A Tiny Paint Kit & a Creative Reset 🎨

I didn’t expect a tiny watercolor kit to feel… emotional.

^If you wanna watch^

But here we are.

For Valentine’s Day, Aaron got me the sweetest little travel watercolor set. It’s small enough to fit in my bag. Like, truly tiny. The kind of thing that makes you tilt your head and whisper, “Why is this so cute?”

But the size isn’t the point.

The point is what it represents.

Lately, I’ve been feeling that subtle pull we all feel. The constant screen. The constant input. The constant hum of “what’s next?”

I work in tech. I create online. I live in digital spaces. I love what I do.

But I also miss quiet.

I miss making something with my hands that no one is waiting on. No one is refreshing. No one is commenting on.

Just color and water and paper.

So I’ve been asking myself a question:

What would it look like to reset creatively… as a mom?

Not a productivity reset.
Not a business reset.
Not a “new year, new me” reset.

Just a gentle return to small creative joy.

This little watercolor kit has become that symbol.

It’s not about becoming an artist. It’s not about making perfect paintings. It’s not even about finishing anything.

It’s about pulling it out during a quiet pocket of the day. Ten minutes before school pickup. Fifteen minutes after bedtime. Five minutes while the boys are playing superheroes in the other room.

It’s about choosing pigment over scrolling.

Color over comparison.

Process over performance.

And I don’t know. That feels important.

Motherhood is loud. It’s beautiful and chaotic and full. But it’s also easy to lose the tiny pieces of yourself that existed before the snack requests and laundry piles.

This feels like reclaiming one of those pieces.

A creative mom reset.

Not dramatic. Not life-altering.

Just… small and intentional.

And maybe that’s enough.

If you’re in a season of needing a reset too, I’d love to know:

What small creative thing are you leaning into lately?

Watercolor? Puzzles? Journaling? Baking? Crocheting?

Tell me. I want to build a tiny creative rebellion club with you.

🎨 Courtny