Where inspiration comes from?

Where does it come from? I have to say - everywhere - what I have found is that if you don't look for it, it seems to pop up right in front of you. I was reading my latest copy of Cloth, Paper, Scissors and near the back was a picture of a leaf, cut to look distressed and such wonderful colours. What came to mind was leaves printed on lutrador, burned out and layered over organza to produce a pocket for lavender. This could be a new sachet product for my stall. Also I came across a recipe for lavender bath salts on facebook of all places!

The only limit to all of this is the 6 x 4ft x 3ft tables I'm allowed at the market, which can look quite messy if too many products are put on them and my customers get overloaded with choice.

I recently added some Russian dolls, printed onto cotton and stuffed.  These have proved quite popular and I need to make them weekly it seems. My posies are also popular and I wondered if it was the price that attracts the customers or the novelty? I'll have to do some market research this year and then I can reduce my products to those that people are looking for.

Back to work now...