When it freezes what do I do?

When we had the deep freeze followed by more snow 

what did I spend my time INSIDE doing?

 Besides enjoying watching my striped amaryllis bloom 

and bloom again.........

 I should have been spending all my time on creating work for 

upcoming exhibits, but I didn't.

 I thought of upcoming birthdays and started creating note cards....

 That is relaxing, sort of and sometimes.

 Time is spent exploring materials,

   searching for ideas and trying designs and formats .

My thought is that one of these just might be a sample 

for a large wall hanging, someday.

I do find collages and embroidery I have preciously

 created and try incorporating all into something new.

 It always ends up with more stitching necessary and replanning 

and more thought .....

I guess that is where the creativity come in.

I do enjoy the final construction.

More will come.....