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Hi I'm Jules

Welcome to my little slice of the internet, I am so pleased to have you here.

I am a Illustrator, Creative Virtual Assistant and mama to a wildling toddler.

Kamala Creations is a creative wellness based business where I use my illustration and graphic design skills and love of planning and systems to support female entrepreneurs in being visible online.

Wellness is my jam and is deeply connected to my creative practice. I am committed to the evolution of my mind, body and soul and put selfcare at the forefront so that I can work and collaborate from a full cup. I run my business according to my menstrual cycle to honour my fluctuating energy throughout the month. This means that I can utilise my high energy for projects but also respecting the need to rest and relaxation to make the most out life.

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Happy Spring Equinox. May the days get brighter

Happy Spring Equinox.

May the days get brighter
Your head feel lighter

May the sunlight lift your spirits
And long days allow for play and connection to your nearest and dearest.

My intentions for this spring season is to really nurture connections with friends and other mamas whilst on maternity leave.

To allow for the fresh airand beauty of nature to blow the cobwebs away and support my mental health and wellbeing.

To commit to daily movement, dance, somatic release and creative expression to nourish more depth in the connection I have with myself and my needs.

I'd live to hear your intentions for this spring. Pop them in the comments or a message.
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#wahm
#creativebusinessowner #creativelifehappylife #equinox #ritual

Giving myself a wee little project...again. The

Giving myself a wee little project...again.

The 100 day project but more..creating 100 sketches of quotes and patterns for a potential card collection by the end of maternity leave.

I'll share some of the sketches I've done so far...we're on number 12! Wahoo!
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🌟 Refining 🌟 I'm getting into a flow with v

🌟 Refining 🌟

I'm getting into a flow with visual journaling. Adjusting to short form journaling to capture daily moments and memories.

It's still a process of using naps and quiet times to quickly get something down, often having to be put to the side as little hands need more snacks or a boob.

It's all good though. Allowing myself to still be able to express in some form even if it is few and far between.

That's the thing with creatively inclined people. We feel a lot. We're sensitive and have this urge to share through whatever medium. From words to splashes of paint on canvas to moving our bodies, these mediums allow us to share a bit of our soul with the world.

I've been musing on what my work will look like when I'm back to it. Got fixated a bit too much on it to be honest. So fixated thay i went into freeze mode with overthinking and had to step away. I realised I don't wanna be overthinking work whilst on this precious moment of maternity leave before the kids are older and in school.

So, inviting the vision of my work to come through slowly. For little droplets of how it will all work and what I'd like to launch into when I step back into self-employed mama life.

#journaling #notation #graphicjournal #illustratedjournal #capturingmoments #mindfulmama #artandwellness #soulart #creativewellbeing #postpartummentalhealth
#motherhood #artmum #creativemother

A bit late to post, but that's life with two littl

A bit late to post, but that's life with two littles whilst trying to create.

Here's my celebration of imbolc where we shift from the darker half of the year into the light.
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✨️ Visual Journalling to capture some memories

✨️ Visual Journalling to capture some memories of December and my first 6 weeks post partum.

Time to create is few and far between with two littles in tow. Finding tiny weeny pockets of time to blast out a quick 5 minutes here and there is how I'm creating. It gives me lots of time in between to reflect and ponder what I want to draw.

December was a really beautiful month. Not only did we welcome our little lady by VBAC (wahoo go me and celebrating my body), we also hunkered down and really retreated into nesting mode. It was really delicious.

Yes at times it was intense adjusting to our new family dynamic ɓut being able to slow down and step out of the manicness of Christmas was really lovely.

It was sooo great being able to sit back into family support and have my favourite people around (@jessmkenny I'm looking at you). This wonderwoman managed to get to my birth as Rosa had been placed on my chest. She then held my hand and topped me up on gas and air as the midwives took care of me hemorrhaging 🤮 as well as staying with me all night in the hospital and being a great entertainer for jazzy 🥰 honestly jess, I love you so frikkin much.

I've very much been enjoying having a glass of vino again...I've missed you, my old friend 🤣🍷

Feeling incredibly proud of my body and that my birth experience this time has shifted soooo much anxiety I was holding onto. It's helped me find my voice, my strength and see just how much I'm capable of.

Mothers are incredible aren't we! What our bodies do, how much we hold with one or multiple children along with managing the home, work, socialising and self care is unbelievable.

Life is so so full with kids. It's hard fucking work at times, it can make you feel invisible and unseen in all the seemingly "invisible" things we do and hold..

AND it comes with an opportunity for us to see into ourselves with a deeper self-awareness. To see that we are valuable and so so needed. That the work we do that might feel invisible is the most valuable to the little people we are space holding for. ❤️

Another ramble, another visual Doodle of life right now. Might make this a monthly thing.
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#visualjournal #motherhood

✨️ I create because I have a need to share my

✨️ I create because I have a need to share my soul with the world.

A multi faceted, multi passionate messy human and mama feeling deeply.

I want to share it all with you ✨️

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✨️Mum mode is in full force It's busy It's fu

✨️Mum mode is in full force

It's busy
It's full
It's beautiful
It's chaotic

I'm doing it.
We're doing it.

Grateful that the anxiety I had during post partum with J has lifted and I'm managing sooo much better this time.

I guess it's second time round and I've learnt and moved through ALOT since becoming a mum.

It really has made me become more of me. I feel like I've found my voice, hold my boundaries better. My interests and passions seem brighter. My love feels fuller. Plus if having kids isn't a massive process of showing you the mirror into yourself is i don't know what is.

Really sitting into my need for hermiting and equal parts being with friends and fellow mamas. Feeling grateful to be ready to step into more of better balance of socialising this year.

Yesterday I wrote a blog post about what's moving for me at the moment in relationsl to my creativity.
It's written but needs the graphics done then will be out on my blog.

I'll post it and let you all know when it's ready. I'm going to be sharing more of my process in mamahood and creativity through emails, blogs and vlogs whilst I'm on maternity leave. I need SOMETHING that I can channel my expression into after all. It's what fills me up. Plus, I hope it serves at least one of you too!

Big love,
Jules xo
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Creative Freeze! When you over research and look

Creative Freeze!

When you over research and look at TOO MUCH inspiration for your work.

This happened to me the other day. I kept getting pockets of time where both kids were occupied or calm and I wanted to draw something.

The thing is I'd been looking at artists pages so much recently whilst feeding my new born that I was kind of a bit over stimulated with what to create.

I froze.
got frustrated...

Then froze even more.
Then I was needed as a mama again and the time had passed.

I had to step away and use being a mama time to think about what I want to create and how to overcome the creative Freeze I was experiencing.

I realised that I have SO MANY points of inspiration in my saves in instagram and boards of styles of work om Pinterest. it's time to use them.

I've gone back through and creating an inspiration board that I will stick to for a month. allowing me to experiment with new styles and pick out repeating symbols and details I like to add that make my pieces mine.

If I get stuck again I can go to this one inspo board and reignite my spark and carry on.

I'm having to relearn how to work in shorter pockets of time. But I'm grateful for it. It makes me slow down and have to step away whilst my kids need me so I can ponder where to take the piece next.
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