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It has been so long since I have posted. Things kind of fell apart for me for a while there. But I'm back in the saddle and anxious to look at everyone's blogs.

Saturday Giveaway

At That Creative Place Blog, the Saturday Giveaway this week is for a Vintaj Bracelet!

This week has been a week of Spring Cleaning, reevaluating my priorities, and trying to motivate myself to work creatively. The last part fell victim to the first two parts. I'm coming to realize that I can't just wait for inspiration, I have to keep working. I have the skills to create things even if they're not new, fresh ideas and that's what I want to do this week.

What do you do when you feel like inspiration has passed you by?

Giveaway at That Creative Place Blog

Just a reminder that our Saturday Giveaway is going on with two books by Christi Friesen this week!

Another View of the Magic Mushroom

Thanks for all of your responses on my Magic Mushroom. I did it with Marilyn Radzat's class at my website but still have to finish it. Here is the outside view as it sits on my worktable. My plans are to finish painting the rock path and edging (sculpted from Apoxie Sculpt) and add reindeer moss to the gourd base between the paths. I also have some mini mushrooms going to put on the base. It measures about 13" high.

WIPs

Inside top of my "Magic Mushroom"
One of my Works in Progress

WIPs (Works in Progress)

This seems to be a common aggravation of many artists and crafters: We start many things that we don't finish.

I think that there are two reasons that we don't finish projects:

• The amount of work needed to finish the work is overwhelming. Maybe we didn't realize how much work would be required when we started.
• We have simply lost interest and love for the project. There are no points here for finishing for the sake of finishing. If you don't love it, you are wasting your time.
  

I have several of WIPs myself and I actually had to let a lot of the old ones go. I chalk those projects up to a learning experience. I had to come to terms with the fact that I didn't have the passion to finish them. There is nothing wrong with letting an old project go because you're actually making room for the new projects that you will create with your honed skills.

For the projects that you do still love and want to finish, my suggestion is this:

1. Make a list of the projects that you still love and want to finish. (If you have too many, try to let a few go. It feels good to give away or simply throw away things that you don't love).
2. Place a checkmark by the one that you want to finish the most or at least first.
3. Ask yourself what one small thing you can do to progress on that project. So many times we become overwhelmed by the amount of work that we must put into a work to finish it. We can go under the radar of overwhelm by thinking of one tiny, little step to finish. And only do that tiny little step.
4. Repeat step 3 until your project is done.
5. Repeat steps 1-4.

The Inspiration of Poppies

It was Georgia O'Keefe's work that led me into the dream that I could be a full-time artist. In 1989, I saw an exhibition of her work, my very first trip to an art museum. My head swam with visions of her art and I something in me harmonized with her work and led me to know that Art was my passion. Her Poppies paintings are particularly favorites of mine and inspire me to look inside to my own expression.

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