✨ The Brilliance Report - Issue No. 36
Fresh perspective and practical ideas to brighten everyday life
Hi Reader!
Have you ever gone through your normal routine and thought, “This could be better”?
Not because anything is terribly wrong. Maybe something just isn’t working as well as it could. Or perhaps part of your day has become so routine that you’ve stopped thinking about whether you actually enjoy it.
I’ve been thinking about that lately.
We’re often tempted to believe that making life better requires a big change, a big plan, or some brilliant new idea.
But sometimes it doesn’t.
Sometimes one thoughtful change can make an ordinary part of your day easier, prettier, more enjoyable, or simply more you.
And those little touches matter.
💡 This Week’s Thought:
You don’t have to change everything to make something better. Sometimes one thoughtful choice can change the way an entire experience feels.
That applies to our homes, our work, the things we create, and even the way we move through an ordinary Tuesday.
🎨 In the Studio:
There’s been a lot happening behind the scenes at Art Brilliance Studio lately!
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time working on the website and thinking about how all the different pieces of Art Brilliance Studio fit together.
And I’ll tell you, not all creative work looks particularly creative from the outside.
Sometimes it’s organizing. Sometimes it’s sorting through ideas. Sometimes it’s making decisions about what belongs, what doesn’t, and how to explain something so that it actually makes sense to the people I’m creating it for.
But I’ve been enjoying seeing the pieces begin to come together.
One thing has become especially clear to me through this process. I want the things I create to bring creativity, beauty, and joy into everyday life.
Sometimes that might be something useful. Sometimes encouraging. Sometimes beautiful. And sometimes it’s simply something that makes an ordinary day feel a little brighter.
There’s still plenty happening behind the scenes, and I’m excited about where it’s going. Things such as an upcoming bundle I am a contributor in, an email will be coming in the next few days with more info about that, and I’m looking forward to sharing more with you as everything all comes together!
🌸 Business Strategies for Makers + PLR Sellers:
Every once in a while, it’s worth looking beyond the next product and asking whether what you’re creating still fits the business you actually want to build.
You don’t need a complicated planning session to do that.
- Look at your last three creations. Put them side by side and ask what they have in common. Do they serve similar people? Solve related problems? Feel like they belong to the same business? You may spot a pattern that’s worth building on.
- Check the purpose before you start. When a new idea pops up, decide what role it would play. Is it attracting new customers? Helping an existing customer? Supporting another product? Filling a real gap? A good idea becomes much easier to evaluate when you know what job it’s supposed to do.
- Make your value easier to understand. Choose one product or resource and describe its benefit in one simple sentence. If that sentence is difficult to write, that’s useful information. Your customer shouldn’t have to work hard to understand why something is for them.
Sometimes stepping back for a few minutes helps us move forward with much better direction.
🌼 Inspiration for Everyone:
Now let’s bring this out of the business world, because I think there’s a fun way all of us can use this idea.
- Choose one ordinary part of your day that you experience over and over.
Then give it one thoughtful upgrade.
- If mornings always feel rushed, set out your favorite mug (mine is either my butterfly or my angel mug) and breakfast things the night before so there’s one less decision waiting for you.
- If there’s a spot in your home you walk past every day that feels blah, add something you genuinely enjoy looking at. A photograph, a little plant, a piece of art, a pretty bowl, or something meaningful to you.
- If you have an everyday routine you don’t particularly enjoy, pair it with something you do. Put on music while making dinner, listen to something interesting while folding laundry, or take your afternoon coffee somewhere you can enjoy the view.
It doesn’t have to be impressive.
It just needs to make your real life a little nicer.
🌸 Creative Nudge:
Pick one thing you use every day and personalize it in some small way.
Change your phone wallpaper to a photo that makes you smile (I do this all the time). Add a handwritten note to your planner. Put fresh flowers or a few garden clippings in a jar. Make a pretty bookmark for the book you’re reading. Add a favorite photograph to your desk.
Give something ordinary a little personality.
Then enjoy it.
🌼 Mini Reflection:
“The details are not the details. They make the design.” — Charles Eames
I’ve been reminded of that quite a bit while working behind the scenes lately.
The things that make something feel special aren’t always the biggest things.
Sometimes it’s the way the pieces fit together. The extra thought someone put into something. The color that makes you smile. The easier way of doing something you do every day.
Those details aren’t insignificant.
They’re part of what makes our homes, our work, our creations, and our lives feel like our own.
So here’s to noticing the ordinary this week and finding one way to make it just a little more brilliant.
🌸 Wrap Up/Your Next Step:
Before this week gets away from you, notice one moment in your regular routine that could use a little more ease, beauty, or enjoyment.
Then change one thing about it.
That’s it.
You aren’t redesigning your life. You’re paying attention to the life you’re already living and making one part of it better.
Until next time,
Melinda
Art Brilliance Studio | Thoughtful resources for purposeful living and business
If you’re looking for printables, creative resources, artwork, or other tools that can help you add a little more usefulness, creativity, or beauty to your everyday life, I’ve shared some favorites below.
Take a look and choose what genuinely fits you.
My email at times contain affiliate links. If you purchase through my links I may receive a small commission at no cost to you.
🎨 Affiliate Corner:
Here are resources from people I trust and products I love that you might find helpful:
🌼 For my PLR + small business friends:
1) Teachery has its lifetime offer! Last couple of days to save $200!
I was looking into a platform to contain everything I sell and that has room for me to grow with unlimited space for courses and memberships/communities and found Teachery. They are coming out with a new 4.0 version. I watched the demos and actually was super excited to purchase it! I really want to set it up now but am waiting till it rolls out so I won’t have to migrate anything. If you purchase it now, all the new features will be there when it rolls out in October.
