Creativity....

i used to be overwhelmed by trying to do 12" x12" LOs. it got to the point where it was even stressful for me to sit down and do a LO... i have 3 albums of 12" x 12" pages but they took me a gut wrenching 2 years to finish! in the last year however, my take on creativity and creation has been different. my motto now is that i don't conform to the norm. i have come to realize that i can create my way. a different way. i tend to enjoy 3-4 projects at once but each one need not be a traditional LO. i love to alter, to make little things - things i can see the end of the road on - mini albums. etc...

so here is one of my latest and tiniest... a 1" spool album. easy to do - leftovers of a spool, hair elastic (laying all over my house from when i come home from running), a coin (glued to the base of the spool), some ribbon (Maya Road new stuff *wink*), a strip of scrap paper, contact photos and nimble fingers...

all this in 10 mins and you are done. yet it is so fulfilling to me - more so than a 12" x 12" LO. something i can look at as i work and know that i created it. that is what is important.

i salute and am awed by all of those that can make those awesome large LOs and i am relieved to finally be able to ACCEPT that i create my way and have my own sense of style.