MY ARTIST SELF-CARE to focus, relax and be more happy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- A few Things I like to do on a weekly basis when I feel overwhelmed distracted, tired, empty, struggle to focus .
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Hello I'm Laetitia Miéral a Paper Magician living in St Etienne, France.You will discover in my channel, my Paper Secrets, my love of fairy tales, french history , the 18th century glimpses in my studio and my Kingdom , my artwork , characters, carriages, dollhouses, Vlogs and Fairy Tale decor videos.----------------------
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June 2024
It's is so nice to know I am not the only person who uses several note books/journals
There is an entire community of journal enthusiasts with tons of journals on the Internet. They share videos on supplies, techniques and journal prompts and projects 😊
Fortunately in these digital times a lot of people go back to their notebooks and to paper pen and ink!
I also write in a number of journals depending on the topic.
Many people do not understand an introvert or our needs to find time for ourselves. We are unicorns. You explain it so well. Even though married I still need time for myself which my husband of 37 years gives me.
Thank you Susana! it's good that your husband respect your own needs and time on your own.
I keep multiple notebooks, journals, drawing pads, too. They have different uses, but really all are a part of my creative works. And I read several books at the same time! Discovery is a wonderful part of life! 🙂❤
Thank you for sharing your use of notebooks , yes being curious is so important at any age !
Watching your videos is always calming and helps with stress. Being also an introvert, I learned to avoid too many plans with friends in a row. I need time just by myself. Also, after a week of interacting with one patient after the other at work, I need time alone in my yard listening to birds or going for a walk. I like collecting puzzles, especially of castles, and like reading and learning about the history of castles. Cooking and baking are relaxing, and finding a new recipe. I admire how organized you are and will also start writing down favorite passages from my favorite books. I will head out for a walk now before it starts raining again. I don't mind a little rain in Seattle, but it has been pouring. Have a great week. ❤
Oh with the work you do I can imagine you nedd some time alone in your garden! Have a nice walk at this season we should plans tons of walks, they are so beneficial on so many levels hope the sunshine comes back to Seattle ! Thank you Sabine :)
I gave up the alarm clock years ago, even before I stopped working. It makes waking up so much more pleasant. And I too start the day drawing in my sketchbook and reviewing my To Do list for the day, after feeding the pets of course. And then my first stop is aways the garden.
That's a very relaxing way to start the day, I love that and yes stopping in your garden that's a real bonus :)
How lovely to use a nib and inkwell for writing, I think it makes the act of writing things down even more beautiful. The scritch-scratch of the nib on the paper and the smell of the ink is also very soporific I think.
Yes totally, it gets really addicting to write with a nib and inkwell, yes trye, but there are some nice scented inks too :)
@@Merveillesenpapier Yes, there’s an apple one available which is very nice. But i do really like the earthy smell of traditional ink ✍️😊
Laetitia, Your life is so rich and passionate! Thank you for sharing this beautiful inspiring glimpse into your world! I especially adored your rosy pink bedroom and beautiful french bed and lovely linens and of course your sweet cat! ❤now i must read Dombey and Son for that description of the old house!!
Thank you Megan! I have to say I love my room I'm going to try to improve abit more this summerto make it even more magical, It's a great novel I recommend it there are a really nice descriptions of homes, old houses and old shops.
Nothing like the peace at home ,and souround one with simply besutifull thing .the beauty of solitude is spiritual rewarding .!!! Go for
Absolutely Ariel ! :)
My "happy space" is definetly my crafts. If I could not be knitting, sewing, embroidering and journaling, I would be lost for sure. For me these activities are a quiet place to focus and to calm down. When I knit, it can be a lot of things: I can knit in solitude and just listen to the rythm of the needles. I can also do a kind of activ meditation while I knit. I also can knit and watch podcasts if I choose to. In any case, it calms me down and gets me back on track, my energy balanced again. Since I am walking on crutches for several months now, there is no walks for me in store, but I can dwell in my littel cottage garden for a bit, doing just enough. I let a lot of plants grow wild and nature thanks me for it. I can draw energy from the plants and it also grounds me. I also love to do rituals like drinking tee and reading. It is so important and a part of my life I do not want to miss. Thank you for reminding me of Charles Dickens. I love him very much. 💞Huggs from Fairy Tale Cottage, Schurwald Forest, Germany. 💗
Thank you christina for sharing your approach there is no doubt for most of us and me for sure creating,our art and our studio is the most important reimportant thing to do for my wellbeing but it can change when you make a living with your art and different external or internal pressures come into the game, it's nice to have complementary sources of wellbeing which refills the main one :) Im sorry you can't walk at the moment I hope your legs will allow you to walk again without crutches soon ! yes nature plants and gardens are so healing ! You're welcome Thank you and have a lovely week in your fairy tale cottage :)
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I am so enjoying your videos! They popped up a couple of weeks ago and I've been binging them! I am American and I live in the Piedmont of North Carolina. I've been to France once in 2003 and so enjoyed it! I don't speak French but wish I did. Your English is very good. I love your accent and can understand absolutely everything you say in English. You mention that you want to learn to sew. You will love it! I've been sewing since age 10. What I've loved most about it is the total control over my wardrobe.
