A spoonful of creativity a day
Day 27
I did have to miss a day yesterday, which was a bit disappointing. I will add on an extra day, so that the last day of my challenge will be the 1st of October. This doesn't mean that I will stop being creative after this, I just might not post about it every day :)
A friend of ours, children's author Alan Silberberg was with us at at the Burlington Book Festival yesterday. During his presentation, he talked about his writing methods. He felt it was important to try to write something every day. It could be as simple as a few lines, a list or character sketches. But the point of the exercise is to physically write every day - exercise your writing muscles. He felt that this really helps his work to flow.
I think the same method can work for making artwork. Doing something creative every day, (no matter how small the spoonful) can be really beneficial. It becomes a habit and it has certainly made me feel more inspired and excited about creating.
As I mentioned the other day, I want to create a dioarama bedroom scene with the needle felted mouse that I made. I started with the bed, and made it out of scrapbooking card...
So that I could make it just the size I needed...
Then I made a mattress, pillow and a teeny patch work quilt...
Wakey, wakey, little mouse...
Time to get up...
Good morning!
Inspiring artist of the day: Rare Bird
Art on my desk: Vintage photograph of Ruth Miller, 1928.
C'est trop trop mignon.
That's sooooo sweet! I just love the way you've brough your little felted mouse to life. Your little felt critters have inspired me to have a go at needle felting. I've nearly finished a hare. I'll post him when he's done. Thanks so much for the inspiration! Jenny
OOOOOOOHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHH!!!!! I'm screaming with delight! This is utterly fantastic! How awesome???? Girl whether you pick up paint brush or pen, or felting needle or sewing machine it's all awesome and so beautiful. I can see and FEEL that you have a just found another media for this wonderful expression of yours! It screams your name and speaks to your soul cause I see it in the little mouse. His face expresses what's in your heart beautifully!!! I sense you can't even wait to get up so that you can start playing with it. It's Magical in a sense. You have jumped in the river of creativity and you are being carried along on it's wonderful current! Keep going Susan!! I'm so happy for you girly! So very, very happy! LOL!!! Something really big is going to come from this. Really, really big!!!
Adorable :)
could your work possibly get any cuter???
YES YES YES, I can totally see a book created in this way. It would be utterly adorable.
OMG - that mouse in the bed KILLS me!
too cute!!
Who is the beauty in the photograph? Is she a relative???
OMG he is the cutest thing EVER in LIFE!