Pink of Perfection

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• Becca: I am just beginning to bring some creativity into my life by blogging and reading others blogs…I am addicted! I also garden and try to experiment with cooking new things. Love your blog!43 weeks ago

• Erin: Blogging. Writing. Photography. Cooking. Asking my husband this morning if I could sew him a vest b.c. I found a good pattern for tall, skinny guys, and then convincing him that he could TOTALLY rock that look. And him saying yes! (What a guy!)43 weeks ago

• Juliette: This year I became a beekeeper, and named the hive after one of the Muses, Terpsichore (Muse of dance). Having a beehive and learning about bees has brought joy into my life in ways I didn’t even KNOW I’d forgotten about. Now I’ve started to design jewelry using bees and nature as my inspiration. Thanks for this great giveaway!43 weeks ago

• lisa strawberry: I love being creative!
  I love doing Halloween costumes, and costumes year round. Picking at random from among various costumes, I have been Max Fischer (from the film Rushmore), a back up dancer for Flock of Seagulls, a Regency Vampire, Boy George, a Harajuku “Fruits” girl and Charlotte from “Lost in Translation” (complete with pink bob wig).43 weeks ago

• Tiffany: These are awesome!! I bring creativity into my life by always having a notebook around. That way when an idea strikes, I’m ready to record it. This is super helpful in cases when I’m feeling uninspired — I can just look back on my past ideas and wow myself!43 weeks ago

• RH: I started a local community group called Craft Night Seattle. We advertise through other local DIY groups, and meet up every Wednesday for crafting and chatting and noshing and friend-making.43 weeks ago

• Abby: Love this giveaway, I like to be creative in everything I do…..I blog, I sew, I scrap and whatever else I feel like doing. I’m always thinking of how to use found objects to make something fabulous43 weeks ago

• Kristina: I let ordinary, day-to-day tasks and projects (like cooking, giving presents, or finding new curtains for the kitchen) be my tickets to creativity. That way, there’s always space for it in my life, and things that could ordinarily seem like chores become something to look forward to.43 weeks ago

• Suzanne: I like to think I bring creativity into my life everyday at work. As a project manager, I try to think of new ways to motivate my team or to solve a problem. You can hand the same challenge to 10 people and you’ll get 10 different ways of solving the challenge. I love the process of problem solving and I think it’s a very creative thing to do. At home, I get to be creative through crafts. I love reverse engineering projects that I’ve seen in stores that I think I can make myself.43 weeks ago

• Christina: Knitting and cooking.43 weeks ago

• Abby: Great giveaway!! Thanks for the chance I bring creativity into my life by finding new hiking trails and being out in the open…helps to clear my mind.43 weeks ago

• Nikk: I bring it by art journaling and writing. Your blog always inspires me!43 weeks ago

• Andrea: Knitting and shopping for fabric online while at the office 43 weeks ago

• Katie in DC: Cooking, drawing, and decorating my home.43 weeks ago

• Eliza: I seem to be constitution incapable of following recipe, sometimes to very poor results, so maybe I need to take some of the creativity out of my life.. But really, I’d be at a loss without creative outlets like cooking, knitting, and writing. I even consider my job very creative in its own way.43 weeks ago

• John: I bring creativity into my life by experimenting with recipes I find on the internet and by making food products in my food processing classes.43 weeks ago

• Allison Jones: I work at a treatment center for teenage girls and on the weekends I get to come up with all kinds of fun crafts and projects for the girls to do! sometimes we bake…on Halloween we painted pumpkins and made carmel apples…i taught them to embroider and knit…we love to make cards….endless crafty fun!43 weeks ago

• dory: I bring creativity in wherever I can squeeze it–knitting in class, doodling in my margins, addressing envelopes with care…43 weeks ago

• Erin: I love decorating, cooking and am trying to work on some crocheting43 weeks ago

• Carly: in summers i can garden and in winters i cook, but all year round one of my silliest, favorite, things to do is decorate my refrigerator with postcards, pictures and amusing articles i find. when i am feeling lackluster, i clean it off and start new.

  silly but fun!43 weeks ago

• Jenn: I am so inspired by all the great ideas on people’s blogs, it makes me want to repurpose everything I see. I’m always looking for ways to turn something into something better.43 weeks ago

