School germs....

I had such good intentions this week about blogging everyday. But what I wasn't considering was the fact that Jacob went back to school last week, which meant that this week I have had a cold from his sharing of the new school germs.

UGH, but I am on the mend now and feeling MUCH better than I have been for the last couple of days. I even got to create last night!! So good for the body and soul...that creating...I think that it works as good as chicken soup any day!

So, now the debate is...do I create the hard-thinking, long-winded post that I have been planning or one of my regular light posts? Not too sure if I have had enough coffee or my brain is clear enough of the cold fog to do the more thought provoking post, but I may just give it a shot here....

The other night I started reading the book, Living the Creative Life, that I talked about in my previous post. (BTW, I still haven't made it too far into it, but I am still giving it 2 thumbs up so far!) I was reading the intro and was shocked to see that the author is from my hometown of Midland, TX so I immediately got onto her blog and sent her a comment. Immediately after, I had a huge feeling of regret at doing so. Not because of anything that she did, but because I knew that she would probably visit my blog.

Now I am very secure in what I do/create, but I had this huge sense of inadequacy when compared to the artist's that she is used to looking at. I feel that there are all different levels/types of artists and what she is used to looking at are the artsy artists. I am definitely NOT an artsy artist. I admire them a GREAT deal and am always trying to find ways to develop that side of my artistic ability because I REALLY admire that ability, but it takes a LOT of work for me and at this point in my life, if I want to create, it tends to stay a bit more simplistic and I am okay with that.

So that led my train of thought...why was I feeling so many insecurities that this lady may visit my blog? There's no good reason. Finding creativity is a process that every artist has to go through whatever your level of skill.

When I first started this blog, it was a means to boost my creativity and still is. I had started out doing creative prompts and somewhere along the way (I am thinking about the time that I got pregnant and my mojo fled) they stopped. I am debating starting those up again, but right now am using the product challenges as my creative prompts for myself. So the point of all this rambling? NO IDEA! LOL! But it seemed like something that I needed to share. Do you have any thoughts on the subject? If so, I would love to hear them!!

So, now on to what we all love...the sharing of art. These are my creations from yesterday...

This first layout is a layout of all my siblings (minus David whom I don't have any photos like this :( )getting baby snuggles from Kat. This is using one of the new Daisy D's line and I just love this group of products!!! Exactly my style!!!


This layout is using a couple of photos of Kat that I had printed for another project that I didn't end up using. I really like the contrast of the b&w photos with the colors of these Cosmo Cricket Dutch Girl papers so I used them for this. Both photos are taken from right around her 2 month old mark. I love that close-up head shot because she looks more like my baby photos there and everyone says that she looks like Jacob who looks like Ben... so I grasp at any little thing that points at one of these kids being mine (despite the fact that I actually gave birth to them). LOL!

This final project is a card using this week's CPS sketch. I was so excited to see that two of my favorite sites (Create My Keepsake and CPS) teamed up so I just had to do the sketch (not that that is ever a hardship...BTW, Kara, help! How do you phrase that so that there are not two that's in the sentence???) More Cosmo Cricket Dutch Girl line and WRMK ribbons:


That's it for today! I hope that you all are finding some time to create this weekend.
smiles,
christi