Finding Inspiration...

I'm having a tough time getting inspired to create.  The pattern seems to be that I have great ideas when I'm at work, but when I get home in the evening, I don't have the first idea where to start or I start, but then look at what I've created and realize it looks like crap.  I'm feeling frustrated and overwhelmed by the NEED to create and the inability to do so.  I need to find a balance.

I was hoping to spend sometime this weekend and just work out some ideas, but instead "life" called and screwed up my plans.  I NEED to get inventory built up for November, but my "inspirational mojo" isn't co-operating.

I suppose, there's always tomorrow...

Finding My Groove...

There is no doubt that I love to create things, but I sometimes struggle with what things I should create.  My biggest struggle is creating pieces that people will want to buy.  I know what I like, but will others like it too?  Will they like it enough to buy it?

There are times when I find myself staring at my bead collection waiting for inspiration to hit me.  When it doesn’t, I tend to move on to my seashell or sea glass collection and then back to the beads.  This circular indecisiveness might continue hours or I might start a few things, but not actually completing anything.  Finally, I become overwhelmed by choice – at which point, I pack everything away and go to bed.  Frustrated with myself for another day wasted…

I find myself having great ideas when I’m at work, in the car or at the grocery store – inconvenient times when I’m not able to create and by the time I get home, prepare supper, clean up the mess and finally get a chance to create – I don’t “feel” it. 

My designs change with my moods.  My moods change often.  I need to find consistency.  I need to feel it…