I dug up one of my old advertiding books from college and found a chapter on facing a "designer's block". This book The Design of Advertising 7th edition by Roy Paul Nelson, offered some great advice.
After some preliminary work on the project, forget it for awhile. By giving your mind something else to think of( I like to play with my kids and or even run an errand) this process gives your subconscious a chance to work on the problem.
Work on more than one project at a time. Moving from one acivity to another provides a change of pace that feels better than to be completely withdrawn from the creative work.
There are so many different ways to get out of a slump... or in otherwords a "designer's block" and what I find useful is to search through magazine articles or online ads that spark somekind of interest.
So don't worry if for some reason you layouts are not going they way you like or you just can't think of a design that flows right... leave it to the experts.
Here is the online ad site... click here. Design a project (layout, ATC, whatever you please) using this ad as inspiration.
Post here by Saturday, June 12th for your chance to win this RAK prize...
Just wanted to add a free journal block for you to enjoy...
Good Luck and Thanks for participating.
Rebecca Harper
Oh and if you are still looking for some inspiration, check out the MDW class calender for Sheri's 7 Gypsies Trunk class and Lisa's Little Black Dress book scheduled for Saturday, June 12th.
Great idea Rebecca. I am definitely going to do this challenge. I have time to as I am at work today and tomorrow for 8 hours with only about an hours worth of work to do! Scrapbook time, OH YEA.
Posted by: nancie irwin | July 10, 2008 at 09:53 AM
It says post by "June 12th"; did you mean by July 12th? That ad reminded me of a St Andrews Flag, so what better layout that a St. Andrews event?
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/scrapscot/35st_andrews.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: Char | July 10, 2008 at 04:54 PM
It didn't post so I will try again:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/scrapscot/35st_andrews.jpg
Posted by: Char | July 10, 2008 at 04:57 PM
Congrats Char... you've just been RAK'd... email me and we can work out the details. [email protected]
Posted by: rebecca harper | July 13, 2008 at 07:34 PM