Upcycled

One spotty tea pot...

A stripy steaming cuppa...

Two fluttering butterflies...

Four little cup cakes...

Two sweet jars of jam and honey....

And all of this from one gorgeous thrifted sheet set!

The moment of inspiration

I love the way kids get stuck into craft the minute inspiration strikes. It might be an episode of Mister Maker that inspires them, an activity in a book, or a prop needed for a game they are playing, but whatever it is they have absolute faith in themselves to make it, and they don't hesitate to get started.

I on the other hand, tend to mentally file away my ideas many times throughout the day, planning and visualising in my mind what I will do...full of motivation, inspiration and excitement...only to find that days or even weeks later, when I finally have an opportunity to get started that most of my initial inspiration has been lost, and I can't quite remember what I wanted to make, or why!

Wouldn't it be great to just drop everything, scatter the contents of a craft box across the floor and start making, the very moment you have an idea, just as kids do? Maybe you do this...how great! Or do you have a way of recording ideas that allows you to recall them just as clearly days or even weeks later?

The next time inspiration strikes, I am going to 'seize the moment' and make something! I hope you can too!