Facilitated by: Niamh McKillen
Date: Sunday 8th September, 2024 Time: 3.30pm – 5pm
Room: Conservatory
Price: Complimentary, donation to a charity welcomed.

This event is now fully booked, please call to place your name on a cancellation list.

Relax, have fun, create, and switch off! Create a keep sake from your wellbeing time at Creacon. 

Never created or crafted before? No good at it, let's see. Join this free flowing workshop of doodling, drawing or creating - see what happens. Or maybe you love to create, then join us also. This is an expressive, easy going workshop for everyone. Come along and feel free to stay for half an hour or full two hours, see how you go.

If you have a barrier to creating and feel pressure about making something "good" don't worry. 

Challenge your self critic- and don't think about the end result. The joy is in the process of creating- its not about making a perfect piece of artwork. A little gift of time to give it a try! No judgment just encouragement. What have you got to loose. 

Coming together, sharing space, connecting and creating together is so important for us. There is extensive research on how creativity can reduce stress and improve mental health.
In these workshops we will focus on how precious we are. How important we are and how powerful we are. Thinking about precious metals, like Gold, and beautiful gemstones, unique and priceless.

Let’s view ourselves in this light, explore our riches, our light, our potential and our strength.

Our souls crave to create, to have Joy, to celebrate and shine. We are precious, we are unique, we are strong, powerful and warriors.

The creating options on the day will be :

Option 1- Paint
Paint a postcard or painting  (A5 size) or A4  -thinking of your time in this tranquil space at Creacon, pick colours, images and words that inspire you and encourage you to keep your positive mindset on your return home. A reminder of the gift of time you give to connect with yourself and calm your mind. 

Positive affirmations and a visual to remind you of your importance, uniqueness, your power and how precious you are.

Option 2- Make

Looking around nature and concentrating on how calm, connected, and at peace you are in this space. Draw on these mental images, explore how important you are, your purpose, your connection to nature and the universe. 

Connect with the warrior in you, create a crown, jewel, shield, or amulet, to signify the strength you have within and how powerful you are. Take control and lead your life.

Option 3- Write

Use the space in Creacon, the reading room, the garden, this conservatory to write yourself a letter on how your experience was at Creacon, what you have learnt about yourself and what messages you want to take away from it.

It can be a few words, some bullets notes, a drawing, or a poem.  Make an envelope and add your candle melted seal (stamp) and send it to yourself.

Drop in workshop. All welcome. No experience required. Booking desirable, so we know how many to set up for.

Looking forward to Seeing you there!

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash