a little change...

 A few weeks ago, I was having a bit of a dry spell. I felt uninspired and suddenly I felt my head, once full with creative ideas, blank. The right thing to do is not force it and just wait for inspiration to hit. I'm not good at that- I tend to try to work through it. So, I decided to really change things up and started with an 8 1/2 X 11 inch page instead of 12X12. That was all it took...the ideas started puring out.

 I also wanted to be a little more artsy on my pages- so I got out my water colors and painted the inside of my stamped letters (from Studio Calico).  I typically love using just one photo- and the smaller size paper made it really easy to for my layouts to come together.

 Because I typically use some of the same elements in all of my layouts: shipping tags, paper doilies and alpha stamps, my pages still felt like "my style".  Even more so, really!

 But, that's not to say I'll never use 12X12 inch paper again. For right now, this was the exact change I needed.

All of these pages were made using Crate Paper's "Story Teller." Having a great line to work with helps with inspiration, too!

And because I was so intent on sparking some creativity and trying something new, I started an art journal where I'll make mixed-media art. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time. I have a lot of supplies that I knew would be great for mixed-media, but they were all spread out throughout my craft room. So first things first, I spent two days reorganizing my art supplies, stamps and stencils into a designated space just for mixed-media! How great is that?! My hubby keeps calling it my "multi-purpose" space because he can't remember "mixed-media." LOL.

I'll share pictures of my space and my work soon. It's been so much fun to do something new!