What Inspires You?

Dinner is cooking away in the crockpot and I've got a few precious moments in the studio.  I'm off to blogland to visit you, dear readers!

I've had a dreadful cold the past few days and have spent much time sneezing into tissues and brewing hot tea.  My gran always recommended hot tea, lemon and a drop of honey for a cure.  I would love to have tried it, but alas, when the cold strikes, I NEVER have lemon or honey in my cupboards. 

So as much as I'd like to tell you that I've been productive over the last few days, I have not!  I'm just lacking the proper energy.  But I have been searching all over for inspiration.  Where do you find inspiration, friend?

I turn to magazines, online artists and fellow bloggers.  A few of my favorite mags are from Stampington, the Somerset magazines, http://www.stampington.com/magazines/index.php.  Oh, and not to forget my beloved Victoria magazine, http://www.victoriamag.com/.  (I'm working on links, I promise).  And a few favorite mixed media artists:  Melody Ross, Donna Downey, Christy Tomlinson, Alisa Burke, Tim Holtz, Nathalie Kalbach, Anna Dabrowska and many others.  And a few specials blogs that I love to follow for more wonderful art prompts:  http://margieromney-aslett.typepad.com, http://rhonnadesigns.blogspot.com, http://justsomethingimade.com, http://www.heidiswapp.com.  The talent just boggles my mind!

Share some of your best inspiration sources! 

Once I've got an idea in my head, generally, I either jot it down or make a quick sketch in my inspiration book.  I love that book so much.  It doesn't just contain my ideas, though.  I find that lots of things make it into The Book.  Grocery lists, to-do lists, inspirational quotes and generally, anything that needs to be emptied from my head.  I may have just heard a collective gasp from you sketch-book puritans.  So sorry to offend, but the only piece(s) of paper that I haven't managed to lose is this lovely book!!

Where do you keep your ideas?

And before I go down and start serving dinner, I'd love to share my fortune cookie message:

Choose Your Own Path.

I'm taping it into my sketch book...

Loves and hugs!!