Ministry of Crafty Shenanigans

Group projects have long been a mainstay of our creative practice, but slowly we are dropping off. In today's episode, we look at crafting to fit in, wanting to stand out, and the joy of true belonging.<br /><br...

Our identity as crafters & creative folk is shaped by so many influences, and today we are unpacking where we "fit",and end up starting to prepare our bug out bags for the zombie apocolypse...things got a little...

Motivation and productivity, we're finding, is rather like the chicken and the egg. Are we productive when we're motivated, or does being productive give us the motivation to create?<br /><br />Ministry of Crafty...

Sometimes life can get us so overwhelmed and languishing that picking up a project just feels too hard. Today we chat about how we get ourselves out of a rut and into a project - and how crafting helps pull us out of...

What is it about a blank page that makes it so hard to get started? Or why do we find it hard to keep going on a project?<br /><br />Today we chat about the ways we get in our own way, how life gets in the way, and...

We started the year off with a bang, and lots of big plans...how are they fairing after a few months and a whole lot of life? Join us for episode one of season four as we chat about goals, giving up, and the...

Four days of wall to wall crafting? What else would we do over the Easter long weekend! We're sharing some thoughts on our inaugural MOCS Easter Bingo last year, and start kicking around ideas for this year - are you...

Like everything, our crafting ebbs and flows with the seasons, both the actual seasons and the seasons of life. Today we're chatting about the different rhythms we embrace in our crafting, with a little side journey...

From big projects to big plans, plus what we're working on at the minute; join us in the Ministry for your weekly dose of crafty inspiration. Today we are chatting stitching, photography, and art classes, our year long...

In a wave of January intention, we both set our words for the year. Two months in, there's already been a whole lot of life happening. Todya we are chatting about how our words are holding up, and the ways we keep them...

We're celebrating both the silly season and the finale of season three, with a look at all the crafty fun we are up to in the run up to the end of the year. Because life isn't busy enough at this time of year, we can't...

Coming into gifting season, our minds are turning to making for others. Investing our time and supplies into a gift project is the unspoken way a crafter says "I love you", and in today's episode we delve into the...

After a busy couple of weeks, we are both finding ourselves reaching for familiar and meditative projects. Following on from our Nostalgia episode, we look at what influences us to reach for the familiar over the new...

As our creative processes have shifted over the years, we've traded places of which of us is the finisher and which is the procrastinator. In today's episode, we look back over past projects and try and nail down where...

Each year, we both pick a word as our theme for the year, in place of a New Years resolution. Sometimes they work, sometimes we can't connect with them, sometimes they become surprisingly appropriate in unexpected...