Despite the fact I design for craft magazines, I want to let you into a little secret.....I find the creative process quite difficult. OOOOOOOKKKKKAAAAAYYYY BIG admission huh?
Quite often I lose my mojo and apart from my mag work ,my output isn't what you could call prolific.
I used to go to crops and sit there completely lost with no focus, I dragged stacks of stuff with me and then end up making the tea whilst other peeps rattled off two or three layouts.
Magazine projects usually take me a while because I agonise over what supplies to use and whether my editors will like the stuff I send - or just show them to the rest of the staff saying "look at this loada pants Currie has churned out this month!!!!".
I think I know the reason why the whole process takes so long. I am disorganised, my craft room is stocked up with lots of stuff I don't use anymore and so I can't see the woods for the trees when I come to choose supplies to use. Plus my whole system isn't working, I had stamping stuff and papers in lots of different places.
I had a Eureka! moment the other night reading a book called "The Organised and Inspired Scrapbooker", quite apart from drooling over the studios, the book is very useful. I actually think looking at other peoples gorge studios is like stash porn. Any-hoo I am not much of a scrapbooker, I am a card maker as you know, but this book is lovely, buy it if you can.
So I have spent some time over the last few days, reorganising all my stuff into more logical order and purging the old. I am not quite done yet, but I am getting there slowly, once I am there I'll be sharing pics and tips.
Last night I sorted my Bazzill and patterned paper, Alan managed to launch a full Cropper Hopper worth of papers down the stairs helping me (sheesh!) Anyway I had taken delivery of 3 new Cropper Hopper 12x12 paper holders courtesy of Sarahs Cards yesterday so all my paper is now organised.
I have 3 deadlines looming so last night I thought I would make a start on one at 10pm, and whaddya know? By 1:30 this morning I had done the whole project, I am totally knackered but so happy I got such a creative spurt, long may it continue.
On another note all together, check out this website, you'll need a Tena Lady by the end of it (caution - swearing...) http://www.peoplewhodeserveit.com/
1 comment:
Yeah that is the worst with the cropper hoppers if you over fill it which I have done everything falls out the a'se of them.
Looking forward to seeing your scraproom photos.
Iam needing to finish mine off too.
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