Where Do I Get My Inspiration From?

It's true that sometimes you walk down the street, then an apple falls over your head and a little floating light bulb appears above you; and you're having a great idea for something. Then comes the moment where you can't to give it a try.
But sometimes we walk down the street, and nothing falls on you, nothing lights up, and you're just empty, completely.

Sometime the great ideas come easy, no stretch needed. But who doesn't have those moments where you're drawing a blank? All of us. Me. Besides the fact that I see designs in my closed eyes when I shut them, I need to looks for ideas and inspirations anywhere I can. So I thought I would share with you my resources. Maybe you could get ideas from there too. I just must mention that taking an inspiration is NOT copying other designs. It's looking at something, not only bags (which means it can be a tree in the street, or a funny shaped butterfly, etc.) and finding the light bulb inside your head. Like, I look on a bag design and this gives me an idea for something else. Something else, not the exact design. It's the design itself that gives me an idea for another design. Then I change and alter the elements of the original design, add elements that aren't part of that design, combine elements from my head, move elements to other places and making bigger, making them smaller. I've said it before in previous posts, you can look it up. So remember that while you're looking for ideas in other designs!! Don't forget, you're looking for a design to design on your own and there are plenty of ideas out there, just find the right ones – the ones that haven't been done before.

That's what I wanted to say before I give you a few resources.
Here:

* The wonderful Etsy.com that we both know and love. You can find wonderful design ideas in the bags and purses section. It's fun seeing what other people have done and get inspired for a whole new design of your own.

* I LOVE looking at Zappos.com once in a while, every few days or weeks when new stuff has been uploaded to their site. Look in the bags section and you can narrow down the categories to make it more relevant (like narrowing it for just women bags). For those who don't know this site, it's a very big and well known store for many fashion items, not just bags. But since I'm talking about bags here, you might as well go straight to the bags section.

* Similar type of fashion store - bagsok.com that also has designer bags. (I think I need to note that looking at a bag made from material that you don't usually use, doesn't mean the design idea you think of has to be made from the same material the original design used. So ignore the materials almost completely).

* asos.com is a cute store as well. I haven't really been looking through the entire site i.e. other sections that aren't bags and purses, but when looking for resources to take inspiration from, for anything, I stay at the ones that have a decent amount of items. Bad selection means I'm out of there.

* Bag stores near your home are a great inspiration source as well. I have a store near my home that its brand's name is "Pure" (maybe it's international, I don't know, and that's not the point). They're expensive, but dear God, what beautiful bag items they have there! It almost hurts your eyes, because they're so full of great bag designs, and they're very well made. It's all very beautiful in there. So fining a good store like this one but in your neck of the woods would be a great source for inspiration for you!

* Not just bags that you can bring your inspiration from. Clothing too. So you can look at fashion clothes whether it's on TV, magazines, websites, or physical stores.
* Inspiration can come from anything, everything, and everywhere. Be creative and open you eyes and mind.