Thursday, February 21, 2013

Love Creative Cleanse


Even after practically starting fresh with Pinterest, musings & mantras is still the third biggest board on my account.  My attitude towards quotations is that someone wiser and wittier than I has probably already voiced my thoughts more eloquently than I ever could, but that, as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates."  So I won't stop gathering my favorite aphorisms, but sometimes - just sometimes - it's wonderful to be encouraged to clear our heads and find our own words.

After I finished a needlepoint project last winter, Jon gave me a piece of cross stitch fabric, a wooden hoop, and a book of patterns for Valentine's Day.  I sketched out an elaborate border with a romantic saying in the frame, but was never really enthusiastic about working on it.  (It's still not even close to being done.)  When Kate declared her creative cleanse this week, I knew it was my cue to go back to basics.




7 comments:

  1. I really like that. Smple but effective! :)
    Maybe I'll have to take cross stitch up again!

    Also: "My attitude towards quotations is that someone wiser and wittier than I
    has probably already voiced my thoughts more eloquently than I ever
    could
    " is precisely my thoughts. There's always someone who's said it better!

    nicolakirsty.blogspot.co.uk

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  2. Oh I love it! I haven't done a cross stitch in YEARS, but I have a kit and I definitely plan on getting started with it soon. xoxo! Eliza

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  3. fantastic! I'd love to try doing this sometime.

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  4. do! the needlepoint I did for my friend was a tapestry-style thing, but it was fun to do this one free-hand. I'd love to see what you make!

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  5. You're so talented! I wish that I could do something like that. So neat.

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  6. so cute! i would really love to start doing needlepoint!

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