preperation before creation...

When it is time to create I do a couple of things before I begin. 

 

I make sure that my boys are busy and working on their schoolwork.  I get my cup of ice water & my jar of almonds to snack on.  I make sure that I have my home phone & cell phone close by so I dont have to get up.  I decide on a theme for the day and get out all of the ingredients, supplies & embelishments that I will need to make that happen.  I get out the tools that I know I will use in the beginning also.  Sometimes I have to dive back into my supplies to get something I didn't get out to begin with but I only have to grab things occasionally. 

The best creative process is the unenterupted one. 

 

Once these things are done then I am ready to roll.

 

I feel that the preperation process is just as important as the creative process.  If you have not done the things you need to BEFORE you set down to create then you might as well not get started.