I'm an artist, surface pattern + fabric designer, author, mama, and online teacher in Portland, OR. I believe in the power of art-making as a tool for radical self-care. I help people feel a little bit brighter and a little bit less alone through the art and products I make, the words I write, and the classes I teach. Come join 18k+ people in my colorful, uplifting world!
Everything is always working out as it's supposed to
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Hi Reader! I hope you're having a wonderful week. I'm enjoying a quiet Thanksgiving week at home this year with my kiddos instead of traveling to see family like we often do (well, more like a "quiet" week – I hear C and G bickering about something in the background right now, which is pretty standard), and it's funny how things work out so perfectly sometimes... We loosely planned to go to California for Thanksgiving and then decided to go in December instead. Then we made plans for a friends-giving, and that ended up not materializing either. And then I decided it might be nice to just have a quiet Thanksgiving here at home, just the three of us, and be cozy all day and cook what we want. And last week I ended up getting sick (like, real sick, not just an annoying little cold) and I'm feeling somewhat better but it's been lingering for almost a week now, and if I had to travel or host a bunch of people at our house in a couple of days I'd probably be kinda dreading it. But instead, I get to just look forward to relaxing and being cozy at home! It's all working out exactly as it's supposed to. It's not always easy to see things that way in the moment. Things might not make sense sometimes. But I love how often when I look backward at how things have happened that all the pieces fit together so weirdly perfectly and the dots connect so much of the time. It reminds me that I can TRUST what's happening TRUST myself, and TRUST the universe and the great mystery of it all. Anyway, to all my fellow Americans – Happy Thanksgiving this week! LET'S BE FRIENDS ON IG!
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Jessica Swift.
I'm an artist, surface pattern + fabric designer, author, mama, and online teacher in Portland, OR. I believe in the power of art-making as a tool for radical self-care. I help people feel a little bit brighter and a little bit less alone through the art and products I make, the words I write, and the classes I teach. Come join 18k+ people in my colorful, uplifting world!
Hellooooo and happy Thursday! I wanted to send a gentle nudge your way today – not a push, not a "you don't want to miss this" – just a heartfelt invitation. My 100 Creative Days workshop begins very soon, and I keep thinking about how powerful it can be to choose creativity before you have it all figured out. You don’t need a perfect plan.You don’t need to know exactly what you’ll make or what you're doing.You don't need be a seasoned artist.You don’t need to be consistent yet. You just need...
Hi Reader – Last week I hinted that something special was coming… and today I'm pumped that I finally get to share it with you! I’m thrilled to introduce 100 Creative Days – a brand-new 100-day workshop designed to help you build a consistent creative practice, (re)connect with your inner artist, and ease into the new year feeling grounded, supported, and creatively alive. For 100 days, we’ll move through a simple rhythm together: show up, make something small, celebrate the process. You’ll...
Hey Reader – Happy Tuesday! I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that we're at the start of the holiday season... but, here we are! Seeing as how it's mid-November already, I'm excited to finally share with you that my 2026 calendars are now available. Yay! This year's calendar is filled with drawings and paintings created inside my sketchbooks, to take you through the darker days of winter, through the fresh energy of spring, the ripeness of summer, the mellowing of the...