Stacy Croninger
Hi friends!
The editorial team for Paper Crafts magazine is at the winter Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) trade show where manufacturers show us their new products. As much as I enjoy seeing the unveiling of their new designs, I think the biggest thing I walk away with is inspiration.
I love seeing the new colors, like these gorgeous yarns:
Or these fun chevron patterns in ribbon:
Or projects I want to make like these embroidery ring gems:
Inspiration definitely abounds here! My feet may be tired, but my brain is in over-drive processing the colors, designs, project possibilities, and more. I can’t wait to share the outcome from this inspiration in the coming months.
Where do you find your inspiration? I’d love to hear as well as how you remind yourself (do you keep a swatch journal, an inspiration book, or just have a great memory).
Have fun creating!
I often create based on a challenge. But the idea for the card takes awhile to come to fruition. Like, when various versions go through my head before I fall asleep. Or while I’m on a walk. And the final result sometimes morphs into something I hadn’t planned anyway!
Definitely Pinterest, magazines, and challenges. I do NOT have a great memory! lol
I find a lot of my inspiration from your magazine & the special issues you put out.
I find inspiration in many ways: I keep a sketch album; I keep an idea journal on my craft room desk and often bring it with me when I’m checking out blogs; and I belong to a card making group and often get ideas and inspiration from the other members. And NO, I don’t have a good memory – thus the need to keep things in journals/albums. : )
I keep a sketch journal and I love Pinterest!!!
Great ideas ladies!! Glad I’m not the only one wondering what happened to my memory!
I get my inspiration from the magazine, special issues, crafty blogs, shopping at craft stores and going to CK convention when it comes to town. Not a great memory, but sometimes “something” hits me and I get an idea for a project–could be a TV commercial, poster or just plants and flowers in my back yard.
Pinterest for sure!
Seriously, I get my inspiration mostly from Paper Crafts magazine and the blog.
I get a lot of inspiration from my pictures. I like to ‘stage’ my grandchildren sometimes with just the right pose, props or background. LOL I love magazines, blogs, pinterest and the GO TO GALS have lots going on.
I get inspiration by looking around me, definitely going to art and crafts stores is the best place to be for my imagination and creativity!
I get lots of inspiration from your magazine and keep every issue.
I also have a three-ring binder where I keep sketches and notes and samples of cards that inspire me. When I get in a slump, I go through the binder and find an element or color combo that triggers an idea.
I find my inspiration from blogs and magazines such as yours. And I keep track two ways – one in a notebook where I rip the pages from magazines, place in sheet protectors and categorize. For digital pics there’s pintrest.
I get inspiration from other crafters, several design websites, the PC calls, Etsy, Pinterest, typography in stores, online galleries, and the products at my LSS. I keep Pinterest boards, but I also have my own inspiration boards on my computer (card inspiration, design inspiration, colors, and sketches folders).
Love those chevron ribbons. Who makes them?