• Joy: I bring creativity into my life by surrounding myself with really creative people. Also just searching etsy and other websites always gets my creative juices flowing!43 weeks ago

• Adrienne: Oh, what a cool giveaway! I try to be creative in the kitchen (Seriously - leftovers pizza is awesome) and I try to write personal emails with… shall we say…. flair. I’m not much for drawing or the visual arts, but I always appreciate good design.43 weeks ago

• Emily B.: I sing in a band, fancy myself a skilled writer and pay special attention to my home decor and personal style.43 weeks ago

• BECKY: This is a wonderful giveaway! My biggest expression of creativity is in my quilting, but I also love finding little vintage postcards and stationary and making projects out of them. This morning I decided I am going to take some vintage hankies and make some type of collage with them. Very excited!43 weeks ago

• anne: Great giveaway! I bring creativity into my life by spending time outside. Nature always inspires me to create.43 weeks ago

• Linda: I think reading blogs is a great way to bring creativity to life….I keep up with a lot of different blogs that always inspire me!43 weeks ago

• laurel: I bring creativity into my life by trying new things - I love taking classes and getting new books on techniques and crafts that are new to me. Next up, nuno felting!43 weeks ago

• Amanda C: Wonderful giveaway! I love bringing creativity into my life through crafting/diy projects. I’ve dabbled in anything you can imagine: knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, needlepoint, decoupage, etc. I love finding little projects online for something to add to my wardrobe or home. Maybe one day I’ll pick a specialty and be really great it. For now, I like to try a little bit of everything.43 weeks ago

• Jennifer: Scrapbooking is when I feel most creative. Especially when I get together with my friends and have an all night crop!43 weeks ago

• kirstyfish: I have a 5yr old daughter whom i educate at home - i have fresh creativity thrown in my face every morning!! it is hard to avoid xx43 weeks ago

• Erica: I try to be creative by thinking up nifty new recipes and doing art projects. 43 weeks ago

• Brianna: I bring creativity into my life by reading tons of blogs and browsing Etsy shops. I also make a point to do something creative for myself every single day.43 weeks ago

• Jenna Z: I make (or re-make) clothes to wear to work. I love it when someone asks if I made it myself! They know me so well!43 weeks ago

• eug: making it easy to do art when the mood strikes for my 8 yr old daughter and 10 yr old son. our dining room table double as an art table. It is really hard to clear it all off for guests, but also worth it.43 weeks ago

• maria: i love your blog! i’m in grad school for chemistry, so honestly, the only time i have to bring creativity into my life is when i cook dinner (how sad and glorious at the same time!). it’s the only time where i can tell myself that not grading, doing homework or mixing hazardous chemicals is okay - a girl’s gotta eat!43 weeks ago

• Lindsay Thron: I actively seek out inspiration to spark creativity in my day-to-day. If time doesn’t permit to get involved in a project right away, I will have a project in hand for Wednesday when my roommate (who I met at art school a few years back) and I have a night to catch up and craft. Projects include cooking a new meal; painting; designing / creating greeting cards, gifts, memorablia for nostalgic photos, etc.43 weeks ago

• Hannah B.: I love making things! for myself, for my house, for my friends! and I <3 looking through books like these for inspiration!

  P.S. Just discovered your blog through Twitter! It’s great 43 weeks ago

• pamela: I’ve been creative as long as I can remember. As a kid I designed dresses for my troll dolls. Now I knit, paint, quilt and sometimes write short stories. And that’s keepin’ it brief, because I’m always making something…43 weeks ago

• emily: Wow, can you say GORGEOUS? I love those! I’m actually trying to get a job in fabric design, so I hope to be doing something creative every day of the year. So, so, so in love with those patterns!43 weeks ago

• sarah: I schedule a night for myself every week for crafting, blogging, whatever. It gives me some guilt-free time to be creative and do something I’m excited about.43 weeks ago

• Cassandra: Fun! Since I just started graduate school, and feel like I have no time for anything anymore, my favorite creative activity has become cobbling together dinner out of the very random ingredients I have in my kitchen. As grocery shopping becomes erratic, this process becomes increasingly interesting, sometimes with pretty wonderful results. And sometimes not. 43 weeks ago

