Cathie Richardson Illustration

  Sometimes I'm uninspired and need to  just pause what I'm trying to do. Take a break. I've been keeping journals for many years. I have several going at once. I get them out and go back to page one. I read, reflect, laugh, and add more stuff. I get out my pencils, markers, crayons, stickers - just like in elementary school. Be a kid. Create. Who cares what it looks like. It's a blast. This is a handmade journal given to me by a friend. I love it for the different pages and papers she put in it. I add my own things.  A sketch here and there. Notes. Stickers. If you buy Yogi tea, they have some wise words on the tea bag labels.  I attach those I like with decorative washi tape. Maybe it is this time of year - very early spring when things are still a bit slow, the weather is   cool and unpredictable, and nature is quiet. I started one of my journals in 2008 - and liked the chrysanthemum sketch so maybe I will scan it  and put it on a greeting card. Thi...