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Creative block is that awful feeling when you just can't get into your groove, your studio gets you down and your ideas dry up. I periodically suffer from this malady and have found some great ways to help me out of the funk.
Make a story board. Rip out pictures you like from magazines and brochures. Stick them down on a large piece of paper.
Take a creative field trip. Go visit a museum, gallery, ikea! Or take a class. Seeing what is happening in the outside world might help spark an idea
Look at the forecasting reports and see what colors and imagery will be on trend for the following season.
Clean up and organize your studio, a long forgotten scrap of fabric or sketch you put away might spark a great new idea. And a clean and organized studio will give you the space you need to create when the ideas start coming.
A page from an old sketch book might spark an idea Talk to store owners where you sell your products. What has been selling well and is there anything customers have been asking for. Look at comments you have received at craft fairs or conversations on Etsy. Customers sometimes give us great ideas for new products.
Listen: I have recently found some great podcasts that have really inspired me and given me a lot of good tips for running a small craft business. The best of these is called 'Elise gets Crafty'
Silence: Great ideas come sometimes from giving yourself a little distance and space from your studio. Take a walk, a yoga class, go skiing whatever you enjoy and just let your mind relax and see where it wanders.
"Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it." Bob Dylan
Good Luck and Good Making!
Sarah
So Handmade
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