A recent post over at Martha’s Crafts Dept. stopped me in my designer tracks.  I’m quite the fan of creating inspirational boards and collages, both virtually on the computer as well on the wall in my workspace.  I also keep a sketchbook which is never for sketching, but is to be used soley for keeping track of inspiring photos, designs, textures, typefaces, and color palettes.  However, I’ve never thought of collecting things to be kept in a box!  The idea of physically going through all of your materials, getting the tactile sensation of ribbon, papers and the like and being able to group them per project?  Well Martha, that is a very good thing.

{images shown belong to The Crafts Dept. and belong to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia}