Idea Book
October 17th, 2008
I had no intention of taking a blogging break, but time got away from me. I have a much more difficult time with getting things done in the evening when the weather changes. I find all I want to do is curl up with a blanket, tea and a movie/book/TV show. Which leads to very productive crafting and blogging as you can tell. If this were a blog about my TV watching, it would have many more frequent updates. But that would be lame, lame, lame! (What does this say about me?)
Alas, I did spend a lovely Saturday afternoon last week at a dear friend’s new house sewing and crafting. It’s got a wood stove and is surrounded by apple trees, and she prepared a delicious brunch for us girls. I worked more on my dress, which now fits me everywhere. I just have to do all of the finishings–hemming and trimming and whatnot–now. I also spent a few good hours with my idea book. I tear out everything I see in magazines that I want to remember for some future project and organize them and keep them in this binder, which I do use several times a year. I have little folders for each holiday that holds all of the ideas for decorating, eating, and general merriment. It has come in handy on many occasion. I keep a stack of ripped pages and try to organize it twice a year, which works pretty well. This used to have “Idea Book” spelled out in beads on the cover, but got ripped to shreds and now says, “I Book.” Still fitting.
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5 Comments Add your own
1. Daphne | October 18th, 2008 at 2:14 am
Hi Dacia! Your idea book gives me hope that I can manage one as well. I just have scraps of paper lying around rather than a book but perhaps…
Also, I saw you in the PSBJ! That tickled me. Your pic is across from an all-too-short mention of our new CEO.
-Daphne
2. aja | October 18th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I need to get my idea book more in check – mine is in lame shape. I wouldn’t mind blog posts about tv, tea and books – esp. if it included cute pictures of you cuddled on the couch :)
3. Tiff@Three Peas | October 20th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Love the Idea book! I hear you about the weather and wanting to curl up with tea and a good movie rather than Sewing. I have done it lots this season already!
4. wendy | October 20th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
what a good idea! i recently moved and in a hasty, ‘i don’t want to carry anything else’ move, I recycled all of my old magazines. going forward, i should just keep what really gets me inspired in a journal. have a good, cozy fall!
5. Keet | October 20th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
That’s a good idea, the I(dea) Book. It should help with those space-hogging magazines I don’t want to part with because they do have some lovely ideas inside and it is pleasant to dig back into them.
I think it would be great fun to start a book like yours every 5 years or so, and then I could go back to the 2008 book in 2013 or 2018 and perhaps have a very good laugh at what had inspired me “back in the olden days.”
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