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How creativity has improved my mental health

by Lauren Heim on October 21, 2020
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I started dabbling in lettering nearly a decade ago. I had just graduated from college, got engaged and started my first full-time job all in the same week (phew!). I was knee-deep…

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by Lauren Heim on September 24, 2020
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My thing for sweets started at a young age, when my mom would take me to get a frosted sprinkle cookie at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park. She passed on her…

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Hello, There!

Hello, There! Hello, There!

Welcome! I'm Lauren, wife to Andrew and dog momma to Bear. I'm writing you letters here on the blog, and teaching you lettering at #laurenheimworkshops and #laurenheimletteringclub.

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When started teaching myself lettering with a gell When started teaching myself lettering with a gelly roll pen on a card table, I didn’t know then what a creative hobby would bring into my life. Teaching, workshops, connection, creativity, and most importantly hearing the stories of how lettering has made a positive impact in peoples’ lives. All of these good things came into my life from simply deciding to start something new, making a commitment not to stop when it didn’t look perfect. I hope today I can encourage you just to start something creative. You never know where it might lead, and how it might impact your life! ✨

Only 24 hours left to join the #laurenheimletteringclub! Learn to create a new hand lettered project every single month for only $22/month, starting with hand lettered wood signs or cutting boards in April. ☝️ Making space for creativity in your life can be something so beautiful. Join us in this creative community! ✨
Have you registered for tomorrow’s free Faux Cal Have you registered for tomorrow’s free Faux Calligraphy Workshop? Learn my tips and tricks to mimic the look of calligraphy (aka #fauxligraphy). Best part is you can use any pen, pencil, marker you have at home! Over 1,500 students taught, and I’d love teach you what could be your new favorite creative outlet too! 

Register for tomorrow’s, Wednesday 3/31, free workshop at 7 pm CT at the link in my profile. Seats are limited! 🤗✍️
#laurenheimletteringclub
#laurenheimletteringclub doors are opening tomorro #laurenheimletteringclub doors are opening tomorrow at 12 pm CT! 🥳 To celebrate this spring launch, I am teaching a FREE faux-calligraphy workshop this Sunday, March 28 at 7 pm CT! If you have always wanted to learn hand lettering, but have no idea where to start... this free workshop is for you. I will teach you my tips and tricks to mimic the look of calligraphy (aka fauxligraphy!). The best part is you can use any pen (marker, or pencil) that you have at home! With over 1,500 students taught, I’m confident I can teach you to love this new creative hobby too!

Free LIVE Fauxligraphy Workshop includes:
✔️ Live Instruction with Q&A
✔️ Worksheets
✔️ Recommended supply list 

Seats are limited, and I’m so excited to see so many of you already signing up! Reserve your seat to this free workshop on Sunday at 7 pm CT at the link in my profile. Let’s letter together! ✍️

#laurenheimletteringclub #fauxligraphy #fauxlligraphy #handlettering #lettering
Happy first day of spring! 🌸 When the days beco Happy first day of spring! 🌸 When the days become sunnier and longer, my SAD (seasonal depression) gradually starts to lift. I start slowly feeling like myself again. Anyone else relate to this feeling? 🙋‍♀️ I remember, “oh that’s what it feels like to feel happier and more creative!” Sunshine and warmer weather, please stay forever. We have been waiting for you. ☀️ 
#spring #handlettering #watercolor #sad #anxiety #creative
Allow me to tell you a story about a time the shoe Allow me to tell you a story about a time the shoe (boot) just didn’t fit. 🎿 

Andrew and I left home for a short staycation to Michigan this week, where we stayed in the most beautiful cabin. Andrew was really excited to try skiing, and I reluctantly agreed to try a lesson and some bunny slopes with him. 

Turns out to my embarrassment: my calves were too wide for the boots. Even with braces in the sixth grade I’ve had thick calves and thighs. That’s just the way God made me. Boots #1 (and attempt #2) felt like my circulation was being cut off. I couldn’t even walk to the lifts, much less ski. Surely there have been others that came before me with wide calves, too? Lots of money was wasted, and I walked away really frustrated and frankly, embarrassed. I thought at 31 I’d feel really comfortable in my own skin, and this kind of thing wouldn’t throw me off. But I’m still learning to be comfortable with my body, and with where I am in my career, childless in my 30s, with anxiety, a health condition and just a general feeling of fitting in in the world.

I don’t have a nice and tidy bow to tie up this story with, other than: it is perfectly okay to not feel like you fit in, and it’s okay to not fit in the boots. If you have ever been in a situation where something didn’t fit, or worse, YOU felt like you didn’t fit... I see you. So for now I move on, and maybe give skiing another try on another day. Or I just move on and accept and love the things that fill me up. Like hiking, and beautiful views of Lake Michigan, and reading by the fire. Oh and trying those local bakery treats, because you can bet I won’t be missing out on those. ♥️
Hopeful for the rest of the year, and for lemons o Hopeful for the rest of the year, and for lemons on my lemon tree! 🤞🍋 
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Let’s flip through my 2021 bullet journal! (Soun Let’s flip through my 2021 bullet journal! (Sound on! 📣) Bullet journaling has been such a positive tool for both my productivity and anxiety, using creativity and lettering daily!

I have loved teaching bullet journaling to my monthly lettering club: #laurenheimletteringclub! My favorite journal, pens & tools and workbook are now available to anyone in my Bullet Journal Supply Kit! Don’t be fooled that you can only start a new journal on January 1. You can start your new journal any day of the year, especially if you need a little reset this winter. Bullet journal supply kits are now available in my shop! Link in profile. 

What page are you most excited to try in your #bujo? Comment below! 👇 My favorite is the habit tracker!

#bulletjournal #bujo #bulletjournaling #bulletjournalcommunity #bulletjournalideas #bulletjournalspread
Get your bullet journaling on with our Bullet Jour Get your bullet journaling on with our Bullet Journal Supply Kit! Perfect for those new to the bujo community. For me, bullet journaling improves my productivity and focus, and also helps me to practice creativity and relaxation. Even better, you can set up your journal however you want! The reviews are in: “I wasn’t sure if bullet journaling would be for me but it’s so relaxing! I’ve been turning to it this week instead of scrolling after dinner.”

The bullet journal supply kit includes everything you need to get started: 
☑️ Printed Workbook (learn how to create different layouts!)
☑️ High-quality dot grid journal by Archer & Olive 
☑️ 6 Tombow pens 🤩
☑️ Highlighter
☑️ Pencil & eraser
☑️ Ruler

#bulletjournal #bulletjournaling #bujo #creativity #bulletjournalideas #journal #creative #selfcare #relax

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