't want to dominate the conversation either, so you try to keep it short and succinct but making yourself understood can be a bit hit-and-miss.⁠ ⁠ And it's hard to focus when other people speak loudly, aren't afraid to speak over you or at the same time as you. Because you want them to be able to fully express themselves, you sit back and let them have the floor.⁠ ⁠ In the end, you've listened a lot and said little. Other people tend to see you like a bit of a wallflower. If you had something to say, you'd speak up and toss your contribution into the cacophony along with everyone else, right?⁠ ⁠ Being an empath is different.⁠ ⁠ And different does not mean wrong.⁠ ⁠ You just have a different way of approaching social interactions. When there's a lot going on, it's a lot to take in when you're noticing and absorbing every detail, every tell-tale sign, every unconscious gesture.⁠ ⁠ And it takes time to process all of that in order to form a coherent response. When you want to participate in a conversation but feel like interjecting your own opinion is too much, I have a few expressions I like to use.⁠ ⁠ Try these:⁠ 👉 "I didn't know that, thank you for sharing."⁠ 👉 "That's really interesting, what do you think X?"⁠ 👉 "I never thought about it like that, can you elaborate?"⁠ ⁠ By asking questions and facilitating a conversation that feels like it's too much for me, I make sure that I'm still an active participant without getting overwhelmed.⁠ ⁠ Plus it works wonders to get people to talk, they luuurve to do that! 😄⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #empath #empahts #empathadvice #empathstruggles #empathlife #empathproblems #hsp #hsps #hspempath #introvertlife #introverts #introvert #introverted #empathic #alivebydesign #introvertlife #introvertproblems #hsplife #hspproblems #hspadvice #introvertadvice
  • An idea is beginning to take shape in my mind. A thought about what the perfect slow, sensitive, quiet life is like. Slowly, slowly, I'm starting to comprehend what the building blocks look like beyond their surface value. When you're sensitive, I think you're also an epicure, a sensualist, an aesthete who derives immense pleasure from things being finely tuned to a specific degree, when the body and the mind alike can enjoy an experience. You're innately tuned into detail and appreciate when someone is as focused on the little things as you are. Because they matter, often it's the stuff in the details that makes or breaks something. And this obsession with living a modern life which is zoned into productivity and efficiency, maximising the bang for your buck like life is some kind of curated experience you purchase at the gate to this world before your arrive, is the antithesis of a life lived by crafting it day after day, year after year, decade after decade. Long-term projects, not short term profits. Sitting down with a favourite book rather than mindlessly scrolling feeds. Life long goals that give purpose and direction to life, not snorting a line to live a decade's worth in just a year and then going up in flames. Enjoying the little things that come every day and working to curate the experiences you want in your life, rather than thinking they can be found in a package deal being hawked like a group holiday to Greece. This isn't a complete idea, by any stretch of the imagination, but it's starting to slowly take shape. . . . #empath #empathlife #empaths #hsp #hsplife #empathsofinstagram #empathofinstagram
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