Follow the Spark: My first Capsule Collection

The first month of the year is officially under my belt, and it came with a swirl of feelings.

I treated January as an intentional pause, still reflecting on 2025, saying quiet goodbyes, and clearing out anything that felt like it was dragging behind me. On paper, I had a plan: slowly ease into preparing for my February solo show.

But something else kept surfacing.

At first, I assumed it was a distraction—an interruption pulling me away from what I should be doing. But the longer it lingered, the clearer it became: it wasn’t a disruption at all. It was a creative spark.

This year, I’m letting my work follow creative sparks as they appear more often in the form of capsule collections: mini limited-edition sets of ideas as they exist. These capsule collections won’t be rigid or overly planned: they’ll be shaped by ideas that linger, return, and ask to be explored further in between my main art goals and projects.

There’s a quote or theory perhaps I’m always half-remembering about how ideas aren’t singular. They move. They bounce between people, waiting to be made. This one has been circling me for a while now.

Last year, that spark took the form of my first coloring book—a project I’d been nudged toward for some time before finally committing to it. When I did, I made it my own: a hybrid tool that fused my love of drawing, writing, and reflection through coloring pages and journal prompts. I titled it Don’t Stress, Just Create.

The intention was simple then, and it still is now: to create tools that hold space for creative minds. Tools that help move thoughts forward instead of letting them loop endlessly or get lost, something I actively navigate in my own practice.

Since releasing that first version, I’ve returned to it again and again. Small tweaks. New formats. Quiet refinements. Each time, the idea revealed a little more of itself.

As I started outlining my upcoming solo show, that familiar spark returned. Persistent, insistent, impossible to ignore. What I once might have called a nag was really just the idea asking to be followed again.

So instead of forcing myself to stick to the original plan, I listened.

A year ago, I designed the original book in about a month and released it digitally with one guiding thought: make it exist first, you can make it good later.

That permission mattered.

Over time, observation did the rest. Watching how people used it. Noticing what felt intuitive, what felt heavy, what wanted more space. Slowly, that single book expanded into something larger.

Don’t Stress, Just Create: The Creative Reset Kit

This first capsule collection of the year is a revamp of that original spark—now expanded into a more intentional, experiential suite.

What began as one book has grown into:

- A redesigned coloring book with 12 new illustrations

- A smaller, half-sized prompt journal meant to feel like a creative companion, not a workbook

- A blank dotted journal for sketching, journaling, expanding prompts, or making space for whatever’s next

I also allowed myself to explore stationery—sticker sheets and bookmarks that extend the experience beyond the page and into daily life.

The coloring book still pulls you into my world of dreamers—clouds, afros, and open skies, all wrapped in softness. The illustrations remain intentionally sketch-like rather than polished, inviting creative collaboration instead of perfection. Some pages are simple, while others are more detailed, offering options depending on your energy and size, at 8”x8” to create images that can be framed and hung right away.

The prompt journal stays compact on purpose. It isn’t here to fix your creativity or offer shortcuts. It’s a sidekick. The prompts ebb and flow with energy, influenced by moon cycles, action, and rest to meet you where you are. The book closes with a creative bingo-style page that gently encourages reflection to turn into action.

The blank journal does exactly what it needs to do: hold space.

Together, these pieces form a creative kit designed to meet you where you are.

And everything in this capsule was designed, printed, and assembled by hand in my home studio.

Capsule Collections: A New Way to Experience My Work

This is my first monthly capsule collection, and it exists because I chose to follow a spark instead of brushing it aside and telling myself I’d come back to it later.

That spark wasn’t loud or urgent—but it stayed. It lingered long enough to ask for care, revision, and time. What began as a single book became a place I kept returning to, each pass revealing something new about how I create and how I want to support others in their creative lives.

This capsule isn’t meant to solve anything. It’s not a hack on how to be an artist. It’s meant to hold space for a creative mind—to be used slowly, picked up and put down, revisited when needed, the same way it was created. A reminder that creative work doesn’t always arrive fully formed, and that growth can happen quietly, in layers.

Ask yourself: where can creative ideas take us if we let them lead instead of rushing them? Where could yours take you? What happens when we follow those moments of creative sparks?

January gave me an answer—not all at once, but repeatedly in the form of gentle "go on with it" nudges.  And now it exists in the real world and not just as an idea lingering in my head.

I invite you to experience it in a few ways:

Limited First Run — The Full Capsule

A small number of full Don’t Stress, Just Create capsule boxes are available in this first, in-studio release. Each box includes everything shown and is made in limited quantities.
→ View the capsule and purchase here 

Experience the Work in Person

Individual items from this capsule will be available at my free, self-curated art show February 20–22 in Avondale Estates, GA.
→ RSVP to the show

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