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Sunday, July 11, 2010

Inspiration: Past & Present




I love to learn about what inspires people to create things... so I'll share some of what inspires me.





My grandmother has always been a source of inspiration to me as she taught me so many wonderful skills, baking, sewing, homemaking. Spending weekends at her home was like a mini home-ec clinic each week and I have so many treasured memories of her in my grandparents' home.

Sadly, she is no longer with us, however, she lives on in so much of what I continue to create. Whether in my kitchen using her rolling pin or in my sewing room cutting fabric with a beautiful pair of antique scissors I inherited from her, I feel her spirit with me and it fuels my creative fire.




And, as I age, I am comforted to see my own hands begin to look more and more like hers did while working dough or guiding fabric through the presser foot of my sewing machine. I'm not sure that she'd approve of me using a food processor to make pie dough or the fact that my embroidery machine requires the assistance of a computer to do it's magic, for she rejoiced in things that were simple... she liked things done "the old fashioned way".
So, periodically, I take the time to honor her memory by doing things exactly as she did... the way her mother taught them to her and the way she taught them to my mother and then to me.

I am also inspired by so many of the talented women (and men) I've found on Etsy. And I love how infectious their creativity is and how it challenges me and contributes to my forward momentum. As much as I can appreciate the foundation I gained from my Grandmother's teachings, I do so appreciate living in an age where I can connect with like minds from far away places through the Etsy community.

1 comment:

  1. That is beautiful about your grandmother! I feel the same way about the etsy community! XOXO

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