🧡 Easy Advice For Keeping Your Creative Motor Running

July 09, 2024 | Digital Scrapper News | Volume 22, Issue 27

Hi there!

What do you do to stay inspired to create?

Keep Your Motor Running!
There are many things you can do to keep yourself in the zone of feeling creative and scrapbooking on a regular basis.

Here’s a big one for me that might help you. BTW, this idea works for other crafts, not just scrapbooking!

Keep a Bit of Work-in-Progress in Plain Sight

Example 1. On the desk in my office, I keep a small, unfinished knitting or crochet project. This small-sized bit of creativity is easy to pick up where I left off. And as a bonus, my skills are kept fresh every time I pick it up.

Example 2. On my computer’s desktop, I keep a 12×12 inch document with several photos added to it. On days when I don’t have a lot of time, or when my motor is sputtering, I’ll open it and continue its progress. And as a bonus, every time I pick it up, I’m keeping my skills fresh.

Keep the Circle Going
With both of those examples, however, you need to keep one thing in mind. Anytime you finish a project, you need to immediately start a new one. It needs to be a never-ending circle of creativity to keep your motor running.

I hope this helps you get more scrapbooking (and other crafts) done!

Love and creative success,

Jen White, Owner of Digital Scrapper

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P.S. The header above was created using Storyteller July 2021 by Just Jaimee.

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Page & Photo: Jenifer Juris
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