Masseys Blog

If you’re like me, you get irritated when you fail to come up with fresh and fascinating ideas for your next creative project.  I like to think of this as being like ‘writer’s block’ - any creative person can also get in a rut and run out of creative ideas.  Lately, I have been in the rut and have been searching for techniques to kick-start my creativity again.  You may be curious about what I found at infoandarticles.net - a great web site for humanities and crafts. 
 
First off I stumbled across The Artist’s Way review which I read with amazement and then proceeded to buy the book.  I had heard of this book before but had dismissed it.  I am satisfied that I’ve now read it because it has completely changed how I believe about creative capability and capacity.  After working my way through the varied exercises, I discovered some long forgotten interests that when I did them again I gained gigantic pleasure.  I found myself asking why I had stopped doing those things. 
 
The other surprise from the site was the DVD Rubber Paper Scissors with Judi Watanabe review which also led me to buy and I’m so satisfied I did.  For people that don’t know, Judi Watanabe is a veteran in the rubber stamping industry.  You may have seen her latterly on CraftTV doing super scrapbook-related episodes.  For some considerable time now, I had been pining for a total instructional DVD on rubber stamping.  You undoubtedly guessed that I used to be a rubber stamper, but still set in all the old strategies.  It is now time to bring myself up-to-date and this DVD is chock-full of step by step instructions to help me.  I also must complement the great video and audio production.