There is Light

at the end of my tunnel, and I don't think it's a train. I'm beginning to come out of the creative funk I've been in and beginning to want to work with my paints, polymer clay, fabrics and other things. I still have no desire to digital scrapbook but maybe that will come back also. Probably just need to get some paint under my fingernails, some polymer clay inside my engagement ring and get away from the computer. And stay away from the scrapping forums. They are just downers.

We had our polymer clay guild meeting Sunday and I had a really fun time, just visiting, watching the demos and enjoying time spent with creative people. The demos were on different ways to use scrap clay. And I found them invigorating. And I loved seeing the different necklaces and bracelets that people had made using the shaving cream technique I had demonstrated at the previous meeting.

I've entered the third set of lessons for digital photography and absolutely loved the finished project for our first assignment. This series of lessons is on taking creative photos with a theme. The overall theme was "hands" and I chose to interpret the theme using hands of people who serve us at restaurants, etc. I was delighted with the final results and even got good comments from the instructor.

Gene, my mother and I are going to Callaway Gardens this weekend to see a hot air balloon festival. I'm really looking forward to getting some pictures of the Glow on Friday night.

And thank you to the folks who gave me encouraging comments after my recent posting. It really meant a lot to me.

It's Raining!

I'm not really much of a rainy day person. The song "Rainy Days and Mondays" could have been written about me. But the sound of rain falling outside my window right now is just wonderful. We are in such a drought and all of the plants are suffering. And as much as I love summer and dry weather, that rain out there sounds fantastic right now.

Where Did It Go?

Lately, I've lost my creative spirit. Especially when it comes to digital scrapbooking. I've lost interest in the forums and find I don't even look at the galleries anymore. I feel a sense of alienation from the forums because (1) I'm not a 20-something stay at home mother, (2) many of the posts in the forums seem so self-serving, (3) It seems that so often the posts I make are ignored, (4) I can't afford a $600 graphics program and a $600 digital camera, and last but certainly not least, (5) I am sick of baby pictures. Digital scrapbooking as it is presented in so many galleries is really just a photo album with no real scrapbooking. Where is the "scrapbooking" part of digital scrapbooking?!?!?! There is some incredible artistic talent in digital scrapbooking - but there is very little scrapbooking. It all seems to be about making pretty pictures.

Guess I'm just in a bad mood today. Tomorrow will be better. Or will it? Tomorrow I have to go back to work.

Yes, tomorrow will be better. I'll see to it.