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  • Hi…I’m Renée!

    I’m a mama (writer, teacher, foodie, wife, lover of music, color and all things zen) who never, ever thought I was creative. Well, enter motherhood and I’m a completely changed woman. When I was pregnant with my daughter, my creative sparks began to explode. I reconnected with my love for photography in a way that helps create calm in my busy mama life AND I’m now a doodler (or shall I say, kid again!) who uses crayons, colored pencils and paints to disconnect from my hectic-to-do-list day that runs my thoughts on a daily basis. But most importantly, I’ve fallen in love with my camera and color, which helps me live a more calm and present mama life.

    Now, just because the title up above says I'm a calm mama, I want you to know that I'm not 100% calm and I don't have it all figured out. Before having my daughter, I wasn't doing anything that involved paints or a camera. Now, because of my new relationship with my creative side (it's taken me some to get to this place!) I'm happy to say that I'm SO much calmer than ever before. Do I have days that I'm pulling my hair out and wishing I was super calm in the moment....YES! But, now, I have the tools to help me NOT stay in that hectic place for too long. And, that's why I'm here...to share my journey to creating more calm in my busy mama life with you. Woohoo! Learn more about me.

Category Archives: creativity

What I’ve Been Up To

I’ve been a little quiet lately here on the blog.  The reason being is that I’ve been working behind the scenes on my new 3-week do-it-yourself email courses. I’m 90% done and I’m SO excited. The course is called: Create Calm with Doodles, Paints and Photos.  Here are the badges I made for each course…

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{Photo of the Day} Color Swirls

{I’ve started a, Photo of the Day, series here on my blog.  I’m doing this to keep my passion for photography alive, as well as keeping myself challenged (which can be hard with mommy duties constantly call my name) to continue learning my photography skills.  By doing this, I’ll stay connected to the beauty of…

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Why I LOVE to Paint {Part 2}

Last week, I wrote about why I love to paint.  Well, today, I have an extension to share in regards to that post. I had painted an owl during C’s quiet time and then later that night I played with it some more.  Well, if you read that post on why I love to paint,…

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Why I’ve Been MIA…

As you may have noticed, I haven’t posted since January 19th.   Well, I’m happy to say there’s been a very good reason as to why that is. You see…this little girl that I call “all mine” below is going to be… a BIG sister!  Yes, there’s a baby #2 in my belly! The first…

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Calm Mind Chatter in less than 10 minutes!

Last week I had a doctor’s appointment.  It was the first time I had been to this office, so when I was in the waiting room, my mind chatter was working on overdrive more than I’d like. I don’t know, with all the moves that I do, I always get a little nervous before seeing…

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