Look At My Space #5

I am back at my desk this week, and I feel like I should mention something real quick so as not to feel like a total liar. While my desk is pretty clean and organized in the picture below, it has not looked like this for the last two weeks since I got it clean. I am a master at leaving things to be put away later, and did a quick stash before snapping a photo for this week’s post. I will say that I have been doing better. I’m not leaving garbage and other random stuff on my desk. I do need to start putting things away as I’m finished with them though, so I don’t have a pile of stuff to be put away before I can take my pictures. Anyway, on with the show!

We have visitors in my space this week:

Aren’t they adorable! That’s Squeak in the chair, and Bugga is standing next to her holding Molly Dolly. I think they enjoy my nice clean space. Then again, maybe it’s the newest addition to the space, a Sony DPF-V900 Digital Photo Frame. That and pushing buttons on my computer.

I’ve been wanting a digital photo frame for a long time, but they were always out of reach as far as price goes. Ten days ago now I was surprised by an email from 5 Minutes For Mom. I don’t enter every contest I find, only the ones giving away something I would actually use. So, imagine my surprise when I found out that the winner of the 5 Minutes For Mom drawing for the digital photo frame had opted not to claim their prize. They redrew and my name was the one chosen. I made sure to respond immediately. Last Thursday, shortly after posting about my space, the UPS man arrived with a box and a new toy for me, and it has had its home on my desk ever since.

Why do I love having a digital photo frame on my desk? When you put it in the simplest terms, it’s all about inspiration. I uploaded several photos taken by myself, my sister-in-law, and found on the internet to the frame’s internal memory. I set it to randomly display multiple images. Then, as I watch the photos change I am inspired by the color combinations that come up as well as the images that are combined. Pictures of scenery show up alongside silly faces. Flowers appear next to zoo animals. And I see the girls together, showing so many differences and similarities all at the same time. It definitely gets me thinking about combinations of pictures to put together for their scrapbooks that I might not have considered before.

Do you have anything in your craft space that inspires you? If you don’t, go find something that inspires you and bring it in.

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