• Lauren A.: I keep little trinkets. From everything and everywhere. Particularly small objects that I can turn into jewelry. I was visiting Albuquerque last Christmas and went to the life and science museum. They had these tiny rubber T-Rexes. I had to get them. I made them into earrings and people stop me all the time to comment on them.43 weeks ago

• Annie: It’s not hard to insert creativity into your life as an Art Therapy student. Not only do I do my own painting and crafting, but I have to be especially creative in coming up with art projects to do with the people I work with.43 weeks ago

• Beth Parker: I make jewelry, dolls, tote bags and all kinds of other stuff. I am always working on something creative.43 weeks ago

• Lili: I try to be creative in everything I do. From cooking, crafting and making things for my home, I like to do something different every time and try new things! I also read a whole lot of great blogs like yours for inspiration!43 weeks ago

• missknitta: I knit, sew, and am a beginning quilter! I do at least one of these (and sometimes all!) each day to bring creativity to my life. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!43 weeks ago

• Sharon: Right now, being creative, saving money and resources are all sort of intertwined… seeing and creating beauty without spending money … wasting precious resources etc. Sometimes that means making coffee and serving it prettily rather than going out, or refashioning something i already own … taking a walk instead of going to the movies43 weeks ago

• JanetG: These are awesome! When giving a gift or sending a card I’m often inspired to make it unique in some way by creative wrappings, personalization or incorporating hand lettering or collage. So not only is it a stress relived for me, someone else benefits as well!42 weeks ago

• katie: Ooh, great giveaway! I bring creativity into my life by hooping, knitting, crocheting, and sewing. I’m actually going to a freeform crochet workshop tomorrow - should be pretty fun!42 weeks ago

• Jaime: I would say blogging- that’s a popular answer and so true for me too!- but I would say photography. I am always the photographer of my group of friends, so I try to be creative with giving photos as gifts, printing them and doing fun decorations for myself, etc.

  Great giveaway 42 weeks ago

• Melissa: I love these giveaways. How do I bring creativity into my life? I am learning how to knit, which in itself is mind bogling to me right now…I love to scrapbook, take pictures and cook. Especially for my 18 year old coming home from college. 42 weeks ago

• Karen: I love to craft. I see an interesting product and say, “I’d like to make that”…. sometimes I get to the project and sometimes not, but I always have something in the works! Hmmm…. I do need to work on finishing some things!42 weeks ago

• mel: dancing and cooking and most recently, hulahooping–i bring creativity into my everyday life through my BELLY!42 weeks ago

• Kelly: I keep a notebook filled with pretty and inspiring things that I find: a leaf, a photograph, a bit of conversation. After flipping though, I’m much more inspired to write, cook, or decorate!42 weeks ago

• michella: sewing, decoupage, reading, writing, photography. and great conversation bring creativity into my life.42 weeks ago

• Jessica I.: About once a year I try a “month of creativity” - creating something (almost) every day. Usually whatever I end up making the most of during that month is what I enjoy the most, so it gives me a good direction to focus on for the rest of the year! 42 weeks ago

• Kristen: Never having any money helps. If I want something I have to figure out how to make it or creatively asking my handy brother to make it for me.42 weeks ago

• Nancy: Photography is my business and my creative work, so that is a daily activity.42 weeks ago

• Angelique: I bring creativity into my life by some obvious ways–playing with paper and paint–but also by respecting and loving myself enough to give myself the time and space to do these things.42 weeks ago

• Aurora: Sewing, knitting, cooking, and even just wandering outside is great for inspiration.42 weeks ago

• Gina: I try to bring creativity in all aspects of my life. It may be as little as trying a homemade frosting recipe or a new knitting pattern. I try not to limit my creativity to just tangible items. Creativity can be found in conversations as well.42 weeks ago

• Callie: Being creative and making the time to be create keeps me sane! I love to create in the kitchen with new recipes or to sew up something special for a friend, my home or my sweet baby boy. Having a child has required a new realm of creativity that I hadn’t tapped into before. I can now create stories and songs with the best of them 42 weeks ago

