Getting Inspired and the search for clarity

Wow, okay well that title seems like kind of a lofty statement. The last two and half weeks our house has been plagued by, well, the plague as I call it. It's been sickville and we've been up to our eyeballs in everything relating to being sick. I have two young children under 3 1/2 years old. And when they bring it home from their school or classes odds are one way or another you're going to end up with it. And boy have I. I was doing so well earlier in the school year of not getting or shaking off colds quickly and easily, well that has come back to bite me. I've managed to catch the last three colds my kids have had. It hasn't been pretty and it's made me cranky and restless.

So now that we're all on the road to recovery, kids are better and back in school and classes, and my husband and I are getting better but still kinda hanging on to the lovely cough this cold brought, it's time for reenergizing and a total break from all that is sicky related. Clarity, that's what's desperately needed around here.

What I'm feeling is time for mass spring cleaning! Disinfecting any sick germ related thing out. Clearing out the old to make room for the new to come into my life. I'm finishing up the taxes for last year, cleaning out the studio and the office, just yearing for lots of bare space to create new collections and be inspired to create vibrant new projects. For my friends and family, this is no shock, they know that I'm not completely happy if I don't have a million irons in the fire and flying mach 5 with my hair on fire.

So what am I craving you ask? Bright, bold, clean, beautiful, unabashed color! Forget pastels, forget muddy, forget cold unemotional color. Give me bright happy reds, stunning bright pinks, bright turquoise-y blues, bright spring grass green, crisp bright whites, deep navy blues, deep bright yellows, yellow orange, yes, I want them all! And I will happily play with them all after I finish the tax stuff today, finish cleaning up the desk and office that I took the strong arm to lat night and pushed everything on the floor. It's time for a clean fresh start so I can tackle my deadlines that have been pushed around due to being sick and be bright and productive and happy again.

It's been really cold for South Florida standards the last two days. Today it's bright and sunny, still cold but atleast it's sunny. Sunny is good.

I'll let you know my progress...stay tuned!