I’m calling this one, “Egg Meadow” because the daisies remind me of eggs and I can’t help but smile I’m signed up for Kellee Wynne’s {Color for Your Inbox} and her recent email was all about using grids in your journals. She had so many lovely grids on a little preview video in the email, … More Grid Journal
I absolutely love using my sewing machine. I have never been one to cut out patterns, pin them to fabric, and join them at perfect corners. I do enjoy quilting but take a more artful approach, with a lot of creative liberty. I tried sewing on paper a few times with poor results. After recently … More Sewing Your Art Journal
There is just something about those frosty winter sunsets. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer … More A Winter Walk
I have always loved and been drawn to photography. I took a few photography classes in college, and I really enjoyed it. My favourite was an analogue photography class I took where we focused on developing our own photos in a dark room. A lot of the photography was black and white to emphasize texture … More Photography in Art Journaling
This is one of the first mini journals I created in the past week or so. As I shared earlier, after watching some tutorials from Roben-Marie Smith, I was super inspired to make some miniature versions of my handmade journals. With the larger journals, I was sewing the signatures together, but in Robin’s journals she … More Mini Journal Preview!
If you live in a place with deep winter, I believe it is essential to commemorate the spring and summer and fall months throughout the deep freezes to remind ourselves that, though hidden, the flowers and leaves are not lost. They will pop up again in spring, and delight our senses with their colors, patterns, … More In Gardens of Beauty
If you follow me for a while, you’ll find me posting every style of art journal I can think of. I tend to have a hard time sticking to one thing when it comes to art, but I try to frame that as a positive thing, because it’s just the way it is! I like … More Children’s Art ‘Art Journal’
Maybe you have your master’s in fine art, or maybe you like to paint in your free time on the weekends. Either way, with today’s access to information on the internet/books/in-class, it is totally possible to be continually learning and growing as an artist. For myself, I have always loved painting. I remember the giant … More Let’s Talk Education
Near the end of last year, I decided to take the inspiration of milk bath photography, and turn it into mixed media art. I had stacks of recyclable paper from misprints for homeschool, and so I decided to use these to create mixed media oranges. That’s how it started. And soon I was also making … More Mixed Media in Art Journaling
I know that my intention for this blog was to post my art journaling. But, as things go, when I partake in something meant to spark creativity, well.. it sparks creativity, and off I go on all the rabbit trails. So, if you’re not a rabbit trail person and are strictly here for art journal … More More Handmade Art Journals
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