....and this is what broke that rut I was stuck in.
I have not been creative since last fall. Not a craft
item, no cards, nothing crafty...I haven't even completed
a scrapbook page, sigh! you should see the
stack of pictures, it would circle the earth once..(ok so
I might be exaggerating a bit, just a bit) Ok for those
of you who are thinking "seriously Deb, I have years of
pictures to do" just remember the compulsively organized
brain of mine in going into shock that I don't have
Christmas done! You know how I am.
Oh, I've tried, pulled stuff out looked at it and just walked
away, major creativity block. Even rearranging my "space"
didn't work, and so I just simply let it go. Thinking if I never
scrapped another page than "Que Sera Sera" ok I did have
moments when I didn't want to look at the pile of scrapping
supplies, wondering which child's college education they could
have paid for...ok I wish that were an exaggeration :) Simply none of the old tricks that
in the past have jogged me out of a rut seemed to be working, it was in a word sad!
Then Kelly called, she wanted a candy jar like the one I had sent her last fall. That was in early
December...I blocked it, avoided it, tried to make one, and then just simply ignored the request.
She was quite patient with me...only asking once how it was going.. I said I couldn't start since I didn't
have a jar. When I finally did buy the jar, well that required two trips to Target, since the first one
decided to jump out of the van and shatter into a million little pieces in the parking lot of Michael's.
Sigh, it wasn't a good sign. So it has sat on the counter, taunting me, mocking me, guilting me. Yesterday
I decided enough already, and Voila! in 30 minutes it was complete.
and what a floodgate it opened, I have pages stacked and ready to scrap, pictures are organized, projects
are floating around in my head, I am ready to cut paper and play with glue all in the name of art. And
that is just so cool!
I have not been creative since last fall. Not a craft
item, no cards, nothing crafty...I haven't even completed
a scrapbook page, sigh! you should see the
stack of pictures, it would circle the earth once..(ok so
I might be exaggerating a bit, just a bit) Ok for those
of you who are thinking "seriously Deb, I have years of
pictures to do" just remember the compulsively organized
brain of mine in going into shock that I don't have
Christmas done! You know how I am.
Oh, I've tried, pulled stuff out looked at it and just walked
away, major creativity block. Even rearranging my "space"
didn't work, and so I just simply let it go. Thinking if I never
scrapped another page than "Que Sera Sera" ok I did have
moments when I didn't want to look at the pile of scrapping
supplies, wondering which child's college education they could
have paid for...ok I wish that were an exaggeration :) Simply none of the old tricks that
in the past have jogged me out of a rut seemed to be working, it was in a word sad!
Then Kelly called, she wanted a candy jar like the one I had sent her last fall. That was in early
December...I blocked it, avoided it, tried to make one, and then just simply ignored the request.
She was quite patient with me...only asking once how it was going.. I said I couldn't start since I didn't
have a jar. When I finally did buy the jar, well that required two trips to Target, since the first one
decided to jump out of the van and shatter into a million little pieces in the parking lot of Michael's.
Sigh, it wasn't a good sign. So it has sat on the counter, taunting me, mocking me, guilting me. Yesterday
I decided enough already, and Voila! in 30 minutes it was complete.
and what a floodgate it opened, I have pages stacked and ready to scrap, pictures are organized, projects
are floating around in my head, I am ready to cut paper and play with glue all in the name of art. And
that is just so cool!
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