stuck in a rut

Do you ever go through those periods where you just feel like mush? I am stuck in a rut, I guess. I am plodding along doing the bare minimum as far as work and commitments and spending a lot of time accomplishing nothing. Nothing seems to inspire me or excite me. I have tried working in my journal, sitting in my studio and fiddling with stuff, working on design projects and all to no avail. My muse must have fled for the hills.

The closest I have come to igniting my inspiration was this past weekend when I helped Shosh set up a vendor booth at the Original Rubber Stamp show in San Jose. Mike and I stayed up til nearly 3 am working on displays and then we all got up at 7 am to get coffee and put final touches on the booth before the show opened at 9. Mike shot a couple of pix while we were setting up with my camera, so these aren't the finished product but pretty close. Overall the booth did very well and Shosh & Mike were pleased and excited. I hope I helped them to figure out the ins and outs of doing shows as I have TONS of them under my belt. They will also be vending at the fall stamp show and the ZNE show in August and I hope to be helping. To check out more on this fun show, visit Hannah Grey's blog.

Not much else to report right now. As I said I am trying to bust out of my artsy funk. Maybe I need to find just the right swap inspire me. I recently got my panels back from Karla & Beth's Birds & Bonnets swap which inspired me tremendously. I loved working with the images supplied by The Vintage Workshop.

But unfortunately I did not fare so well in Heather's journal swap as I never got anything back. Bummer. Ok, I am off to drink more coffee and look for some inspiration....