So heads up if you have been thinking about Teachery: the $750 “Founding Member” Lifetime Deal is retiring on Tuesday, September 15 and increasing to $950.
That $200 jump is the main reason I would not wait if Teachery is already on your radar.
All Lifetime buyers also get Teachery 4.0 included when it launches, with communities, memberships, PayPal, better customization, and a faster mobile-friendly rebuild.
If you want to sell courses, digital products, hubs, or community without adding another monthly platform bill, this is the best window to get in.
👉 Interested in the Lifetime Deal, click here.
👉 Teachery Features: Take a tour of everything Teachery can do: click here.
2) Rachel from Rural Meanings has the PLR Mountain Pocket Trio.
Only $7 USD (regularly $17 USD) until September 13th, 2026 at 11:59pm PST.
Bring the charm of a tiny mountain town to your paper crafts with a pocket made for collecting little treasures, gift card holders made for gifting, and a corner bookmark made for wandering through the pages of your favorite books. It’s a ready to customize Canva template, with most elements designed using frames so you can quickly make the designs your own with your branding, colours, images, textures, or patterns. Whether you're creating memorable gifts, adding something fun to your paper crafting projects, or looking for something distinctive to sell in your shop, the PLR Mountain Pocket Trio give you three coordinating ways to create something special. With PLR you can easily customize, rebrand, and make it your own to sell!
👉 Grab the PLR Mountain Pocket Trio here.
3) Shannon from Digitally Yours Today has the Thanksgiving Whimsy Creator Kit. Now only $17 USD (total value $135 USD).
A beautifully coordinated collection of ready to use images, seamless patterns, note cards, tags, and design assets, so you can spend less time starting from scratch and more time turning your ideas into pretty, polished products.
Includes:
- Square Images, Letter Sized Images, & Seamless Digital Papers
- Ephemera Elements, Note Cards, & Whimsy Tags
All with Master Resell Rights.
👉 Get it here.
And she has Christmas Placemats.
👉 Get them here.
4) Shannon from Digitally Yours Today also has the DYT Clip Art Membership.
Her goal is to help you spend less time wondering what to do next and more time creating products, listing them, and growing your business with confidence.
That's why her membership now includes 4 beginner-friendly guides, a PLR Content Calendar, a searchable Q&A Library, Custom GPT Assistants, and her UNSCATTERED Method, all designed to help you move forward without feeling overwhelmed.
And of course, you'll continue receiving new clip art and a bonus product every month, in addition to the vault of 43 clip art sets!
The membership price will increase this fall, but you can lock in the current price today.
Join for only $11/ month or $110/year!
👉 Get it here.
5) Carrie from Peaceful Passive Income also has the Cute Clipart Club .
The Cute Clipart Club currently includes...
- 3 new clipart sets each month (100+ images worth $44/month)
- Access to the Clipart Vault (with 5000+ images)
- Monthly bonus content (PLR templates, trainings, etc.) (worth $9 – 37 / month)
- Monthly opportunities to promote products you create using clipart from the membership!
👉 Join here .
🦋 Freebies:
Mrs. Blanks has the Clipart Cashout workshop. The free 90-minute live workshop is happening: Saturday, September 26, 2026
12 p.m. Eastern / 9 a.m. Pacific
What Clipart Cashout is about:
During the workshop, she’ll help you look at the clipart you already own and uncover giftable printable products people would actually want to buy.
You’ll follow along as she builds a Surprise Trip Reveal Ticket in Canva.
The travel ticket is just one example. The same method can be used for teacher gifts, birthdays, milestones, family keepsakes, kids' activities, holiday gifts, encouragement products, experience reveals and all kinds of other giftable printables.
👉 Sign up for the Clipart Cashout workshop here.
Ready to make it even easier? Grab the VIP Pass for only $25 USD! Includes Cashout Opportunity Finder, Printable Gift Playbook, Cashout Tracker, Adventure Awaits Clipart, VIP setup help, & 3 day early access.
- Plus purchase before Friday, September 25, 2026 at 11:59pm PST and receive a $27 Mrs. Blanks shop coupon.
👉 Get the VIP Pass here.
🦋 For my faith-based friends:
1) Shannon from Digitally Yours Today has The Martha 2.0 Faith-Based Bundle. If you missed the free bundle you can still get access to all 28 Christ-centered resources by purchasing the VIP Experience and receive access to the bundle resources along with the additional VIP resources and support.
👉 Get access to the VIP Experience here.
2) Faith Lee of Faith’s Biz Academy has an Abide and Build Fellowship:
The purpose of the Abide & Build Fellowship is to provide a safe space for female Christian entrepreneurs from all over the world to forge friendships and support each other on the journey of online entrepreneurship while placing God at the center of business endeavors.
There have been a few fellowship sessions so far and you are invited to join our upcoming one! The next one is this Monday, September 14th.
It's FREE. All are welcome.
Come as you are. =) 👉 Sign up here .
A little about myself:
My name is Melinda. I am a mom to my beautiful, talented daughter, and I also have a feisty little white dog. I am an artist, and my faith is important to me. I love gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, yummy dark chocolate, pretty flowers, and colorful butterflies. I have always loved art! I am a Certified Creatively Fit Coach (CCFC) and have collaborated with my fellow CCFC friends to become a published coloring book illustrator! I have an Etsy shop with personal printables, PLR templates and print on demand products - many of which contain designs from my original artwork! I am a digital content provider. I believe we are the artists and creators of our lives!
My artistic endeavors have given me the wonderful opportunity to connect with creative people from all over the world, including YOU!
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