There’s a particular kind of afternoon that every crafter knows.
It’s an afternoon you spent entirely on your current craft project. No rushing, no overthinking. It’s a warm cup of tea or coffee by your side and soft music or a crafty YouTube video playing in the background. It’s the calm you feel when making something by hand. The candle you lit without really thinking about it, your favourite slippers and the feeling of time moving differently.
As a crafter, you’ve already been living this, you just might not have called it anything. For me, it’s called a slow Sunday, but everyday.
It’s simply the decision to bring that feeling of calm and quiet into more of your days. Not just Sundays. Not just when the schedule allows. As a thread running through an ordinary week in the small choices and in the small moments and if you’re here… I think you are already a part of this.
Make Something
As a creative person, this will always be the heart of it.
Crafting is the original slow living practice. It requires your hands, your attention, and your patience. It asks you to be present in a way that almost nothing else does. When you’re fussy cutting out flowers, mid-row on a knitting project or halfway through making a card, you can’t be anywhere else. That’s the gift.
I didn’t realise it at first, but every project on my YouTube (and this blog) is a slow Sunday project. Whether it’s a 20-minute card or a scrapbook layout or mini album… and this year, I’m really leaning on into this. In a world that’s getting crazier and crazier by the day, I’m finding more and more space for things that bring calm.
What I’m Currently Loving
Crafting will always be my focus, but the things around it matter too.
A candle that changes the feeling of a room. Slippers you actually want to put on. Tea in a cup worth lingering over. These aren’t extras. They’re the difference between crafting as a task and crafting as a ritual.
I’ve been building a little collection of cozy finds that live around my craft space and make the slow Sunday feeling easier to create than ever… any day of the week.
🕯️ La Jolie Muse Candle 🩰 Fluffy Slippers with Bow 🌼 Harney & Sons Chamomile Tea ☕ Floral Mug 🌿 Muse Apothecary Pillow Ritual Spray 🌸 Satin Hair Scrunchie 🛏️ Silk Pillowcase 😴 Satin Sleep Eye Mask
Browse all of my SLOW SUNDAY finds in one place → HERE.
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You’re in the Right Place
If you came here for craft tutorials and you’re still here reading this, great because, I’ll be sharing more of this as I go. Still crafts, always crafts. But also the whole slow, cozy, intentional life that crafting lives inside. New posts, new finds and new ideas for bringing that Sunday morning feeling into a Tuesday afternoon.
📚 Easy Watercolour Workbook 🎨 Watercolour Paint Set 🧣 Dusty Rose Fleece Throw Blanket 🌸 Floral Washi Tape Set 🧴 L’Occitane Rose Hand Cream 🕯️ Neroli Vanilla Candle ☕ Green Toile Floral Mug 🫖 Tea Infuser Ball Set
Browse all of my SLOW SUNDAY finds in one place → HERE.