I knit, crochet, tat, embroider also. I've recently taken up weaving on a 24" wide Rigid Heddle Loom (a Christmas Gift from my Husband last year). My birthday was this past Spring and he got me a Pleating Machine for smocking too!
Anyway, now I am interested in your paper sculpting! I need to stay focused on weaving and smocking to learn them well, then I may take one of your paper sculpting classes.
FYI I am a newly retired Interior/Residential Designer. I worked on a computer drafting program (AutoCAD LT) to create home plans and worked for an Architect the first 5 years out of University. Then I got more training in Preservation Design then started my own design business to help helped people restore their old houses properly and sympathetically- especially their kitchens and bathrooms. So, you can see why I am so interested on your vlogs of France's Chateaus and very old houses!
Gwyn with a Y
Thank you for stopping by Gwyn , and I'm very glad if you enjoy my videos sure if you are interested at some point in joining one of my workshops they will be there for you ! Have fun on weaving and smocking , that must be fun to do ! :)
Will have to rewatch this one. So important to have some slow time. Easy to burn out.❤❤❤
Yes especially when one lives in a city or a town.
I always enjoy your videos. From the music you choose to your amazing artistry, I’m always left feeling either upbeat and inspired or relaxed. I love your style!
Thank you Heather, very glad to read that ! :)
It is very important for artists to refocus and get their inspiration back 🌸🌿💗🌿🌸
Thank you for sharing your ideas💕
You're welcome Carol! Yes you are right!
I couldn't agree more about your quote on sleeping 😂😂 and I just love how you write in your journals excerpts of things you read and want to treasure, it had never occured to me but it's a brilliant idea that I'm going to try. As of this year I have decided on a completely new way of de-stressing, I have taken up slowstitching, I've even made my own first ever paper jounal to keep my mini sowing projects inside. So far every time I get to sit down to sow something I feel time slows down and I can hear myself thinking and even dreaming😊
Thank you Cris! I'm glad if it inspires you for your own reading , it's worth doing, it's a way to enjoy your favourite passages even more and make them yours a bit. That's wonderful, yes it feels so good to slow down especially during the summer season which invites us to slow down even more. :)
Thank you! ❤ Beautiful.
I have been transcribing my grandfather's diary from 1940-1944. He had teeny-weeny writing. My eyes are shot! 😵💫 Breaks, warm compresses, eye drops etc.!
Thank you Alisa! that's wonderful, and such a precious document to have, it's worth it I have my garnd mother journal from teh same period but she had a very easy to read writing. Good luck with this precious work !
I’m your American doppelgänger. We share so many of the same traits and habits. Books, cats, nature, art, the importance of a nice cup of tea. Your videos are the best thing about TH-cam. Hugs to you and Clochette 😊
Thank you , you are very kind to say that :)) Clochette who is just sitting next to me sends you a cat hug too !
I am an introverted artist as well.
I really enjoy time alone to think, create and explore.
Yoga, meditation and music help keep me grounded and focused.
I love watching your videos. You are so sweet matured and creative.
Thank you for opening up and sharing🌸
Thank you for sharing your own practises and habits, Thank you for your kind words! :)
Laetitia, it's Delfi from Uruguay - South America. I really enjoy your videos. I am 22 and trying to find my artistic way, you are inspiring, thank you.
You're welcome Delfina! glad if you find some inspiration ! Good luck on your artistic path, Have a good day in your corner of Uruguay :)
I think it’s great that you honor your thoughts. I think some YTubers share too much. For me for motivation I read my Bible. I don’t feel alone and know somebody is cheering for me to grow in skillful and godly wisdom,understanding,and knowledge. I really enjoy your videos, you seem so sweet and kind. And in this world it is so nice to see those traits. Have an awesome rest of the week.
Thank you ! Glad you enjoy what you see overhere. Thank you! You too, have a lovely weekend !
