Gadgets that don't work

Everyone at some point has had a duff gadget, that seemed like a good idea at the time but never worked...

Do you have any gadgets that never worked the way they were intended?

I had a slow cooker that was the rage when I first got it. It was a wedding present in the early 1980s. The idea was that you popped a selection of food ingredients into it and lo and behold when you came home from work your dinner was all ready and cooked. The trouble was it didn’t work – there was a good 10 hours between leaving for work and arriving home and that was too long for most of the programs. And who wants a meal that has been cooking on a very low heat for ten hours anyway? The slow cooker – I really should unearth it from that cupboard and just throw it away!

Colour - quotes and sayings

Write down as many words/phrases/sayings/quotes as you can think of/look up/collect that are related to colour.

• You stop me feeling blue
• Colourful language
• Colouring between the lines
• He led a colourful life
• Rose-coloured spectacles

Now use any one of them to start off a piece of writing.

The journey - theme for the week

This week's theme is "The Journey"

The journey can mean many things, from your daily commute to the journey through life.

Today - simple prompt

What does the word "journey" mean to you?

If you're a scrapbooker there are loads of great papers and embellishments on this theme. Start collecting them together for a fruitful week!

Finding your inspiration - ask the audience

Here's a simple one for Monday - ask a family member or friend (show them the photos, the layout, the journal, the inspiration spark or whatever if you have one) and say:

What shall I write about?

Either

• they will say something and you will think - oh yes, good idea OR
• they wil say something and you will scoff and think that's not what I want to write about!

Either way you are a step closer to knowing what to write about!