The Great Inspiration Friday (TGIF)

Ahhh...we have made it to another Friday. I work in a lovely office during the week--but on the weekends, and some week nights when I have the energy, I am stitching, cutting, gluing, drawing, writing, cooking, gardening, and creating something.

Probably, because this is not a paid position, but rather a passion, I'm pretty driven. It's just something inside your soul that wants to be expressed. And Fridays are a great time to power up your inspiration for your weekend crafting.

So, I've renamed TGIF - The Great Inspiration Friday. Where do you get inspired? I find it everywhere. I get out my craft books, magazines...I go to Barnes & Noble and browse around...I look at all the blogs I follow...and I always love a weekend trip to Michaels or Hobby Lobby. They offer coupons every week, so I keep a perpetual shopping list of what I'm going to need now and in the future, so that I can eventually get all the things on my list at 40 or 50 percent off the retail price. Good idea, right?

One Friday, I started watching Etsy TV on YouTube...that was awesome inspiration to see all of those amazing artists and crafters and what they will do and sacrifice to follow their passion.

I love to spend an afternoon at a good arts and crafts fair too! I'm sure we all do. And sometimes I just walk around my house and find things to embroider or sketch out. And as a blogger, there is always that magical time of day when the sun is just right and you have your little photoshoot. I have to have the sun--I will not shoot with flash. I have a white table I love to photograph things on when I'm shooting my creations--and I like to take it outside to my dark brown wicker coffee table. I just put a fresh coat of white linen paint on a pullout surface in my crafty desk, because in the afternoon sun coming through that window, it's a great place to photograph. Writing about my stitching and creating I think motivates me to keep it going, find new ideas, and create more. It's like feeding the soul and nourishing the heart. Now...if I just didn't have to make myself get on the darn treadmill every morning! But I do love watching a good Meryl Streep movie while I'm on the TM.

It's no secret that Saturday is my absolute favorite day of the week--so I dearly love Friday...a day full of hope and inspiration...the yellow brick road to my rainbow.

Eat, Write, Dream, and Stitch all weekend.