DIY Painted Nature

INSIDE : Learn how to slow down and create DIY Painted Nature inspired from “A Book that takes it’s Time – An Unhurried Adventure in Creative Mindfulness.”  Enjoy living in the now with some of these helpful tips.

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“Life is so much better when you enjoy living in the now, when you focus on the beautiful moments, and when you don’t expect so much from yourself all the time.” – Irene Smit + Astrid van der Hulst 

I have been on a recent journey to slow down and savor the moment of life.   Today I will be sharing how creating these gorgeous DIY Painted Nature pieces is helping me do just that!

I have partnered with Workman Publishing to share about this gorgeous new book, A Book that Takes it Time, An Unhurried Adventure in Creative Mindfulness.  I am not entirely sure I have ever seen a more lovely and creative filled book.

What is A book that Takes It’s Time about?

This inspiring book is divided into six encouraging chapters.  

Each chapter focuses on taking time for breathing, learning, creating, reflecting, letting go and being kind.  

And every page seems to be more lovely, colorful, engaging and creative than the last.

The authors guide you through the process of slowing down and giving yourself time away from the hustle bustle of life and just be quiet.

Created in partnership with Flow magazine A book that takes it’s time mixes articles, inspiring quotes, and what the editors call “goodies”—bound-in cards, mini-journals, stickers, posters, blank papers for collaging, and more—giving it a distinctly handcrafted, collectible feeling.

How can you make time for Mindful Creativeness?

There are numerous ways to create mindful creativeness and one of them is through nature. Check out how I was able to slow down, go outside and then do some creating below.

Painting Rocks

I took some time during the last few weeks and decided to follow their advice of letting go of filling my day with “busyness” and embracing creative play.  I sat quietly in my home and painted smooth stones and twigs based on one of the book’s DIYs.

Start by collecting rocks. I choose large smooth ones from the “dry river bed” in our front yard, but any type of rock will do the trick.

Next, I painted them all white and allowed to fully dry. Once they were dry, I added stripes of painter’s tape to the rocks and began to add fun color.

Painting Sticks

I followed similar steps for painting sticks. Start by collecting a few sticks from your yard, the park or a nearby forest.

Using thin painter’s tape, wrap stripes around the sticks and paint fun colors.

Once the paint is dry, remove the tape and using a sharpie add small decorative dots.

It was the most lovely time sitting and painting.

I’ve since set these colorful pieces of nature on my desk as reminders to keep taking time for mindful rest.

This amazing book is full of bound-in postcards, mini journals with writing prompts, tips for modern calligraphy, stickers, decorative papers for expressing yourself with collages and so many more fun surprises!

Over and over again, A Book that Takes it’s Time encourages you to move slowly and with intention through the pages and discover that sweet place where life can be both thoughtful and playful!

A Book That Takes Its Time: An Unhurried Adventure in Creative Mindfulness is by the co-founders and creative directors of Flow Magazine, Irene Smit and Astrid Van der Hulst. It is currently available wherever books are sold!

Thank you to Workman Publishing for collaborating on this post.  I received A Book that Takes it’s Time in exchange for a honest review, which I love.  All opinions are 100% mine.

If you are looking for more Easy DIY Artwork, you might want to check out these simple tutorials I put together for other paintings.

Interested in some other great books, you might want to check out these below or shop my favorite books here.

And if you are interested, you can check out all my past gift guides here!

Painted Nature : A Book that takes it’s time

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