do you ever feel like...

all of the good ideas are "taken"?

in the scrapbooking industry, like fashion, keeping up with the trends can be quite the challenge, because they're ever-changing. in publishing, there's this constant requirement to be "fresh" and "new" and "unique". because i spend a *lot* of time in online galleries and reading magazines, i'm very aware that many of the techniques and ideas i use in my projects have been "done before". i see new ideas and i think "now why couldn't *i* have thought that up?"

so, i'm beginning to feel like there are no new ideas left. they've all been used up. know what i mean? it's frustrating, really. i love to scrapbook, but i sit down with blank paper and some yummy products and everything i think of feels like something that i've already used. how in the world do i keep up?