Amanda R Kelly Artist

25/08/2026

25/08/2026

🌈 **Creative Wellbeing 🎨**

A little time with my little sister, my mam and my nephew, taking time to slow down and reconnect. 💕

We began with a gentle **Rainbow Healing Meditation**, calming breathwork and colour visualisation, then brought those colours and feelings into a relaxing **Zentangle-inspired drawing session**.

✨ Calming the mind through creativity can be a beautiful way to unwind when we feel stressed, overwhelmed or have an overactive mind.

Just like yoga and exercise can help us look after ourselves, **creative time can help us pause, relax and reconnect — mind, body and soul.** 🌈🎨💗

No artistic experience needed. Just  need to  arrive , relax, create and enjoy the moment.

27/07/2026

The most magical birthday surprise: a London getaway to see Frida Kahlo at the Tate Modern 🎂✈️

Seeing her iconic paintings, raw sketches, and stunning clothes up close was unforgettable. The exhibition beautifully maps her world—from the people who shaped her art to the millions she continues to inspire today. A reminder of why she remains the ultimate inspiration ✨❤️

02/06/2026

04/04/2026

I made Roman blinds with my mam — measuring, cutting, stitching, trusting the process as much as the pattern.

When I brought them home, they were an inch too small.
An inch… but enough to feel like a failure.

So I listened to the mistake.
I added strips of blue velvet down each side, echoing the soft rhythm of the bobble trim at the bottom — and somehow, the flaw became the feature.

A happy accident.
A perfect mistake.

I’ve learned to see failure differently:
FAIL = First Attempt In Life.

In art, we get to respond, to reshape, to reimagine.
Even when precision matters, there’s still space for intuition to step in and say, *what if this is better?*

This time, it was.
Better than the plan.

I also made a matching pelmet built from an old election poster, wrapped and transformed, layer by layer into something new.

There’s something powerful in that
taking what was,
and making it into something beautiful.

Swipe to see some of the process.

31/03/2026

“She Believes in Butterflies” 🦋💕

I made this for someone very special.

She believes that when butterflies appear, our loved ones are near… and I wanted to capture that feeling in something you hold dear.

This piece was printed onto fabric, then free-motion stitched, and carefully lifted from the frame so it almost floats — like it’s about to take flight.

Built with intention:
pink for love, gold for light, jade green for healing, and white for peace 🤍

Some pieces aren’t just art… they’re connection.

29/03/2026

Bringing the room into conversation with itself.

Handmade bench cushion upholstered , four smaller cushions, and re-covered chairs — all will tie in with the larger piece in the sitting room and the Roman blinds, which I'm almost finished.

That corners nearly broke me on the bench seat cushion … but I got there.

It’s the details that hold everything together. Matchy matchy .. 😆 images show how I made it step by step.

18/03/2026

Slowly slowly wins the race… ✨

I’ve been reworking my kitchen chairs, to match the cushions I made with me ma, tying them in with the blinds I’m working on — all part of bringing colour, warmth, and a bit of life back into the house. Goodbye dull grey and white… bored.com 😆

My ADHD brain is always racing ahead, wanting everything finished yesterday, jumping between the 6 projects on the go (and the 100 more in my head). But I’m learning patience — listening to my body, especially while I’m still recovering from surgery. Creating, but gently.

Sometimes I forget to take “before” photos because I just go — I get lost in it. It’s instinctive, messy, and alive. But I’ll share what I can — the after, the in-between, the bits that tell the story.

I also varnished the table and chairs, giving them a new life to match the energy I’m bringing into the space.

This feels like more than decorating — it’s memory, colour, and a bit of home stitched into everything. 🎨

10/03/2026

Vision board workshop with tomorrow in St Matthews centre ballyfermot. Only a couple of places left. It is an amazing workshop.