SUZY STUMP: THE ART OF JAMIE JOHNSON >>>

Things you do: play computer solitaire.  Check and make sure all of your cigarette lighters are in working order. Stack some toothpicks. Check to see if all of your potted plants have proper drainage.

Knock it off. It's time for you to become more creative. You can start small. Create something very small, indeed, something miniature. Miniature, much like the adorable and affordable miniature painted neighborhood series by Jamie Johnson. Happy Homes, A Neighbor and a Tree, and many more of Johnson’s paintings â€" starting at $16 â€" will hang at BKB & Company through May.

This is where you may seek your inspiration. Perhaps you will use toothpicks to build your own miniature something. Perhaps it will be jewelry. Or pottery. The possibilities stretch on through infinity. Look, there they go. 

[BKB & Company, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1734 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.6884]

Photo: The Neighborhood #70, by Jamie Johnson