• Sally: Cool fonts, fabric, yarn, thread, paper, photographs, scraps, junk, books, the internet, scissors, needles, etc. and TIME!42 weeks ago

• DianeY: I get so inspired by reading-books, magazines, blogs-you name it. I always try to put my own twist on things that I see & appeal to me, by doing something a little different than what I see. Sometimes it’s fun to take 2 ideas & kind of merge them42 weeks ago

• Susan Rudolph: Never sit down in front of the tv with empty hands.42 weeks ago

• Catherine: We just moved into a house and now I have a whole room for my crafts. I just spent hours organizing and moving my tools and fabric out of plastic bins. I browse websites like this daily searching for ideas. I am so excited to have some room finally.42 weeks ago

• Claire: I bring creativity into my life everyday. That was actually one of my goals this year. Be creative everyday. And I am creative in filling my creativity. Right now my creativity is thinking of names for our baby- just found out she’s a girl! Handmade Christmas presents are the best too!42 weeks ago

• Aimee: I have to use creativity everyday… to come up with what we are going to eat, what to wear on a budget, and of course, for the fun things like photography and other crafts. It always bothers me when people say they aren’t creative, because everyone has creativity in them in some form.42 weeks ago

• Laura: I love to blog…I have to design blogs. Ive always been a creative person. I design something new everyday…for work or play. My new hobby is letterpress…getting ready to do holiday cards and in february, my baby announcements!42 weeks ago

• Jen: I bring creativity into my life by seeking it out. I read blogs and magazines that inspire me, and I try new things that seem beautiful to me, like clothes, decorating, or attempting to make desserts.42 weeks ago

• Christine: I take photos of people & other things I find interesting, and then I do interviews… I just started, but look –> http://youareexposed.blogspot.com/ *** christine42 weeks ago

• Tabitha: I love to look through shops and figure out how to make some of my favorites on my own with a personal twist. My grandmother and I would spend a whole day, just window shopping and maybe picking up supplies for our recreations.

  I also like to personalize things for kids, whether it’s school treats, funky hats, dorm decor, and such. I especially love it when I see my kids being as creative for their own projects and gifts.42 weeks ago

• Ellen: As with anything, I have my up & down moments of creativity…through cooking, sewing, knitting, writing, reading blogs, photography (very immediate satisfaction with that venue).42 weeks ago

• Michelle: I love making repro vintage costumes from scratch, especially elaborate burlesque ones….now…if I just had somewhere to wear them all??!! 42 weeks ago

• AmandaL: I tend to try making toys that I see that I admire. Mail bags, fabric letters… these are my new interests.42 weeks ago

• A Joyful Chaos: I bring creativity into my life by sewing an numerous other crafts.

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• Lauri: I have a little girl so everyday we are making things together, or I am sewing something for her. Even when we are out and about we find pretty leaves and grass to “play” with. She definitely brings out the creative side of me!42 weeks ago

• Emily: My sister is my creative inspiration. She is so fearless and always thinking of new things to do or make. I get so sucked in. When both our creative minds get going we will do anything: cooking, sewing, crocheting, you name it. Besides getting to spend the time with my sister, our ideas keep adding up into a giant snowball, and it is the best thing ever!42 weeks ago

• Jazzy: I love cooking and finding new ways to use fresh ingredients. I also love making dresses! I made all of my sister’s prom and other high school dance dresses when we were younger…LOVE that stuff…Oh and I love watching old movies and dreming…Haha!42 weeks ago

• Emily Dawn: I bring creativity in my life by learned and looking at other people’s creativity. Craft blogging is my favorite!42 weeks ago

• Barrie petersen: Love these.
  I wanted to do personalized gifts this holiday.
  Theses would be a great starting point.
  Thanks
  Barrie42 weeks ago

• meg: I try to squeeze in some making every chance I get: sewing, crochet, baking, drawing. But raising kids forces you to think creatively pretty much every moment whether you’re making something or not.42 weeks ago

• Chelsea: I’m bringing creativity into my life by regularly using my new sewing machine! I got it for my birthday a few months back and am really proud of having just completed a skirt on my own. I sewed my own Halloween costume as well, but it was not quite as lovely as this skirt is, ha.42 weeks ago

