ELECTRIC SUN CREATIVES
by sarah perez
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“I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.” - the brilliant Miles Davis
Helllllo, I’m here to tell ya that my girl @emily_jeffords is launching a 12-week course (tomorrow!) on how to transform your art business. Right now you can get a taste of the course with her free mini series that is up now — guys, it’s so good! It was a breath of fresh air hearing her talk about all the things while I was working today. You can sign up via the link in my profile if you’re interested. Also, if you want to hear more of my feelings on this course, you can see me walking the streets of Sacramento on my stories, chattin your ear off about it. ⚡️
This lovely situation is from @vacilandoquilting ‘s airstream studio nook. Although we won’t be on the move like she is, she’s been a big inspiration in our tiny home transition of renovating and living creatively in a 35 ft motorhome. Do yourself a favor and take in the beauty of her craft and the tiny home-nomadic lifestyle her and her husband lead. It’s beautiful. We had to severely downsize our life, but you best believe that a quilted pillow of hers made the cut. It’s a thing of beauty! It is made with such thoughtfulness and is the sweetest addition to our couch! Pictures to come soon ⚡️ (@creativehabitation)
Bird’s-eye perspective at some shape play this morn.
Shapes and granite. A juxtaposition of smooth brass and jagged rock. There is intricately marbled granite littered around the property in which I live. Like the earth threw a party and the confetti can be found everywhere. This is such a strange and beautiful season we’re in. The thing that keeps showing up for me is this: growth is typically found in the rub of life for me; the challenge, the uncomfortable and even the insecure. My biggest ah-ha moments of creativity are when I’m limited in some way. Because it’s there that I’ve found something bigger than myself helping to move me forward, I know gratitude turns everything into enough, and I realize I have a choice. What will I do with this circumstance? What will I do with these shapes and this beautiful land in which I find myself? I will say “thank you” and start taking pictures - that’s what I’ll do.
A couple of listings for this piece are now in the shop ⚡️
Let me tell you about this season of creative life: it’s blasted hard and incredibly beautiful. Pure bliss and so much challenge. It’s this and it’s that. I’m experiencing full-on that life can hold two extremes. The above pictures hold two reminders for me: the loss of my beautiful studio that you all grew to know and love, but also a rad new communal space that has tools and equipment at my disposal. A new season full of many learning curves, but more importantly, a chance to grow myself and my craft in a rad place such as @hackerlab. This massive space is a dream and I’m stoked to be a part of the community. Btw - you best believe some huggggge mobiles are being made with those supa high ceilings 🙌🏼
When your pal @jackipotorke takes one of your favorite family photos to date, ya post it. A jumble of sentences about me: I live in Northern California with my little family & we love to be outside. Hiking and moving my bones is my happy place! We just started a journey of tiny home living in a motorhome up on my brother and sister’s property (@creativehabitation). We’re in the middle of making it a home. I love to create spaces that bring calm & comfort and that’s what I aim to do with this space. We’re stoked to host friends and family at our little homestead in the woods— our prayer is that it’s a place of rest and joy for others. I live for river swim days and now have access to a river spot a mile away (friends, get ready). I believe in a greater force of love that is in the business of renewal and life, despite this messed up world we live in. Community is huge for me and I’m always learning what it looks like to be a functioning part of one. I definitely fall into the enneagram 2 category. I have felt empowered in learning about myself and others through it —it’s a really rad tool for self-discovery and learning how people function around you. I love my house plants. Can wood grain be classified as a favorite color? I believe gratitude is the ultimate game changer and aim to mark my life by it. Coming at life with gratefulness has changed everything for me. I hope to be a lifelong learner - always striving for growth, and failure and more growth. I love to work with my hands. I’m just here showing up the best I can. Nice to meet ya 💛
One of my favorite pieces recently. Lately I’ve been grabbing brass and letting my hands discover what will come of them. This was the case with this one. For a while now I’ve been contemplating doing ‘challenges’ on here where I have a set amount of shapes in front of me and I’m left to create something from them, a la @niknikstudio and her gorgeous work. More of this in this new season of making!
This is our first official week of working out of @hackerlab ‘s new maker space! Guys, it’s so rad. It will be the perfect place to get pieces done while we’re getting settled in our new way of life. Eventually we plan to build out a trailer studio, but for this time, it’s absolutely golden. Stoked to get your orders done this week! There are still some made-to-order listings available in my shop, if you’ve been looking to get a piece of your own.
While we’re getting settled in our new lifetstyle (@creativehabitation) and figuring out a new rhythm with studio time, I’ve decided to put up a few made-to-order listings for you. Eventually I hope to get back to big shop releases with new work, but for now this will keep my fingers moving and help in getting back to the swing of things. I hope you find something you adore. 😘
These windows and this workbench served me so well for the 4 years I was able to work in this space. My creativity bloomed, as I spent time working — pushing myself to dive in and give the hours it needed. We are now onto a new season— those windows and light will now inspire another. That workbench now belongs to some dear friends. I’m exited to see the beauty that comes from within those walls and the magic that is created on that surface. Photo: @nicolettelovell
two things: 1. Thank you for the sweet response to my family’s new adventure in tiny home living! We just finished painting the motorhome interior and now we’re onto flooring. I’m hoping to update @creativehabitation soon! 2. There are just a few pieces left from the shop update. It was so rad to see which pieces spoke to people. I’m extremely grateful that what I make resonates with you! Note: my email list gets first dibs on shop reloads — if you’d like to be on it, you can sign up via my website.
BIG NEWS: This season of growing and creating in our downtown Sacramento loft is coming to a close, to venture into some tiny home living! We’re renovating a 35 foot motorhome to be our home base! We’ll be living on some property in the foothills, experiencing a different existence, as we save money to buy property of our own in our beloved Sacramento. Our time at @rstreetwal (4 years!) has come to a close and we’re ready for a creative and resourceful existence of living differently than we ever have. The closest thing to this we’ve experienced is bringing our daughter home to our tiny one bedroom apartment - she slept in an open closet space! We lived there for a couple of years and that season of small-living holds some of our favorite memories. In this next few weeks we will be renovating our home on wheels and will try to share that journey with you. You can follow that here: @creativehabitation After that we will be living up there while still working out of the Hacker Lab, a maker space in downtown Sacramento, while still being a part of our beloved city through the relationships we’ve built and our sweet faith community, @societychurch. It’s definitely going to be a different season of life, but we’re armed with gratitude and some creativity. My little family is stoked and we’re up for the challenge!
So much newness is happening over here, that’s only developed in the last couple of months — it will all be coming to fruition soon! Looking forward to telling you about it! In the meantime, I’m trying to keep my head down & work on new pieces. Shop restock soon ✨
From us to you, all the love! ❤️ Photo: @chloeramirezphoto