Beautiful way to the start of my Sunday ❤, watching one of my favorite video, your passion for arts is always inspiring, thank you princess for sharing your day with me, greetings from Texas USA 🇺🇸 😊 ❤
Thank you very Much Yolanda, Have a beautiful Sunday! :)
One ‘thumbs up’ always seems sadly inadequate. I wish there was a function for a hundred, a thousand or even a million thumbs up! Wishing you calm and focus 😊.
You are very kind Susan, your message is precious, Thank you !! It should be a calm and focused week :)
I agree we should be able to leave many more thumbs up!
Wow, just found you today, new subscriber! Very beautiful vlog, and your bedroom is heavenly. And a great message for inspiration.❤
You're welcome overhere Shirley! Thank you !I hope you will like what's coming :)
Dearest Laetitia...your videos are such an uplifting moment in the day. Our upcoming months will be consumed with the effort of moving households. You remind me that my notebooks are a way to live a small creative life in the midst of practical demands on my time. For me, they have always been a precious refuge. Jacquelyn Kelen's book looks very interesting. I may try to find a copy. It will not need to be a translation...her book, UNE ROBE....., was quite understandable in French. Probably because I was a bit familiar with the stories she discussed. You mentioned an aristocratic magical fabric in one of your notebooks.....I would love to know which story that came from. Very best wishes to you in your artist journey.
Thank you Jane! yes sketchbooks are such a precious refuge especially easy to carry and put out , this book is wonderfulfor those interested in sleep,and is very beautiful and poetical when you read it you just want to enjoy your sleep even more :) the aristocratic fabric was from white Cat, it's the piece of fabric White creates for the prince. Have a a lovely sunday! thank you for your wishes:))
Love to watch you draw and paint..beautiful!😊
Thank you :)
Another inspiring video, Laetitia. Thanks for sharing your self-care habits with us.
Thank you Joelle!, Glad you liked the video :)
Your videos are always so inspiring. I love the idea of keeping a journal for thoughts and ideas about the books I'm reading.
Thank you, good glad if it gave you some ideas for your own reading and quoting, it's really fun to do that :)
Thank you for sharing your ideas. It's wonderful to see that these methods improve your artistic mindset--day and night. 😊
You're welcome Lauren! Yes they do , we need to have our own methods which work for us in this chaotic world we live in !
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I just watched your video for the first time and what a unique and extraordinary talent you have. I love the idea of having different notebooks to write excerpts from the books you are reading!
Thank you for your kind words , Glad if it inspires you for your own practice and reading :)
If I’m looking for inspiration of a certain type I sometimes watch your videos. They are so soothing and encouraging.
Thank you Sharon! :)
I like to put quotes and ideas in journals as well and it's fun to read through them later. Your ink well is beautiful! I need to find a nice vintage one. When I'm stressed I like to walk in nature, or watch videos like yours lol.
Yes Francine that's what makes it special when you do that for years and go back to them much later. Yes there are pretty easy to find here but they make writing really enjoyable, nice thank you! :)
Thank You Once More. So Inspiring as always. I too have many a sketch book, journal etc on the go at one time. I also collect FairyTales but you have inspired me to start writing down the script/quotes Bless You 🥰
Thank you Anthony ! Glad if it inspires to write down more quotes ! Have an inspiring week ! :)
Hello, thank you much for such an informative and inspiring video, Laetitia. * Sleep-is very important, and I'm trying to get that under control. * Your bedroom is so sweet and inviting to sit awhile and sleep in. Do you put the wallpaper up yourself? * I too, like you, have never used an alarm clock, I'm 69 years old. *I need to get into my sketchbooks, and more often. * I love nature and taking walks. I injured my knee 2 months ago and am unable to take walks. I miss it so much, but I do go and just sit in nature until I am able to take walks again. * I really like how you stated that writing as you study slows you down to focus more. That's brillant. Since college, I still write out in notes and thoughts, sometimes drawings because it calms me, and I know I retain more as well. I use pen and pencil. Your using pen and ink is really a beautiful way to do that. The rhythm of ink filling, writing, refilling again, and ahhhh...the scratching sound is precious! * I love how you have so many books, journals, sketcbooks as well. I have a few.
* motivations for me, I create 'mapping' on paper, fill venn diagrams, read, research, write out as well as physically move and be in nature or just outside in pretty places.
Thanks again. Hello and meow to you Choclette.
I 'm sorry Roksanna Hope your knees will allow you to walk soon !! Thank you for sharing your approach , Clochette and I send some big healing wishes for your knees ! and yes I did teh wallpaper in the room when I arrived here at least half ot it.
Awh, thank you both so much for sending healing.
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❤ Hey Sweetheart. You are a special person. God Bless 🙏 you. I draw and use colored pencils in sketch books and write. I do it for fun. I love paper too. KATIE❤ KENTUCKY!
