What words or phrases do you find inspiring and why?

Hard to say why I find individual words inspiring… it’s the feeling it evokes. Pumps me up, conjures up strength and confidence, if only for a little bit. Here are some favorite quotes, too:

• Be the change to wish to see in the world. Gandhi
• If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams
• The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Lloyd Wright
• Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.Eleanor Roosevelt

Do some doodling… share it and write about it!

I haven’t made time to doodle much lately. Catching up on some laundry this weekend, I was staring at our mattress cover, speckled with feathers from our feather-top.  I asked myself, “Should I sit here and pluck them all out before I throw this in the washing machine?” The afterthought was, “What would Martha do?” And, that was the inspiration for my 3″ x 3″ doodle. WWMD. Not my favorite, but it might just be what I need to start up again.

If you’re looking for more crafty goodness, hop over to Craft Critique for lots of products and my recent review on the Martha Stewart Large Circle Cutter.