Free (nook/Kindle) Life Creative [Xtian Motherhood DIY Self-Care Management Advice]

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Life Creative: Inspiration for Today's Renaissance Mom by Wendy Speake & Kelli Stuart is is their inspirational self-help guide for encouraging artistic and hobbyist mothers to manage a balance between taking care of their families and pursuing their own creative endeavours, free courtesy of Christian publisher Kregel.

Currently free, probably just for one day @ B&N, Amazon (geo-restricted to US-only). Price-drop-check linkage for Google Play, where sometimes these also go free in the US.

Description
A celebration of motherhood, creativity, and the faith that binds them

In our Pinterest age of handcrafted children's parties, artistic Instagram photos, tutorials for renovating old furniture into new treasures, and blogs filled with poetry, prose, and other creative expression, it is clear that a brand-new generation of creative women is rising up. It is a renaissance born not in Italian cathedrals or Harlem jazz clubs but in kitchens and nurseries and living rooms around the world. But when Christian women become mothers, they often feel expected to lay down their creative pursuits in order to properly parent.

Wendy Speake and Kelli Stuart know that struggle. While they acknowledge that some seasons of mothering require setting artistic pursuits aside, they also argue that these seasons don't have to last until empty nest time. Instead, mothers with creative gifts are called to actively use them in order to bless their families, their communities, and everyone they encounter.

Inspiring and encouraging, Life Creative celebrates the ways mothers can live their art in the midst of their mothering. They tell the stories of women such as author and speaker Angie Smith, recording artist Ellie Holcomb, and jewelry designer Lisa Leonard who do just that. By following God's leading to embrace His gifts, renaissance moms can model the joy of obedience for their families.