Rainy Day Links: Creative Inspiration

Mary Ann Wakely of A Creative Life shares lucious abstract paintings including garden voices and nature's fantasy.

Make orange peel beeswax candles with Mom in Madison, one of many inspiring and beautifully photographed posts from a creative unschooling mom of two energetic boys.

Stephanie at Biffybeans wrote an elegant description of finding discarded card catalog cards in her post,  "Liberated from the Scrap Pile at the Public Library." Keep your eyes open for hidden treasures this week!

At Our Artful Life, the kids helped create this Colorful Couch!

Amazing graphics at Ads of the World.

Art Journal Exercise: Circle Doodles from Amber's Blog looks wickedly fun and quite do-able with kids.

Writing Livelihood offers thoughts on improving focus amidst information overload. The idea I found most intriguing: "Have an “analog” workday and compare your productivity to a typical digital day." Perhaps stepping away for a day could improve focus and result in increased creativity and productivity. Thinking away from the box!