I am feeling a little stalled creatively. Weeks of overtiredness and overwork have taken their toll on  my (Gasp!)scrapbooking. I am just not feeling inspired and don’t feel like I have the time to get inspired. I have dozens of idea books, scrapping mags and galleries to browse and I just can’t bring myself to do it right now.

To be honest I think part of the reason is that I need a new subject. Don’t get me wrong, I love Thomas and all but I feel like 2 years on the same topic (albeit, many different stories) is starting to take a toll. Maybe it’s the impending arrival of this baby. I have so many ideas going through my head about how to scrap brand new baby pictures as well as how Thomas responds to being a big brother, that I am having trouble focusing on the right now.

And did I say that I am tired?

Nevertheless, I did manage to scrap a couple of LOs in the past week. Not sure how I feel about this first one. It was for a sketch challenge on the Jen Wilson blog and I don’t think I would have chosen this sketch to begin with. The good news is that it pushed me out of my comfort zone and I did manage to scrap a story that I have wanted to record for some time.

I really like this next one using Dani Mogstad and Manda Bean’s Very Merry Unbirthday. It’s a very girly kit but I fell in love with some of the patterned papers, many of which are great for boys too. You can actually see where my creativity stalled. Check out the inventive title (haha).

LOVE the colours though and that photo is too cute. You can click on the images for full credits.

So there is my tale of woe for this week. To be honest I think I just need a good night’s sleep to revitilize. Oh, that’s right. There’s unlikely to be a good night’s sleep anywhere in my immediate future… OK then, I’ll settle for a block of good belgian chocolate and a couple of hours on the couch watching first runs of my fav TV shows. (Note to self: substitute wine for chocolate after the baby is born).

Ahhh – feeling better just thinking about it. 🙂