Craft Idea Book

Craft Idea Book Can Provide Inspiration and Organization

Reader Tip: Compile a Craft Idea Book

"When we lived in the States, I used to receive 10-15 catalogs every week. All it took was ordering one thing and all sorts of them started showing up.

So I started going through them to see what I could make using ideas from the catalogs. I figure as long as I wasn't making the exact same thing and mass producing them, I could have fun with this.

I started a book of ideas with a picture from the catalog. This has been helpful when I wanted to do something special for a friend and had no idea what to make. Catalogs are loaded with ideas."

Shaaron

Thanks for sharing, Shaaron. I actually already have one of these idea books of my own.

And I agree they are great resources. In addition to catalog pictures, I include designs from craft magazines and sketch any of my original brainstorms, as well as ask other crafters if I can take photos of something clever they have done.

As Shaaron mentions, just be careful about copyrights and harming other crafters who sell their work for a living.

They own the designs.

Like Shaaron, I take care not to copy anything from a catalog. The contents of my idea book are just for inspiration and as a starting point or even just a reminder to do something I've been meaning to try.