What’s your secret obsession? Chocolate, boy bands, reality TV? This week we double-dog dare you to share your guilty pleasures. So loosen up and let your freak flag fly. You’re not required to share your creations exposing your guilty pleasures, but we’d love to see the results in our gallery.


This prompt was inspired by the challenges in We Dare You, a book designed to really get you to think about your life, your art, yourself.


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Spring is a great time of year to get in touch with all of your senses—the sight of green grass, the feel of falling rain, the smell of blooming flowers, the feel of cool breezes, the taste of fruit and vegetables from the farmer’s market. In Living the Creative Life, Rice Freeman-Zachery encourages you to record a day’s worth of sensory experiences.


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Links by Jean Yates encourages you to create jewelry inspired by your life and surroundings. Jean used a writing prompt to create this week’s free project, the Rainbow Ruffles necklace.

Read the prompt below, then create your own piece of jewelry.

CREATIVE CHALLENGE
Use writing to find inspiration. Try putting the story of your life into words. Write about your dreams, about what is important to you and about the things you love. Translate these thoughts into a fantastic, one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry just for you.

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Living the Creative Life is full of inspiration, stories, journals, art and advice from artists who make a living from their craft. This week we’re sharing a few pages of this thought-provoking book to help spark your creativity. Enjoy the work of Melissa Zink, a mixed-media artist and author from Taos, New Mexico. She shares the evolution of her unique alphabet from idea to finished product and all the challenges along the way.

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