Creative Thought o the Day - 2/18/10

Handmade with love from me to you,
I sprinkle warmth and caring into the glue.
With theses things holding it together --
Just like our friendship --
It will last through any weather.

Creative Thought o the Day - 1/30/10

Words and pictures can work togther to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

~~ William Allard ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 9/18/09

Allow that creation to be a creation. It's not a measure of your talent. It has naught to do with your worth.
~~ Angi Sullins ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 7/31/09

Inspiration is not just some flight of fancy. It is the air you breathe; the water you gulp down when you are thirsty; the bread that fills your belly. The process and products of your creative work will feed your soul, if you let them.
~~ Molly Anderson-Childers ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 7/22/09

For me, art (specifically scrapbooking) is the excitement of the hidden, the unseen, the unknown -- always there waiting to be discovered.

Creative Thought of the Day - 7/15/09

It is hard to get too carried away with yourself as an artist when you’re picking up dog poop in the backyard.
~~ Loren Long ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 7/10/09

A woman who works with her hands is a laborer.
A woman who works with her hands and head is a craftsman.
A woman who works with her hands, head, and heart is an artist.
~~ Author Unknown ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 4/30/09

Scrapbooking and design go hand in hand. As designers and scrapbookers, we use color, pattern, texture, repetition, focus, context, shape, proportion, photography and type to convey our message.
~ Brian Tippetts ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 4/15/09

No one can give you a belief. You have to create or adopt it all on your own.
~~ Valery Satterwhite ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 4/9/09

Every authentic work of art is a gift offered to the future.
~~ Albert Camus ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 4/4/09

The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression. Therefore an artist will be visited by depression as a matter of course; his job is to recognize how his own thoughts and feelings contribute to his sadness. He can discourage these visits by affirming his freedom and worth, by remembering to love, and by gently encouraging himself to believe in a world of renewed possibilities. Depression may be natural, but still the artist can dispute and overcome it.
~~ Eric Maisel ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/31/09

I believe my self-esteem is not measured, but expressed. I see it in my artwork and suddenly I begin to remember WHO I AM.
~~ Tatiana Kuzyk ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/22/09

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/15/09

Artists (painters, quilters, scrapbookers, etc.) need to take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of them.

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/14/09

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
~~ Pablo Picasso ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/13/09

Works of art are made of concept, material . . . and feeling.
~~ Kenneth Martin ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/7/09

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
~~ Billy Cosby ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/6/09

Life is not numbered by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/3/09

It is hard to get too carried away with yourself as a big-time artist when you’re picking up dog poop in the backyard.
~~ Loren Long ~~

Creative Thought of the Day - 3/2/09

The symbolism of the wheel turning all night long, just as a potter spins the wheel or even a writer types a manuscript deep into the evening, indicates a tireless dedication to the creation.
~~ Ellen Joy Johnson ~~