Happy sunny, Saturday friends! That’s if you’re in Ontario I guess but if you’re like me, you are SO freakin’ happy it is sunny and warm. This delayed Spring has been so hard to deal with but I think it is safe to say that Spring may finally be here to stay.

Before I spend the rest of the day outside enjoying this fresh air, I had some creative juice to get out this morning. So to my computer I went to write…

I don’t know about you, but I always need to be in a creative mood to write. We all need something to stimulate us. And while I’ve been bad here on the ol’ blog of only blogging when that creative spirit is in full force, I’m continually reminded of this message:

Writing is like a muscle, you must work at it to get stronger.

One thing I’ve tried to do in the last little while is create habits around fostering creativity especially around my writing deadlines. For anyone who designs, wordsmiths, brainstorms or works in the creative/marketing/communications field, we all know that being in a creative mood helps to make the words and ideas flow easier. Or a glass of wine or rye always helps too 😉

And of course when deadlines are impending, that is when creativity usually decides to take a hike.

That’s when habits come in to handy.

One of these habits I’ve been trying lately is creating ‘mood boards’ to help me visually get into the creative spirit. Sourcing photos from fellow bloggers, things I find online or social and capturing my own photos has certainly helped me at referring back to these mood boards whenever I’m in a rut and need inspiration. You could also call these vision boards. Here is an example below of the cottage vision board I created when I knew I’d be tasked with the interior design for our little cotty 🙂

I had mentioned this idea of mood boards/vision boards to a colleague a while ago and she loved this idea and asked that I share an example here on the blog. So voila, here is a spring mood board above I created just this week that may help inspire you as well, like it has for me this morning.

Let’s be serious though, just waking up to this sun and warmer temps this morning was enough inspiration itself. Thank you Spring for making your very late entrance to the party, regardless, we are so happy to see you!

{tulips/robins eggs/split leaf philodendron/coffee/wisdom begins in wonder}