day 18 - making what you don't see

Some days aren't made for specific tangible work. Days like today are more about being inspired by the work of others.

Part of what I did today was go through my Pinterest boards, my Flickr favorites (photo above — look for all credits here), and the books and magazines that are on my night table or in the bag that I carry everywhere. And I sketched and sketched a whole lot.

This is a list of some of the materials I'm into at the moment (I'll be posting some reviews at the end of the month):

- Decorate by Holly Becker: I love, love this book! This one needs a post all of its own.

- Family Knits by Debbie Bliss: I love the simplicity of all the designs.

- Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing: I should've taken screeprinting in college... grrr.
- Latest edition of InsideOut magazine: it always makes it to the US stores about 2 months late—but I don't care—always love it

- Natural Patchwork - I still don't sew with any frequency (probably never will) but books like this one make me wish I did.

While I'm on reading materials...

Someone once asked me if I subscribe to any paper craft magazines or if I could recommend any. I'll tell you what I told her: I don't and I can't. I try not to look at them too frequently in the book stores, because I want my work to stay fresh and different. However, sometimes I do wish that there was a paper craft magazine that had more of a contemporary feel to it. I feel like what is on shelves right now only speaks in one voice. There is so much more to explore.

If I 'm totally honest... I know what it would look like and what kind of projects it would feature. I feel like it's needed—where do the non-scrapbookers and card makers fit in today's publications?

Just some random thoughts...

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This is part of a my 26 days of making series.