Inspiration Strikes!

Inspiration. Where does it come from? When you can't find it... Where has it been? Sometimes it eludes me and other times is a flood that can barely be contained. In those times when inspiration seems to be hiding, I've always thought it would be useful to have a bit stored in a jar or hidden in a coat pocket. This got me to thinking about what inspires me. Nature is a wealth of inspiration. My kids do and say things by the minute that inspire me. Before I had little ones performing magic on a daily basis, I had more time to create and explore designs and mediums. One way that was fun to create was to pull pages from a magazine and just start cutting and arranging. Shapes, colors, texture, hue... All the things you were presented in a design class would be right there in front of you. Wheeeee! I've had this idea in the back of my mind for a few years, to create a deck of cards to pull out for inspiration.... It has taken a long time but I finally designed a pack of 25 cards to "play" and design with. Shuffle, arrange, play....