There is nothing more important I can think of to say to you tonight than – thanks! Thank you for being a friend, for listening to me, for sharing your life with me, for providing inspiration when I visit your blogs, for being part of my world. You matter to me. The last few weeks have been busy, and art-free, and I’m likely to keep being so busy for a while yet – knowing you are out there creating away feeds my soul. Thanks.
I have spent the afternoon looking at, and thinking about, what inspires me. I have flicked through old art journals, magazines, art supplies and read a few blogs. Here’s some thoughts on what inspires me. What inspires you?
As many of you know, I have to really limit my art making time this year, due to other commitments. But that doesn’t mean no art; that wouldn’t be good for me, or for the people around me. I’ve been following Tim Holtz‘s blog lately as I really like his style. I loved his 12 tags of Christmas but didn’t have the time to tackle them. I already have a few of his Distress Inks and love using them so hopped on Ebay and did some shopping. Guess what turned up in the mail this week? That’s right – pretty little things in bottles and stamp pads – gorgeous temptations to get my hands dirty…heaven 🙂
This month, over at the GPP Street Team site, Michelle asks us to turn to-do into ta-da! Instead of coming up with a whole lot of resolutions for 2012, she suggests celebrating our successes from 2011. Although I do have some specific goals in mind for 2012, I was more than happy to look back over 2011. I had a quick shot at it a few posts back, but Michelle was suggesting something a bit more, well, rigorous. I have done two lists – the public one is seen here on the layout that’ll go into my personal album – it’s A4 layouts, unlike my usual 12x12s, and is designed for stuff that’s important only to me. I record things like my reaction to huge world events, changes at work, personal goals or disappointments. Anyway, behind the patterned paper there’s some other ta-da’s listed, ones that are a bit more personal, tucked away for me to remember in years to come. My scanner has decided to cut one edge off no mater what I do – sigh…
It was so hot the other night everyone had an ice block, and I had a small tub of ice cream. Somehow, I got the messiest face. Not sure why…
Cath Sheard Art 