Showing posts with label journaling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journaling. Show all posts

Friday, June 10, 2011

Many directions...

With hours to myself, in the evenings, I am getting a lot done. I find that I work better and am more creative if I am going in several directions at one time. Currently I'm finishing up a scrapbook for a client (74 pages complete, 10 to go), making cards and have 3 canvases in progress. Here are a few items that have been on and off my table for several days...


A page from my Soul Journal.

oil pastels, charcoal pencil, pen


Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle

mixed media collage - 8 x 8 on watercolor paper

acrylics, soft pastels, gesso, stazon ink, vintage images, dimensional paint, stamps


leftovers, anything left on my brushes and stamps, even a few drops of ink

Hope you have had a good week, have a fabulous weekend.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Journal pages...

I try to work in my Soul Journal at least once a week, here are a few recent pages in various
stages...

Playing with different items to create backgrounds, I used the backing from Magic Mesh and paint over rub ons, for this page.

More Magic Mesh backing and paint.

I love to doodle, this page was a lot of fun.So many projects going right now and lots to share over the next several weeks. Also, I promised a giveaway and am still gathering items, watch for details coming later this month.
Hope you are having a fantastic week.
Be back soon.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Sneek peek...

Sharing a few sneek peeks into my Soul Journal...




Bits and pieces of a creative process, love, love, love it!
Are you ready to begin the process? I hope so.
More to share...soon.
Have a great day.
Be back soon.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

My knight in shining armor...


Image courtesy of Karen's Whimsey.
For 28 years, I worked outside the home, and my days were divided into work time and home time. Then, for 4 years, I had a retail shop that was located in my home. During this time my days consisted of work/home time, no real division between the two. It's easy to see how it happened because my job was born from my hobby. Since closing my shop in September, my days have become even more unorganized and for someone that is organized to a fault, I have been feeling a bit off lately and I believe it has effected my creativity, actually my ability to create. I still work from my home, keeping 2 little girls part time and creating and selling my art. What a great way to spend the day but I find I feel at the end of the day like I've worked all day and done nothing...hard to explain.I've decided that it's time to refine my days, work time during the day and home time in the evening. Create for others when I'm working and create for me when I'm "home". Sounds like a plan!
Something that I have wanted to do for a long time now is to create an art journal. I've been researching the process for a couple of weeks and have found a load of inspiration online. There seems to be a million different ways to create an art journal, it's amazing. A few days ago I was reading one of my favorite blogs, the last door...down the hall and fell in love with Elizabeth's journal pages, they are true works of art. I was especially intrigued with her entry on Soul Journaling and had to find out more. I joined the Soul Journal Yahoo Group, as she did, and have been reading and gathering supplies. Cannot wait to get started, this is exactly the type of project I have been looking for...thanks Elizabeth, I am inspired. Look forward to sharing my pages with you.
The graphic above is for Day 3 of the process, every girl needs a knight in shining armor!
Have a wonderful day!
Be back soon.