If you find yourself bereft of ideas then leafing through a lavishly illustrated book is bound to spark off ideas. 
KnitKnit is one of my most recent purchases, and features a really diverse range of artists and craftspeople, united by their love of knitting and their ability to push back the bounds of the craft. There are projects to make yourself, though several aren't suitable for beginners and you'd need to be a pretty confident knitter to tackle them. Having said that, a metallic and mohair belt featured would be a great project for anyone, and the section on Knitta Please is enough to make you itch to decorate your neighbourhood's lamp posts and telegraph poles with stripy cosies.
One of the Ladies Who Knit featured in KnitKnit is Rachael Matthews, and her book Knitorama is fabulously daft. Knitted cauliflower anyone? Knitted fried egg or boxing gloves? Gloriously eccentric in the finest English tradition.
Anna Torborg's The Crafter's Companion has lots of photos of crafty gals workrooms and treasure troves of material stashes and notions. I love seeing behind the scenes, whether it's at a theatre, a library or someone's home. Just nosy, I suppose!
An ideal book to dip into – and discover new blogs to visit too – is Amy Spencer's The Crafter Culture Handbook. Masses of things to make, whether you sew, knit, tinker with electrical whatnots or make your own beauty products. A truly inspiring collection.
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