Tell Us Your Favorite Art Excuse

What's your favorite "excuse" for spending time in your studio/art space/sewing room instead of doing what you're "supposed" to be doing? Tell us, and we'll include as many as we can in our special Cloth Paper Scissors Studios issue, due out this spring.

Some of our staff's excuses are:

• "Honey, I have to spend a little time in my craft room-for work. You know, product testing. They make me do it. Darn."
• "The voices, the voices tell me to create."
• "I'm giving myself a 'time out.'"
• "We spent so much time painting and setting up this room, now I need to USE it!"
• "It's important for the kids to learn how to cook and clean and do their own laundry. I'm helping them grow into self-sufficient adults."

Send your responses to Cate Prato at cprato@interweave.com, with EXCUSES in the subject line. In the email, please include your first and last name, hometown and state (or country, outside of the U.S.) We look forward to hearing from you!