Thank you Katie :)
Très beau et inspirant
Merci! :)
Thank you so much, so very very helpful. About to start new painting and feel in so much fear and self-doubt! You help me so much,
Glad if it helps you :)
Lovely video, enjoyed seeing your collection of notebooks and it was interesting to know how you use them. You are fortunate to have happy dreams, unfortunately it is not always the case for me, most of them I forget but I have very vivid dreams. Also loved the background music in this video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Katie! Sorry your dreams are not always happy, I know some people only make nightmares which must be terrible night after night...
I spend at least 2 hours a day writing and attempting to sketch. At the moment i have 4 notebooks in use, one for daily journalling, another for poetry, one for writing silly little stories and the last for existential angst - which is very cathartic. I like to get up at dawn during the summer, the mornings are so beautiful.
Thank you for sharing !I like the themes of these note books, yes it is such a gift of nature to wake early in summer and enjoy the beautiful sky , the quiet and the magic of the early morning.
I used to keep journals until the top of my closet was stacked very high with them. Years & years worth. I got rid of them & started shredding after writing on notebook paper. I don’t so much journal, but i write out my prayers in my quiet time & write out my scripture for the day. 1st, i give thanks & then go to the Bible, write out the passage & apply it to my life. Then shred. & Off it goes to God. If i get busy & forget to do this my whole day is off kilter. Atomic habits was a life changing book for me. Love your style & videos!
Thank you for sharing your own notebooks habits , so you like this book too! Nice, thank you ! :)
Merci pour vos vidéos si inspirantes. Pour relancer ma créativité, je pars visiter des lieux historiques, des jardins remarquables, je lis, j’écoute de la musique et revois mes films préférés qui correspondent évidemment à mon esthétique. J’observe et rêve dans mon jardin. Et surtout je travaille dans mon jardin ou ma maison, et je me livre à la réflexion pendant ces activités purement manuelles. Tasha Tudor disait : « When you're stirring the jam, you can read Shakespeare. » Mais votre vidéo m’encourage à écrire plus !
Merci pour votre gentil message! Ah oui ça c'est une autre solution qui n'est pas toujours praticable au quotidien , mais quand on peut le faire c'est sûr que se promener dans de vieux châteaux ou de beaux jardins fait un bien incroyable. Merci pour avoir partagé vos habitudes !, oui! ça ne peut pas faire de mal d'écrire plus, c'est une jolie citation !
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Thank you Letitia, I totally agree, I lead a solitary life as an artist and I love it. I also live in quite an isolated part of Wales, so I find walking daily, helps keep my mind and body well. Books, music and art are food for the soul and will always sustain us. I agree that Knowledge equals happiness too. I do write daily, but I hadnt thought of an ink pen, so I will try that, it seems very peaceful. I think our animals also help with stress, dont they, as does my garden and gardening. Wishing you a great week full of inspiration and creativity. xxx
Thank you Deborah oh if you already write everyday you should try with a fountain pen or a pen holder, it would give more elegance or" majesty " to this habit and yes teh sound of the nib and also seeing the reflction of wet ink on paper is very satisfying. , animals and gardens are other precious stress relievers ! Thank you I wish you too a beautiful last week of spring!
@@Merveillesenpapier Thank you , I have ordered ink and nib :) I think it will be very soothing, thank you , sending joy to you x
Loved hearing about your notebooks 🥰
When i have no inspiration, i clean the house, go to swim or bake. Thanks for share, i love your videos❤️
That's nice solutions, I can imagine swimming must feel very good ! Thank you :)
@@Merveillesenpapier yes, swim is the best if you work seated many hours👌
Oh! À propos. Moi aussi j’écris
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Bonsoir! Comment ça se fait que vous ne parlez pas en Français? Je suis tellement heureuse de vous avoir rencontré c’est à dire par écrit! à ce moment exact je vois que vous dessiner? Mais la personne qui parle en Anglais vraiment je trouve que son accent n’est pas celui dont normalement que j’entends d’une personne Française! Bonne chance
May I ask what type of large sketchbook you use?
The large ones are from Paperblanks.
Merci Laetitia. I'm going to try your approach to all things in life. Appreciating the good things is always a must.
You're welcome, especially during chaotic times or at any time, glad if it inspires you :)
@@Merveillesenpapier Absolutely!
The link to your mailing list doesn't work for me. It just redirects me to mail chimp unfortunately.
It is strange , it works on my side , let me know if this long unabridged link works better for you merveillesenpapier.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a894319607e857190d4421892&id=ee03de664a
@@Merveillesenpapier yes, thank you! 😊