I just found this fab blog today.  Tonya Doughty is a photographer, scrapbooker, and amazing designer, by the looks of things.

I love some of her design pieces, like this:

But even more than that, I love this – it’s a concept I’ve thought about myself for ages now, but I’ve never seen anyone else do with quite so much awesomeness!  Her ‘Remember This’ series features some awesome photos, with some great design and some wonderful messages that she wants to give to her daughters.  I absolutely love it!  You can check out more of them here.

Don’t forget to check out the the color me pretty posts when they come up on Decor8.  They’re gorgeous

It’s funny how, even in something as creative as craft & design, it becomes hard to innovate.  Sometimes, we are so surrounded by the pretty things we’ve seen people create that we forget all about creating something new, or creating something for us because of what we think is beautiful.  The time and the effort ends up being spent on figuring out how to create what someone else has created.  And, unfortunately, with the way the internet works, we’re sometimes so keen for others’ approval that we try to create what they want to see, without really realising we’re doing it.  It’s just human nature, of course, but it’s so interesting that such incredible creativity & innovation exists right alongside a need to do as others do.  I’m not saying it’s any way wrong, because of course it’s also how we all learn, but I am saying it’s a fabulous exercise to try & do something different from time to time.  Try writing.  Try symmetry & graphic-style.  Try freehand & scribbly.  Try small pictures, or big pictures, white-space or layering. Try cute.  Try elegant. Try to create something new, something different to everything on the first page of the online community where you share your creations.  This week, I’ll be creating something different to everything I’ve seen lately, and for fun, I’ll also be channeling Paris romance

photo via Rita Crane Photography.

From one of my favourite shops, Kikki-K.  Love the colours & design!

Look at this lovely piece of pastel deliciousness found on the decor8 blog courtesy of A Creative Mint - which is a lovely blog you should check out if you’d like some wonderful crafting inspiration.