Meg Cubitt: My inspiration journal

Cutting and sticking is one of my favourite things to do. Its relaxing, and I can do it when I have zero concentration. Meet my glue book!

Whenever I read any magazine or catalogue, I always end up cutting out every image that appeals to me, whether its a colour I like, words, a hairstyle, a dress, a pretty pattern, anything really that grabs my attention. I put them all in a folder, along with pretty postcards I get, stamps, tissue paper and colour samples. Some of this stuff will be used for art journaling, some saved for paper crafting, but a lot of these things will end up in my 'inspiration book'.

When I have a large enough selection of images, I get my blank spiral bound notebook, and decide my theme for that particular page. I usually sort images by colour, pattern, or item, but there are thousands more ways to organise them. I spend a while getting the pictures in just the right places, leaving white between the images so I can doodle if I want! Then they all get stuck down...

Everyone has different ways of getting ideas, whether kept in their head, seen on tv, or written down, and this is one of my ways. I much prefer physically seeing things, and even though I love pinterest, nothing beats the feeling of flicking through a physical book, bursting with colour and pictures. It's easy to keep, and with less materials needed than art journaling, its ideal to pick up when you just have a short amount of time, or have no energy to get all the paints out!! Maybe not everyone has my compulsive need to collect, cut, organise and stick pictures as I do, but this has definitely become one of my favourite notebooks….

Would love to see other peoples inspiration journals if anyone has one/makes one?!

Today I am grateful for