Sharing my Inspiration

I'd like to think that I come up with all my ideas for layouts and classes all on my own but that just isn't so. I blog hop, check out my favorite product's websites and flip though many a magazine. That doesn't mean I'm not being creative, the end product is always my own. Something I whip up but I get inspired by all of the above. I see a paper flower on a layout and I think- I can do that. So I do. That's generally how it happens. Today I wanted to share some of those places that I visit to get my creative energy moving. Enjoy!
Donna Downey
Heidi Swapp
House of 3
Elizabeth Kartchner
Ali Edwards
Big Picture Scrapbooking - I have taken quite a few classes here and they are always so great
The magazines I read- Canadian Scrapbooker, Creative Keepsakes and the book that I am loving right now is 52 more Scrapbooking Challenges by Elizabeth Kartchner.

There's more but we'll start there, you can find more links and ideas on my personal blog- All of Me
Have a fabulous, creative week friends!
{xo} Nadine

Inspiration Monday

Today I am sharing a blog that I love love love! Apartment Therapy! I go and check out this blog and am always inspired to get busy! To get busy cleaning, organizing, rearranging. No, it doesn't have anything scrapbooking (that I've seen) but it makes me want to go into my room (and the rest of my apartment) and make it a better place to hang out. Before you know it I have cleaned, purged & rearranged my stuff and I then find myself inspired to create. My room is full of positive energy and that makes me happy. I find this blog and all it's contents hugely inspirational and I hope you do too! See you all on Thursday for a new technique!
{xo}

ps. Check out my favorite house tour on Apartment Therapy! So gorgeous!

New Year, New Me, New You

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My inspiration comes today from this book. Available here for purchase. I bought this book a couple of years ago and every time I come across it, it's like I'm reading it for the first time. It is full of questions that make you think, really make you think! What you're doing, what you should be doing, where you're at in life and where you want to be- stuff like that. The book makes me think about every aspect f my life, questions in it make me question myself personally, spiritually, professionally- there isn't a side of my that isn't inspired. Inspired to be better, to do more, to give more. Questions that make me want to get into my scrap room and create. Questions that remind me to be present in my life and not just going through the motions. Here's a glimpse at some of those questions. I recommend this book to everyone! I don't think there is anyone out there that couldn't find inspiration in the pages.

How do you want to be remembered?
Is not every end a new beginning?
How many ways do you know to free yourself?
If you’re not happy with what you have, how could you be happy with more?
Are you making new mistakes or the same old ones?
Have you begun today what you wish to be tomorrow?
Who are “they” that hold so much power over our lives?
What is the one thing you think of that always makes you smile?

Have a wonderful week!

{xo}