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For extra mama musings, creative tidbits and special promos
Creative Mama Spotlight: Karla Bell, Eastern Suburbs Piano Tuition
We are delighted to feature Karla Bell, creative entrepreneur and owner of the Eastern Suburbs Piano Tuition, which provides high quality music tuition for piano, singing, guitar, base-guitar and group guitar for all levels and all ages in the Eastern...
‘Butterfly on a Pin’ by creative mama & fashion legend Alannah Hill
I recently met Alannah Hill. She was at the Sydney Writers' Festival to promote her new book, 'Butterfly on a Pin. A Memoir of Love, Despair and Reinvention', published by Hardie Grant Books. She read from her book and revealed a very fragile, vulnerable...
Creative Mama Spotlight: Rachel Moodie, artist, designer, maker & curator
We are delighted to feature multi-talented creative mother Rachel Moodie, artist, designer, writer, maker and founder of the Darling Mills Studio. Rachel has also designed, curated and compiled ‘The Artful Mum’, a book about...
Creative Mama Spotlight: Tiffany Hunter, founder Story Squad
We are delighted to feature the fabulous Tiffany Hunter, creative mama and founder of Story Squad, which provides interactive and immersive creative writing and storytelling workshops for kids. Following her Creative Passion After 16 years working in top...
Kindness does exist – in our Mama Creatives community!
Last year I posted in our Mama Creatives private Facebook community page about Robyn Ravell, an inspiring creative mama, founder of Kirana shoes, and single mama to Ocean, her gorgeous son with special needs. Robyn really needed some cash flow for her...
Conscious Christmas: Giving & Receiving
Ahh, it's nearly Christmas! Such an intense and fun time of the year. There's pressure to buy gifts, be ridiculously social when all you might want to do is relax, or maybe you are planning a lovely family catch or a getaway to recharge. Whatever is happening in your...
Mama Creatives 2017: A Very Personal Reflection
Hello mamas, I am by nature a private person, but have also had a really challenging year. This has compelled me to share a few personal things, since I often get asked at our live events, 'How do you do it all?' I always wondered where this question originated, and...
In Memoriam: Samantha Rebillet
As I write this post it is with tears in my eyes. It is not something I thought I would be writing at this stage of life about one of my beloved Mama Creatives presenters, and dear friend. Unfortunately it is with a heavy heart that our darling Sami, creative mama...
Creative Mama Spotlight: Belinda Phillips, ‘La Luna Lifestyle’
We are delighted to feature the fabulous Belinda Phillips, creative mama and founder of La Luna Lifestyle. The brand includes fashion, accessories and homeware created by roughly 200 artisans with whom Belinda collaborates. There are two core values driving...
Happy birthday Mama Creatives!
So what started out four years ago in June 2013, as a small monthly gathering of creative mama friends is now the incredible Mama Creatives community. Our very first talk was held in one of our homes and featured artist Jade Oakley. We sat around her laptop while she...
‘Motherhood & Magenta: Finding Inspiration after Loss’, with artist Susie Dureau
A taste from the extraordinary evening talk, 'Motherhood & Magenta: Finding Inspiration after Loss' presented by artist Susie Dureau, who shares her experiences as a creative mother and how her creative process allowed her to accept grief and loss, ultimately...
Cooking & creativity with chef Zoe Bingley-Pullen
We are very excited about our upcoming Mother's Day celebration with chef, author and TV presenter of Good Chef Bad Chef, Zoe Bingley-Pullen, NEXT Tuesday 2 May at the AACTA Bar. Zoe will share her very real and personal challenges with fertility, as well as her...
International Women’s Day, ‘Red Party’. Be bold for change
This Wednesday 8 March is International Women's Day, and the theme is 'Be Bold for Change'. Last year we celebrated this special day by hosting our very inspiring and super fun Red Party. We brought together an incredible group of women to hear three amazing women...
Creativity and the Circle of Life
So it's the end of the year, which can be a combination of calm holiday and time out, frenzied finishing off tasks and socialising or a lonely time. Personally it's been a bit of everything as I declutter our place ready to start the new school and work year as well...
What are your creative intentions?
A friend recently told me that at the end of every year she has a reflection ritual where she highlights all she has achieved, or not, over the year, and then plans out her vision for the year ahead. It's a very motivating process, and also a great way for busy...
The Power of Creative Collaboration
Earlier this year we co-hosted our first Creative Family Volunteer Day with Our Big Kitchen. The premise was to cook and create for Mary's House, a new refuge in Sydney for women and children leaving domestic violence. Three professional artists from the Mama...
Mama Creatives: Our Epic Year in Review
What an epic year we have had with our growing Mama Creatives community. We hosted a record 21 events and went on our first East Coast road trip. You can see all the photos on our gallery page. Below are some of the highlights: Launched our Morning Tea 'Health &...
Making a Difference this Christmas
Christmas can provide an anchor at the end of the year. Families unite, and we can take time out from work to reconnect and rejuvenate. However, it also provides a lot of pressure and expectation to spend up big on buying gifts. According to an article '20 Million...
Mama Creatives in Melbourne
We recently visited Melbourne to host a Mama Creatives event with the spectacular Rachel Power, writer, artist and author of 'Motherhood & Creativity: The Divided Heart', published by Affirm Press. This was held at the very welcoming Thornbury Local, and marked...
East Coast Creative Mamas
Mama Creatives started in Sydney with a group of six creative mothers meeting once a month to share our stories. Over the last two years it has grown into a community of over 1,000 talented creative mamas, predominantly in Sydney. Of course there is still a lot to...