Journaling is a fantastic way to express yourself creatively while preserving your thoughts and memories. Its benefits are numerous - it reduces stress, improves your mood, enhances creativity, manages anxiety, and helps improve prioritizing tasks and tracking progress toward your goals. If you’re wanting to start journaling, here are my recommendations for the best tools and supplies.

In this blog post, I put together a list of all the tools and supplies that I use to make the hair bows in my shop. Read on to see what they are!

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Since I have been collecting art supplies for over a decade, I have organized and reorganized everything I own. One aspect that helps me stay in order is to categorize. I separated the different products into individual sections based on their use…

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When I create a piece of art or work on some products for my shop, I like to have something in the background. Most of the time, it’s music of some sort, but I will also listen to videos and podcasts. Having background noise helps me stay productive and focused on the task.

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If you're looking for a cross-stitch book that is instructional, detailed, and full of beautiful patterns, I highly recommend you check out Whimsical Cross-Stitch. In my first look-through, I bookmarked several designs that I wanted to try and made notes of the embroidery threads I would need when I went to the craft store. I've finished one pattern already and am in the process of deciding which one I want to do next.

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The holiday season is here! It is my favorite time of the year – there’s something special about Christmas time. I love decorating, being with family, and giving gifts to people. It’s also the perfect time to donate either your time or money to those in need. If you are looking for ways to help those around you, here are some causes that I love to support.

In honor of Thanksgiving being this week, I wanted to write about some of the (many) things that I am thankful for. I am so very fortunate and blessed that if I wrote everything done in this blog post, it would be extremely long. So I’ll just keep it simple and tell you four things off the top of my head that I am thankful for.

In addition to reading fiction books consistently, I also like to read non-fiction books quite often. I love to learn, and I am always looking for books to grow the knowledge that I already have or discover something completely new. The genres I like to explore include history, travel, and of course, arts and crafts. I have put together a list of books on my reading list for these next few months. Let me know down in the comments what you are reading!

Whether you are an up-and-coming artist, buying some pencils for your kids, or like to color for fun, I highly recommend Prismacolor. This brand is known for being great for everyone, regardless of their level of skill or expertise.

Since I work from home, it can be super easy for me to get distracted. Whether it's someone talking to me, noises outside, or my cat sitting on my lap, there are interruptions all around. As a result, I started trying different ways to stay focused. After some trial and error, I found a system that works very well. Here are five tips that have helped me stay productive, and I hope they will help you as well!

Hello everyone!

My name is Jordan Kiefer and I am the artist and crafter behind Kiefer Krafts. I live north of Dallas, in the Texas Prairie Country, and I am a Texan through and through….