Caz Faith Creates

I'm back from a long slumber away from blogging. I had every intention to be dedicated with my blog and post regularly, but life does generally get in the way. Autumn was the start of my emotional decline. My mood was incredibly low and I couldn't understand why. It turns out, after many tears, self berating and general feeling rubbish, I have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The Dr recommended using light therapy as during our discussions (and looking back through past diaries) the low mood was found to be a recurring pattern during late Autumn and Winter months. I have to admit I was really sceptical, I just couldn't see how a light would make any difference at all. I decided to take vitamin D alongside the light therapy too. My husband did lots of thorough research online and we ended up buying a Redstone SAD Light Box. Apparently you need to buy a light of 10,000 Lux for it to be effective. So now I switch on my light for twenty minutes each morning whilst putting o...

I've been meaning to start a blog for quite some time, I'm not sure what made me finally decide to go for it, but here I am. I'm hoping to fill the space with things I've created including the inspiration and process behind them. I consider myself a creative individual and really love it when I stumble upon new things to try out. Sometimes it can go well but I've also had my fair share of epic fails too. I'm also hoping to write about how I keep myself happy, mental health is a really important subject to me. Being creative has been at the forefront of this and I'm lucky enough to be able to promote this in my work with children and young people. I love the outdoors, being surrounded by natural beauty and often use the excuse of walking Daisy, my French Bulldog, to get out in the fresh air. I'm often nagging at my two teenage children to get outdoors more but the lure of the computer screen is far to compelling for them. This is something I really wa...