If you’re like me, you get exasperated when you fail to come up with fresh and fascinating ideas for your next creative project.  I love to think about this as being similar to ‘writer’s block’ – any creative person can also get in a groove and run out of creative ideas.  Latterly, I have been in the rut and have been looking for techniques to kick-start my creativity again.  You may be curious about what I found at infoandarticles.net – a great site for arts and crafts. 
 
First I stumbled across The Artist’s Way review which I read with amazement and then proceeded to buy the book.  I had heard of this book before but had dismissed it.  I’m glad that i have now read it because it has completely changed how I believe about creative capability and capability.  After working my way through the varied exercises, I discovered some long forgotten interests that when I did them again I gained enormous delight.  I found myself asking why I had stopped doing those things. 
 
The other surprise from the site was the DVD Rubber Paper Scissors with Judi Watanabe review which also led me to buy and I am so happy I did.  For people that do not know, Judi Watanabe is a veteran in the rubber stamping industry.  You may have seen her latterly on CraftTV doing super scrapbook-related episodes.  For a period of time now, I had been craving a complete instructional DVD on rubber stamping.  You most probably guessed that I used to be a rubber stamper, but still set in all the old techniques.  It is now time to bring myself recent and this DVD is completely full of step-by-step instructions to help me.  I also must complement the great video and audio production.

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