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I am inspired by all the creative women, who have blogs. Wow...

The colors of summer have been inspiring me lately. Love the bright yellows, oranges and greens that I am seeing all over, plus that cool watery blue.

I've been taking Jessica Sprague's Good to Great Workflow class...I had no idea how much I could do with Elements. Layers, textures and colours...oh my!

Knowing that my first little one is due within two and a half weeks is inspiring me to get some scrapbook projects done. I know I have to figure out a way to balance taking care of a baby and maintaining some time for myself, but I figure I have more time for myself now than I ever will again.
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Thanks Ali.

I'm inspired by my garden right now. And walking through my neighborhood and seeing everyone else's gardens and what's in bloom.

I'm inspired by organizing and simplifying.

I am finding the following two websites so inspiring lately. Neither are scrapbook related but I really enjoy both of them.
http://www.happiness-project.com/
and
http://1000awesomethings.com

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What has inspired me lately is of course all these wonderful blogs out in the interenet world! I love going through my RSS feeds everyday in search of some inspiration. The house of three ladies are so super inspirational! I have created many projects b/c of them. I started to paint again b/c of the inspiration though Elise Cake and her amazing work she displays on her blog. Rhonna Farrer is so awesome in her photography and the 'outside the box' designs she does. So much inspiration out there to soak up and create your own! Thank you for so many giveaways this weekend, crossing my fingers! :)

My family and the way we live our lives is my biggest inspiration!

Lately, I am inspired by the journaling method Jen Lee taught Karen Walrond {shared here: http://www.chookooloonks.com/blog/2009/7/29/a-diary-a-journal-a-record.html} --- writing in the morning and using my journal as a record has dredged up all sorts of thoughts and creative ideas.

I am inspired by my daughter. She is always joyful and challenges me to use my supplies. she is also artistically gifted and inspires me to experiment and go out of my comfort zone when I scrapbook.

I'm inspired by my new office. When I became pregnant w/our second child I had to give up my craft room and share the office with my husband. It became a clutter mess with mismatched furniture. It paralyzed me in being creative. After a few years of talking we finally hired a company to put in a built-in-desk that wraps around the room and cabinets and shelving. It's wonderful! The other night I told my husband that I love it and that I've gotten more done in two days than I have in two years.
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I have really been inspired by you lately Ali. All of your family pictures, especially the older ones, have really touched a cord with me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

All of my summer vacation photos are inspiring me, and calling my name.

Thursday was my last day at my job. I finally have the opportunity to be an at home Mom and student. I am full inspiration when I think about the shift in focus my life is taking. The passion is flooding in. :)

Oh wow!! Amazing giveaways!! Lately I've been getting inspiration from everyday life to get me back into my photography. I got away from snapping shots of what most people would consider silly things like a mushroom or an old lawn mower. I guess I just got jaded or something and stopped looking at the little things. But I'm taking the famous advice from Mr. Ferris Bueller...life moves pretty fast...if you don't stop and look around, you might miss it. ;) Thanks for the chance to win!!

I've been inspired lately by getting better organized. I have all my "stuff" organized so that I can reach it but still portable enough to take to crops, etc. I'm finding that I get less frustrated and spend more time actually getting layouts done. I have completed 3 projects in the past 2 weeks just spending an hour or two a night.

I am inspired by my baby son James growing inside me. I'm 30 weeks into a high-risk pregnancy and just yesterday my dr. told me I may need to deliver him in the next 3 weeks (he's only 1 lb. 14 oz.), which is scary, but I know he's a fighter. We have our little pep talks every day and he kicks and squirms like crazy. Now I'm suddenly super motivated to do all-things-baby to get ready for him...setting up his room, unpacking his clothes, tweaking my layouts for his baby milestone scrapbook/journal, making homemade decor for his room. New life brings the ultimate inspiration! :-)

I am so inspired by all of my vacation photos!!