The Kitchen Garden Novice Scraps Happy

So I've started my New Year's project to craft/scrap/stamp cards for Operation Write Home.  This was to be my outlet for creative flow this year. But...I've discovered something in the process. (Surprise, surprise.) It seems that I'm better at creating if I have a target recipient. I've been so accustomed to crafting each card with a specific individual in mind, that I found myself...well... stuck. What kind of greeting card would connect with a service man/woman deployed overseas enough for him/her to send to loved ones back home? What sort of individual might choose one of my little pieces of scrap art to keep in touch with friends and family? 

See what I mean about stuck? I was so seriously hung up on "who" I couldn't even begin to move on to "what."  We're talking serious creative constipation here. And that lead to even more introspective angst. Who was I to even presume that my little tokens of glib greeting card garbage might resonate with a soldier, a sailor, an airman, a marine?

Then I thought of the three kids I know who are serving in active duty. I thought of one of my daughter's friends, a marine in Afghanistan.  I thought of my nephew who is anticipating his first deployment in May.  And then I thought of my nephew, Nick, a lifer, in the Army Air Force. His specialty is training helicopter pilots. That's when my creative juice started bubbling spontaneously. It percolated as I rummaged through my stash to find long forgotten "flight" themed dazzles. It came to a full boil as I remembered the "just flying by" stamp I'd purchased ages ago. It simmered as I chose papers and complementary punch. And just that simply, my mojo was back. I was cookin'.

Will my next foray into card construction be as angst riddled? Probably. But I'll trust the Universe and my military models to motivate and guide me through.