I am also trying to spend more time creating things. I find that my art usually starts up at times like this when I feel like everything in chaotic and there is not much I can do about it. After my earring holder, I made one for my older sister for her birthday. For mine, I left the wood of the frame showing, but for hers, I covered it with blue cloth wrapped in silver ribbon. I try to keep in mind that everyone has a different style. I am not sure if these will be featured on my website. John thinks they will because that is usually how my projects go - I make it for myself and then I just keep going.
I also made a cape for my darling Lily and a matching one for her teddy. We were reading a children's magazine on Thursday, and one of the characters had a cape on. I put Lily's Curious George blanket on her like a cape, and she loved it. It was very large, and she kept tripping over it, so I told her I would make her one on the sewing machine. She picked out some white cloth with pink and brown spots. I got some pink cloth to make the lining. After Lily went to bed, I made her a cape that is pink with an "L" made from the white cloth and teddy a cape that has a pink "T" with the white polka dot background. They are super cute, but I will have to reasearch online to see how I can keep it from being too tight on her neck.
Creating and constructing make me feel better. It is hard to get the energy up to do it when I feel the way I do right now, but I know from experience that that is the easiest way to get through the depressed times to a better place.