Tell me your weekend plans… but GIFs ONLY. 👀 No explanations. No context. Not one word. 😂 Just drop a GIF (or a few 👀) that tells us what you’re getting into this weekend. Then go through the comments and try to guess what everybody else has planned. 😂 I’ll go first… and apparently my weekend involves a little planning and a whole lotta REST! Okay, Creative Besties… what are YOU getting into this weekend? GIFs only! 👇🏾

A page for creating without having to earn it. Creativity does not have to prove its worth. Today, make something simply because you want to. Ingredients: - Two or three colors of paint or markers - One large paper scrap - Black pen - White gel pen, optional - Washi tape or stickers, optional - Glue stick - A cotton swab or old card for making marks Directions: 1. Add loose patches of color, leaving some of the page showing. Scribble, swipe, or dab—there is no special technique required. 2. Tear one large paper rectangle and glue it slightly off-center. 3. Write “PERMISSION SLIP” across the top. 4. Complete this sentence: “Today, I give myself permission to…” You might choose make a mess, experiment, use the good supplies, or stop before the page feels perfect. 5. Sign and date your slip as if it were an official form. 6. Add dots, loops, lines, crosses, washi tape, or stickers around it. 7. Finish with the example quote or write a sentence of your own. Optional Reflection: What would I try if I did not have to be good at it? Example Quote: “I do not need permission—but I can give it to myself.” Creative Garnish: Add a tiny gold “APPROVED” mark or checkbox. That little stamp is your reminder that your permission has already been granted. — Meka

A juicy little page for making room for something you want more of. Not a five-year plan. Not a manifestation assignment. Just one small thing you’d love to taste a little more of in your life. 🧺 Ingredients: - Your art journal - Pink, red, green + black paint, markers, crayons, or colored pencils - A scrap of paper or old book page - Glue stick - Black pen or marker - Optional: washi tape, white paint pen, or anything else calling your name 👩🏾‍🍳 Directions: 1. Make a loose pink or red shape somewhere on your page. Half-circle, triangle, wonky blob — we are not auditioning for the Creative Police. 2. Add a strip of green along one edge to turn it into your version of a watermelon slice. 3. Tear a few pieces of scrap paper and layer them around or behind your watermelon. Let some overlap. Let some hang crooked. 4. Add little black watermelon seeds throughout the page. 5. Now choose one thing you want more of right now — joy, rest, adventure, courage, play, creativity, peace, whatever comes up. 6. Write that word inside one of your seeds. Add a few more seeds with tiny words, doodles, or marks that remind you what that could look or feel like. 7. Finish the page with the words: “I’m making room for more ______.” 💭 Optional Reflection: If this started showing up in my life a little more often, what would I notice first? ✍🏾 Example Quote: “I’m making room for more PLAY.” ✨ Creative Garnish: Add white doodle lines, tiny dots, messy handwriting, or a splash of another unexpected color. And if your watermelon ends up looking like a pink taco with seeds? Honey, keep going. 😂 Ain’t no Creative Police. Share your page in the community. We love to see where it blooms. — Meka

Hey you! 💜 This week, we’re giving our imagination somewhere to go. Window to Somewhere is all about creating a little escape right inside your art journal. You’re going to build a window, open it up, and decide what exists on the other side. Maybe it’s somewhere you’ve actually been, somewhere you’ve always wanted to go, or maybe it’s a place that doesn’t exist anywhere except in that beautiful imagination of yours. And listen—it does NOT have to look like the example. Your window can overlook the ocean, a busy city at night, a field of wildflowers, a magical forest, another planet… shoot, open that thing up and put whatever you want back there. 😂 Ain’t no Creative Police checking the view! The invitation this week is simple: Create a window to somewhere that feeds your soul. Let yourself play with torn papers, paint, washi, little words, flowers, tickets, stamps—whatever you already have—and see where the page takes you. ✨ Optional reflection: Where would I go if anything were possible right now? And when you finish, drop your page in the comments. I really want to see where everybody’s windows lead because I have a feeling we’re all going somewhere completely different. 💜 Now go make something. 🎨 — Meka

Creative Bestie... Have you ever picked up a leaf just because it was beautiful? Not because you had a plan for it. Not because you needed it. Just because something about it made you stop for a second. That's what this week's recipe is about. It's about slowing down long enough to notice the little things that are already creating beauty all around you. Let's bring a little bit of the outdoors into our journals. 🍃 Ingredients: 🍃 Leaves (real, pressed, or drawn) 🍃 Green, olive, sage, and earthy brown paint or markers 🍃 Kraft paper or torn book pages 🍃 Botanical scrapbook paper (optional) 🍃 Black fineliner 🍃 White gel pen 🍃 Washi tape 🍃 One encouraging quote Directions: 1. Start with a soft earthy background using greens, creams, and warm browns. 2. Layer torn kraft paper or vintage book pages across your background. 3. Add leaves, branches, vines, or botanical illustrations as your focal elements. 4. Draw simple white doodles around the leaves to help everything feel connected. 5. Write an encouraging quote somewhere on the page. 6. Add a few tiny paint splatters or stamped marks for texture. 7. Finish with white gel pen highlights to make everything come alive. 🌿 Optional Reflection: What small thing have I been overlooking that brings me joy? ✨ Example Quote: "Growth often begins quietly." 🌱 Creative Garnish: Glue one real leaf (or draw your favorite one) somewhere on the page, and write today's date on the back or beside it. Years from now, it'll remind you exactly where you were in this season of life. 🍃 This Week's Creative Invitation: Create a nature-inspired page using leaves, earthy colors, and simple layers. Don't worry about making it look realistic. Let nature inspire your page—not limit it. Share your page in the community. We love to see where it blooms. — Meka