Creative Dawn

I was looking at a magazine and started to doodle because of a picture that inspired me.  It was a peacock design with a seventies style and it was really cool.  I tried different techniques but ended up using some of my standby design element.  The green paper really enhanced the picture and after adding the white then paisley borders it stood out even more.  It is in a way complex but so simple.  In the back of my mind there are a few more ideas involving this type of bird design.  Maybe in felt...hmm...  Just kidding about the felt, but I just had to mention it.  LOL Side note for the day, being in the state of hockey, Minnesota, it was sad when I heard the news about Derek Boogaard.  It was fun to watch him when he was with the Wild and will be greatly missed.  Thanks for the memories.

Some days I get up and have no idea what the blog will be about, that was today.  I went to work, came home, made dinner, checked my email and then thought about what to do.  While I was watching a movie with my husband I was looking through catalogs and trying to get some kind of inspiration.  It wasn't happening.  Finally I grabbed some paper and was going to start doodling when I came across this letterhead with a fish motif.  That was my inspiration!  After drawing a few fish it came to me, what if I drew the fish and then cut out the shape.  After it was finished, I surprised myself.  It is something that a year ago would have never came to me, but since starting this blog, some great ideas have poured out of me.  I got the frame from the Goodwill and painted it.  The saying that was in the frame originally was great so it was set aside for a future project. 

Last night while I was watching a movie with my husband I felt the need to do something but could come up with any ideas.  This is what happened, I grabbed my notebook and just started to doodle.  I ended up filling the entire back cover.  It can really help to get the creative juices flowing by just mindlessly scribbling and filling a pages with squiggles and miscellaneous blobs.  After a while it was like a game to come up with a new shape.  Get that brain working! On to the post for today.  Let me say something about winter, ARRRRRRRRGGGGG!  Is is over yet?  To fight off the chill sometimes you need to think about hanging out on a beach with a tropical drink.  I know the drinks are cold, but this is a mindset.  Margaritas, pina coladas and mai tais, give me a cocktail in a fun glass with an umbrella and I am there!  So, today we have a set of four cocktail cards.  Send one of these to a friend with a note to meet for drink...

I think this is a plastic grocery bag holder.  Put the bags in a hole on top and then dispense from the front.  Not sure, but that is my best guess.  I forgot to take a photo before the base coat of paint, but you can see that it had an apple design, a country motif.  After several coats of red, I taped of the top and made a checkerboard border.  Then made a heart stencil for the bottom and just did my favorite 'doodle' design. I am still not sure what to do with it, but I think it looks better.