Quote of the week - Bear Grylls

Hello everyone,

Hope you had a wonderful weekend and that you are looking forward to the week ahead. My motivational quote of the week for this week comes from British adventurer Bear Grylls

"If you risk nothing, you gain nothing"
- Bear Grylls


What is your favourite motivational quote? Please let me know in the comments section below or tweet me @thedorothydays (tweet box on the right hand side of my blog)

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Quote of the Week: Maya Angelou on creativity

Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. Thanks so much for reading my blog today. Today's quote is the third of the quotes I have been posting about creativity. I hope that you like it and have a fantastic week!

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Quote of the Week - Henri Matisse - Thinking creatively

Hello everyone,

If you read my blog regularly you will know that every Monday I post a new quote for my quote of the week. I hope that you all enjoy reading these quotes that I post. I know that lots of you who read my blog are creatives yourselves; fellow bloggers, Etsy sellers, crafters, artists and makers or creative in alternative, non-traditional ways such as within your work. So, for the next few weeks I am going to be posting quotes about creativity which I hope that you will all find inspiring.

The first quote is by the artist Henri Matisse. The more you think about this quote the truer it is. It takes courage to try something new or do something in a more creative way. I hope this week this quote will inspire you to think about new ways of looking at things and how you can add more creativity into your everyday life. Finding the courage to try something is often the hardest steps hope that you all find the courage this week to try something new. Whether that be....

* Experimenting with a new medium
* Reworking a piece which you were originally happy with but could, with some courage(!), use your creativity to rework into something else. Something bolder, more creative and different to what you usually do
 *Trying something completely new and out of your comfort zone. Perhaps working in a new style or looking at new influences
*Doing something just for you. Something that you have always wanted to learn but never have. For example, I recently tried crochet. I always say it is something I would like to do but never have given it a go. It is not something that comes natural to me and I am very very slowly learning but it is really lovely to do something for myself and make something for the sake of making it rather than making something to sell in the shop.
*Looking at how you can make something mundane and everyday into something creative.

If any of you did try anything new this week I would love to hear about it. Please let me know in the comment section below. I received a few comments recently on my blog and they really made me smile, thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write them. I really appreciate it!

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Quote of the Week - Steve Jobs

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Quote of the Week: Dr Seuss

Hello everyone,

Happy Monday! Today I wanted to share with you all this quote by Dr Seuss, it might be a bit strange sharing it in the morning time but it is one of my favourite quotes. I keep this one in mind if I have had a difficult day or a day in which I have tried but not achieved as much as I could but also when I have had a fantastic day and I am sad that it coming to an end it makes me feel excited for the next few days ahead!

Hope you all have a wonderful week this week.

Thank you so much for reading my blog, I hope you enjoyed last week's blog posts. I really enjoyed writing them particularly the post about Jake Weidmann.

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Inspirational Quote of the Week - George Eliot

Hope you all have a wonderful week

Thanks for checking out my blog. I post a new inspirational quote every Monday morning

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Quote of the week - Roald Dahl

Quote of the Week - Jack Kerouac

Have a great week!

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Inspirational quote of the week: Walt Disney

Have a wonderful week and hope that you find this quote inspirational this week.

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Quote of the Week - Steve Jobs

Hello everyone,

On Mondays to get the week started I like to share an inspirational quote. I find it gets me ready for the week ahead and focuses me. Today I wanted to share with you all a wonderful quote by Steve Jobs which I hope will inspire you this week.

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."

- Steve Jobs

Quote of the Week - Oscar Wilde - Art quote

Quote of the Week - Stephen Hawking - Inspirational Quote

Quote of the week - The Dragon of Lonely Island

Hello everyone,

How are you all? Did you have a wonderful weekend? As you all know I like to start Mondays off with an inspirational quote of some kind. Not only do I like sharing the quotes on my blog but I really enjoy them myself and feel like I can keep the quote as my week's motto/ thought of the week. I really hope that you enjoy reading them too and that you also find it sets you up for the week and gives you some food for thought! My quote of the week for this week is from and children's book by Rebecca Rupp.

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“Keep all your promises, don’t take what doesn’t belong to you, and always look after those less fortunate than yourself, and you’ll do well in the world.” 

—The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp

Quote of the Week: Dr Seuss

Hello everyone,

Hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break and that you like this quote to start the week.

Have a great one!

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Inspiring Quote - Etsy Summit in Bristol - Small Actions

Hey everyone,

Rather weary today after a super busy weekend at the U.K Etsy Summit in Bristol which I attended. It was so much fun and I came back with a note book full of ideas and feeling inspired. Realise that I missed yesterday's quote of the week post which I normally share an inspiring quote. I was so inspired the whole weekend listening to what all the other U.K teams have been up to. The U.K Etsy community is growing really fast and there are some wonderful established teams as well as some fantastic emerging ones.

One quote from the weekend which really inspired me was during a talk by Erin who is from Etsy in Canada. She was talking about the Etsy community and collaboration and it was one of the presentations which really stuck with me

During her talk on community she said....

and then used this youtube clip to demonstrate what she meant. It is well worth a watch, not only is it a beautiful clip but also has a fantastic message.

If you are interested in what happened at the U.K summit please keep checking back on my blog as I will be posting more updates.

Have a great week and hope that some of you will be able to do a small action which will make a big difference to someone else this week whatever that may be.

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Quote of the Week - Jimi Hendrix

Photo Credit: Partie Traumatic on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/people/x_mrswarhol/

Hello everyone,

Happy Monday! Hope that you are enjoying the quotes that I am sharing with you all, they seem like quite a nice way to start the week. Can't believe it is March!!! Heres to a wonderful month! I am off to the seaside today, I can't wait! Will try and get some nice photos to share with you all on the blog

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Quote of the Week - Inspirational Quotes for 2015 - Suggested by Charlotte Clark

Source of the quote is debated

The quote for this week was kindly suggested by Charlotte Clark who follows me on Twitter. Charlotte, thank you so much for tweeting me with this quote and sharing it with me. Charlotte is also a blogger so please take time to have a look at her blog http://sleepingontheedgeofsleep.wordpress.com

If anyone else has a favourite quote which they would like to share and see featured on my blog please either leave a comment in the comment section below on my blog or tweet me @TheDorothyDays and I will feature the best ones.

Hope you all have a fantastic week

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Quote of the Week - Inspirational quote for 2015 by Einstein

Hello everyone,

I spent ages trying to decide what my first quote of the week for 2015 should be. I wanted it to be inspirational to kickstart 2015 but not super cheesy so I opted for this Albert Einstein quote. Hope that you all have a fantastic week and maybe give something new a go this week.

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Quote of the week - Wordsworth

Quote of the week: Coco Chanel