Never being very good at inventing crafts,
I am always on a quest for new ideas or inspiration. Pinterest has been great
for this as well as allowing me the ability to collect and catalog ideas for
future reference.
Another way to find inspiration is to tear
things out of catalogs and keep them in an inspiration journal.
How many craft
magazines do you have stored for a project you want to do some day? I used to,
and there may have been one or two ideas in the whole magazine that I really
wanted to do. So I started pulling those things out and using the magazine or
catalog for other things or offering them on freecycle. No more clutter!
My inspiration journal is now going to be
digital. If you do go digital, be sure to have a backup system. I find ideas in
magazines, online, in gift shops, at garden shops, and department stores. Most
people have a cell phone and it is so easy to snap a picture for future use. I
love going to Lowe’s to take pictures of the flowers to use in my paintings as
a reference tool.
You do not have to be creative to create,
just copy, or use an idea to kick-start your creative side.
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