inspiration monday

sometimes when you're crunched for inspiration, 

just think about your favorite shape..... 

and ask yourself
"i wonder how many journal pages i can fill using this shape?"

there are lots of fun shapey things in our everyday lives that
you can add to your journal.....

and don't forget to look to
your imagination for good ideas, too!

and when you've found lots of fun things inside the house,

let inspiration lead you out into the garden.....

(but watch your step,
because you never know what's lurking out there!)

 when you've filled your journal pages with lots of shapey goodness,
i'll bet you'll have an inspiration lightbulb over your head......
and you'll be so full of great ideas, you won't know which one to start first!


{this circle-safari was created in my strathmore visual journal for mixed media using micron pens, koi watercolors, derwent watercolor pencils,  water brush, 4B graphite pencil}

around the house

the other day in this post i mentioned that i tend to be very "grid oriented and in-the-box". i don't think i realized how grid oriented i really am until i started looking around my house. i've got grids in my studio bookcases.....

at the end of my work table....

and on the wall!

then i noticed that it has spilled down the stairs into the family room....

and even into the kitchen (yikes!)!!

and just when i was about to give up and declare myself a total square, i found a circle in the living room (please overlook the fact that the chairs are arranged around the circle... in a square)! power to the circle!!

:))