The Creative Family Manifesto
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Roost10/10/2017Pages: 176Size: 5.5 x 7.5ISBN: 9781611805031DetailsEmbrace family life with creativity at its heart. The Creative Family Manifesto is a guide to using the simple tools around you—your imagination, basic art supplies, household objects, and natural materials—to relax, play, and grow together as a family. When you learn to awaken your family’s creativity, wonderful things will happen: you’ll make meaningful connections with your children, your children’s imaginations will flourish, and you’ll learn to express love and gratitude for each other. This book is just what you need to get started.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor BioAmanda Blake Soule is the creator of the popular blog SouleMama, which she began in 2005 as a way to share the creative journey of her family. That emphasis on creative exploration, family connection, and appreciate for nature is at the heart of her first three books—The Creative Family, Handmade Home, and The Rhythm of Family (which she co-wrote with her husband, Steve). In 2012, Amanda started Taproot magazine, an ad-free print publication dedicated to exploring the topics of food, farm, family, and craft through art, photography, recipes, patterns, and personal narrative.
Amanda lives in Western Maine with her husband, five children, and a growing menagerie of farm animals in a 200-year-old farmhouse, on a homestead they are bringing back to life. Growing and making all manner of things in their days, they strive as a family to stay connected to one another and the Earth by bringing creativity into the everyday.Praise"In the face of technological advances and endless child-raising possibilities, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. The Creative Family Manifesto brings us back to the basics with a grounded reminder that creativity starts with family connection, play, rituals, and a focus on the handmade. If you’re looking for direction on how to gracefully weave creativity into your family life, look no further than Amanda Blake Soule as your trusted guide." —Rachelle Doorley, author of Tinkerlab
"Amanda’s original book, The Creative Family, was my blueprint as a young mom. It helped shape my approach to parenting and our value system as a family. Her simple projects and activities became part of our daily lives and helped us start our own traditions. My kids are entering their teenage years now, but their unplugged, imaginative childhoods set the foundation for the thoughtful, creative people they’ve become." —Erin Benzakein, author of Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden
"The work of Amanda Soule has weaved its way into so many of our homes, and what was a pioneering proclamation ten years ago, The Creative Family Manifesto has circled back once again to restore its rightful place on our nightstands, motivating us to live more fully." —Ashley Yousling, creator of Woolful
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When The Creative Family was published ten years ago, I was a mom of two young children. At that time, Amanda’s lovely words inspired a new level of appreciation and discovery that helped guide me through those
" —Blair Stocker, author of Wise Craft Quilts
simple (at times monotonous) days I spent with my little family. The simple prompts reminded me to stay present and curious. My original, dog-eared, bookmarked copy, along with this newly released version, will be passed on to my son and daughter as they begin their own families."Amanda Soule has been a beacon of light for so many of us creative, full-hearted women. Through her blog and her books she inspires, teaches, and shows us how to bring creativity into the every day. The Creative Family Manifesto is gift to us all." —Carrie-Anne Moss, actress and founder of Annapurna Living
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