• Meghan: I try to bring creativity into my life by adding it to the bits of my life that can be mundane–I just finished sewing an apron I really like, so now even the most boring kitchen chores are that little bit brighter. Thanks for running this competition!42 weeks ago

• Kelly: I design every day and add on drawing, illustrating, knitting with that. If I can multi-task and be creating that is a huge bonus and makes me happy

  Thanks for the opportunity to enter!42 weeks ago

• RF: I try to spark creativity by reading a lot, whether it is a book, the newspaper, or blogs. Also, I really enjoy knitting, and have just finished a multicolored hat. My next project is a sweater.42 weeks ago

• Jessica S: As a graphic designer, I find inspiration in everything: architecture, nature, a trip to the farmer’s market, a sunny afternoon spent in the park. You never know when creativity will strike!42 weeks ago

• kelli: I love crafting (sewing, pasting, knitting), but most recently my creativity has been aimed at feeding the family. I have to get creative with what’s in the pantry and what arrives in the CSA (fruit & veggie) box as I try to avoid going to the store with three kids!42 weeks ago

• Andrea: I’ve discovered I have a need for creativity for my soul much like exercise for my body or chocolate for my mood…so I dabble and explore as much as I can, from trying new recipes, learning to weld to make garden art, or just puttering about the garden, clipping flowers to bring inside, moving a plant to a better location for viewing, etc. Some of my attempts are spectacular flops but they are all of value because I am exercising my creative muscle. These CDs look like a wonderful way to do some more exploring!42 weeks ago

• The Flying Quiche: mostly cooking nowadays- I want to get back into crafting because I miss it so! I even brought my sewing machine when I moved to NY and haven’t used it since recovering my couch in May. I think Thanksgiving and Christmas will give some good opportunities for creativity, mostly because I just can’t help myself around the holidays42 weeks ago

• Kripa: These are adorable prints. These days I try to bring in creativity to my life through home decoration. I just recently moved into a place of my own and am inspired to make it beautiful and unique.42 weeks ago

• kelly: I’ve been making more time to get crafty again and have tried to use holidays and birthdays as a chance to give handmade gifts (and give myself some deadlines). I’m ramping up for the holidays this year which means it’s time to turn my creative side on full blasters! I love the pattern books and would love to see how to incorporate some of these patterns into what I’m cooking up!42 weeks ago

• Susan: I belong to an incredible quilt guild, 100 women and 2 men, who always blow me away with their talents. We all share our knowledge and techniques and I feel totally inspired and ready to create after our meetings.42 weeks ago

• Beth Sylvest: I bring creativity into my life by writing a book on the generations of women in my family and how we are connected. I am also making scrapbooks for each of my three daughters–their life stories. I am doing separate small scrapbooks of all the Labrador Retrievers we have had over the years.42 weeks ago

• Kiki: I’ve found that eating cupcakes at every available opportunity, taking photos of things that strike your whimsy throughout your day (like vintage wallpaper, clever signs, larger-than-life food), and cooking up silly (and harmless) pranks at work brighten my day and spark my creativity. I also love to admire craft supplies and sink my fingers into beautiful yarns at the craft store. 42 weeks ago

• Paige Orloff: Well, hot damn, you’re back, you’re married, yowza. Congrats. I am in the midst of a huge creativity storm: between intense therapy, much writing, making art after literally years of not lifting a pencil–in the middle of a VERY trying time personally, ideas are literally leaping out of me, to an extent that sometimes leaves me breathless. Collage, assemblage, fiction–all the things I’ve wanted to try suddenly seem possible, and it is AMAZING. xx42 weeks ago

• Moll: My creative projects are what keep me sane! I love anything involving paper or fabric, and the time I spend with these hobbies is better than yoga for making me calm, relaxed, and happy.42 weeks ago

• Kendall: I love to bake. Thinking of flavor combinations, seasonal ingredients, and visual outcomes fill my mind during idle (and not so idle) times in the day. Sometimes this happens when I should be paying attention to other things…. Although friends and family rarely complain since they get to enjoy the benefits of this hobby as well! Thanks for running such an interesting and positive blog 42 weeks ago