Feeling stuck, uninspired, struggling to find a focus?
Not surprising really, you probably have two stuck settings:
Stuck Setting one:
Starting a project is tough. Analysis paralysis is a BFF. That bestie just doesn't leave your side. Deciding on a new necklace design or a knitwear niche for your next collection feels impossible. What about choosing a challenge topic to launch your painting e-course, when there are so many to choose from? It's overwhelming to the realm of crazy. Putting faith in your own ideas is tough.
Stuck Setting two:
Starting a project is easy. You love diving into those boxes of beads that have just arrived in the post. Once you've done a live unboxing on Instagram you're all set for an afternoon's creativity. BUT then it gets left.
You wonder about your choices. Were they the right beads? Is that the right combination? Are you a maniac for adding a tassel to the pendant?
Finishing and believing in your creative decisions is the hardest thing in the world.
And then there are the inspiration settings:
Inspiration Setting one:
You want to bring wonder and delight to your customers, but there are so few products for them to actually buy.
Why's that?
Because you start imagining one thing, bright shiny ideas appear everywhere, so you switch it up and start imagining another and never do anything! You're left in busy work, taking photos for social media, and chatting in your Facebook Group.
You're naming projects and collections, you're fiddling with colours and shapes in your mind but for days and weeks at a time there's nothing concrete to show for your inspirations. Those 'followers' can't support you because there's nothing to buy!
Inspiration Setting two:
You have so many ideas that there is no cohesion to your designs.
Your customers wonder if they're going to find a pair of knitted mitts, a dinosaur necklace or a painting e-course when they go to your website next. It's so confusing, but you just can't help yourself!
Even when you feel that you're niching, you step back after six months and realise that there was no real success; the knitting patterns had such varying colours and styles of yarn that 20 different people could have designed them.
You're not alone, I totally get it.
Once upon a time I made and sold everything.
I used to sell my sewn shopping bags and children hats. I knitted mitts and hot water bottle covers and created hand-made greetings cards. As the years went by I embraced the digital world and sold pdf colouring pages and calendars. Then spent time designing and selling gift wrap, crafting papers and hand-bound notebooks and journals.
But people lost interest.
The fact that I was filling a new canvas with a Hodgkin-inspired buddleia interpretation was 'Hannah's new thing'. There was no integrity to my creativity anymore. I knew I had to shift things up and believe in my choices, not look to others for approval or try to create the next 'big' idea with every single project.
I settled down to find out how.
What changed for me?
.... I found a focus
I took a step back and looked at my big picture.
What did I want in life and how could I achieve those things?
In amongst desires for my family, my bank accounts and creative freedom, I knew that I wanted to unleash my inner magic, so that people would actually see it.
And I knew I could change lives by presenting my creativity with integrity.
That didn't include showing the fluff of multiple product lines and a seemingly erratic artistic practice!
So I decided to find focus in multiple ways, I deserved success after so many years of what I realised had become dabbling!
And the result?
Relief, inspiration, motivation
I became a bold designer, I made choices that people noticed, and sold my products in new and exciting ways.
My faith in creativity didn't go away, it was reinvigorated and individual.
Not only that, the creative process felt easier. Overwhelm became a thing of the past and I found that reaching for new bright shiny objects could help, not hinder, my creativity.
You can find that too.
Join me for
Unstuck & Inspired Creative
a 90-day coaching programme for makers, artists and creators
Whether you're a creator, a maker or an artist, I've got the inside view.
I've been all three and I've been tutoring in the creative field for many years too.
Your creativity will lead the way
During this 90-day coaching programme we'll find a focus that suits your business.
I'm no cookie-cutter coach.
Your business, your ideas and your motivation will be the core of our work together.
You'll feel reinvigorated for your artistic life.
The business that you love will feel like magical inspiration zest for the rest of your life too.
You'll see the day-to-day trudge as new and exciting opportunities to embrace your creativity.
The income that you strive for will begin to feel like an easy part of everyday.
Let's enjoy this ride together.
Your potential has only just started to bubble to the surface.... it's going to burst through any minute!
Take a look inside
Unstuck & Inspired Creative
a 90-day coaching programme for makers, artists and creators
We'll begin with a 90-minute inspiration call,
to find your big picture desires and dreams for your business.
From that we'll decide on a focus for your 90 days.
I'll help you break it down using various repeatable tools to give you monthly and weekly goals.
Then, we'll meet for 45-minute creative strategy calls, 8 times over the following 90 days.
In each of these we'll assess the progress you've made with your focus:
- We may need to find ways of getting unstuck or re-inspired.
- Perhaps you'll have had a week where so many ideas are motivating you that we'll need to spend time lightening your overwhelm.
You'll then have one or two weeks each month without calls, to take extra action steps.
Your one focus will help us to choose steps to take and goals to reach each week:
- With my guidance you'll feel inspired and see real progress with your one focus.
- The faith you'll start to feel with each step will show real results as the weeks go by.
Each week you'll also have one emergency email to consult with me on a problem, need or question.
There are currently 2 spots open for a creative maker or artist:
Invest in yourself for just £697
Or three monthly payments of £247
(Price due to rise soon)
To find out if
'Unstuck & Inspired Creative'
is for you,
join me for a free Inspired Action Call
We'll talk about your business, your desires and what you'd like to achieve within the next 3 months.
Even if you don't feel the 90-day coaching is for you, you'll leave the call with 3 next action steps to support your goals and dreams.
Why join me if you want to feel unstuck and inspired?
Hi, I'm Hannah,
I've had my creative business Knit With Hannah since March 2017. And I've been selling my artwork and crafts since I was 12-years-old. (over 30 years.)
I have a lot of experience of getting things done the right way and the wrong way in the creative field.
Amongst my peers I'm known as the one who achieves giant strides in short spaces of time.
I've designed my own websites, built and launched courses, created knitwear collections, started a knitting membership and run Facebook Groups all while being consistent with weekly emails and blog posts and growing a successful YouTube channel.
The day-to-day running of my business doesn't get left behind while I'm being creative.
One of the most important tools I've used in the last few years is quarterly goals.
Every three months since March 2017 I've sat down, decided on my next step towards reaching my bigger life and business goals and focused on achieving that step within the following 90 days.
More often that not I've reached those goals to the astonishment of my friends.
And while this is a secret just between you and me... I also live with and manage two chronic illnesses, which affect my productivity and working hours dramatically. I've learned a lot from the swift kicks I've had thanks to them since my teens. Those lessons gave me the skills I have now and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I can help you reach your goals too, no matter what life throws at you, focus can give your creativity the new best buddy it really needs.
And yes, I can be there to support you, as you get unstuck and inspired.
There are currently 2 spots open for a creative maker or artist:
Invest in yourself for just £697
Or three monthly payments of £247
(Price due to rise soon)
To find out if
'Unstuck & Inspired Creative'
is for you,
join me for a free Inspired Action Call
We'll talk about your business, your desires and what you'd like to achieve within the next 3 months.
Even if you don't feel the 90-day coaching is for you, you'll leave the call with 3 next action steps to support your goals and dreams.