Finding Inspiration

Some days I am hopelessly clueless when it comes to thinking up new designs. I get into a rut of sorts. I feel like I need to step outside the box and do something new or funky—something completely different. But I keep running head first into the brick wall in my mind—unable to come up with anything!
Other days, I have so many ideas swirling around inside my head that I feel a little manic! The frustration tends to escalate on those days because I never seem to come up with those really cool ideas on the days where I actually have plenty of time to sit down and put them to use. Ahh…the life of a crafter!

I find inspiration lurking around every corner. Whether it is something I’ve seen on the internet or in my daily travels, there’s usually something out there that peaks my interest and gets my creative juices flowing so to speak. The problem is putting those ideas to work. Am I the only one who has a perfect image in their head of how I want something to look (or act) but have simply no idea how to make that image a reality?

Some of my best ideas come to me in the shower. Perhaps it is because it is the only place where I’m not interrupted by ringing phones, emails, Facebook, work or other activities. The time spent in the shower is “my” time—a time I don’t have to share or interact with anyone else. Some days I wish I could just live in there!

So while taking a shower recently, I came up with the ribbon storage idea (see “Time Well Spent”) as well as a new idea to organize my leftover scraps of scrapbooking paper. I cleaned out a file cabinet and now I plan to label hanging file folders by color (in alphabetical order to satisfy my OCD). I will then store my scraps in these folders, arranged by color. This should certainly make it much easier to locate what I need a lot quicker. This, in turn, should make me more productive. Now if I can only find the time to put my plan in to action! I have set a goal…it will be done by the end of the week. I’ll keep you updated on my progress.

In the meantime, while thumbing through my box of hundreds of pieces of “scraps,” I found myself getting lost in creative thought—thinking about all the different projects I could use these scraps on. So instead of working on getting my filing cabinet set up, I couldn’t help but jump on my Cricut and whip up a few card projects:

Oh well, there’s always tomorrow, right?