Heart a Day - Day 18

These paper garlands seem to be popping up everywhere - they're easy but a little tedious to make.  I used a heart paper cutter to cut out a bunch of hearts, sewed two together at a time, leaving a length of string in between each, then folded the hearts so they'd be three dimensional when done.  Just don't let them get tangled up!

Heart a Day - Day 15

Heart a Day 15, Butter Sandwich

This child eats at least one butter sandwich a day.  Not peanut butter, not jelly, just butter on bread.  I think I mentioned she is the pickiest eater the world has ever known.

Heart a Day - Day 14

Heart a Day, Day 14

This morning I was tweeting with Liz Smith from madeinlowell and took a peek in her Etsy shop - her cupcake pincushions are so sweet - so I made a little heart to hold my pins.  It's kind of gory if you think about it too much, so don't.  

One of my favorite aspects of this 365 project is finding inspiration in random places, like chatting online.  It makes me keep one creative eye open on a regular basis, which I think helps inspire my jewelry and photography.   I can't believe it's been two weeks already!

Where do you get your mojo when you're sick

Caught the Stringbean's cold - it is a full force, breathing through oatmeal, throat like sandpaper kinda cold. It's sapping my energy and has obliterated my creativity. Luckily I had a few items that needed to get listed - mindless cut and paste work - but when I sit down at my worktable, I got nothin.

What really sucks, other than my nostrils trying to sip air through a straw, is that the cold medicine makes me sleepless. So I have laid in bed the past two nights, exhausted yet wildly awake, brimming with jewelry ideas. Not very good ideas, but interesting stuff. I keep rolling over to my notebook to jot them down in the glow of the baby monitor - I love trying to decipher my chicken scratch in the morning, even better are my sketches!

So, this has got me thinking about where creativity goes. When we're tired, sick, worn down - where does it disappear to? Are other people more creative when they're not at their best? Like stereotypical drug fueled artists, or heavy drinking authors - they seem to get their best ideas when they aren't at peak health.

I can only hope to coax my creativity back once this mucus feast is over! Now is time for some therapeutic cream of wheat - and hopefully at least 7 uninterrupted hours of sleep.