February 8 Journal pages

February 8, 2010

Journaling On The Go

All I really need to journal on the go is a glue stick, scissors, ziploc full of images, ziploc full of various paint & gel pens, a recycled plastic envelope for gluing on & my journal.

Recent Journal Pages

A few of my most recent journal pages.

Jan. 27, 2010

Jan. 16, 2010

Jan 21, 2010

Jan. 18, 2010

Jan 24, 2010

Jan 22, 2010

Making an Art Journal

Wasau paper, cardboard from a pizza box, fabric, gel medium & waxed linen will soon become a new art journal.

Laying out the fabric for the covers and checking size to cut.

Gel medium is used to glue the fabric down.

The spine and end papers are completed. Both are made from fabric as well.

The signatures are sewn in.

Voila! A new art journal to work in!

Journal Spot

My favorite work spot! Love to work on my art journal late at night while watching a movie in my big, comfy bed.

Jan 5 2010 Journal Pages

Class with Kelly

I had an awesome time with Kelly Kilmer this afternoon. It's always so much fun & an awesome learning experience when in class with Kelly!

Random Journal Pages

It has been a long time since I devoted myself to this blog. My life has undergone a complete restructuring in the past several months and blogging took a backseat to the reality of LIFE.

I feel as if I have gone through a long period of hibernation within my cocoon. A time where deep thinking and self reflection on my life were the total focus. This phase was followed by a period of struggling to break the bonds that held me. The time to cast off that which made me less than WHOLE, made me feel as if I were an empty shell, involved great emotional struggle. yet I know full well that nothing worthwhile in life comes without struggle. Without casting off your old life in order to make room for the life that is waiting for you.

Finally I entered the phase of joyous rebirth of SELF. Of becoming fully ME again. Many things were cast off, relationships that were not what they should be. Thought processes that allowed others to be happy but kept me in sorrow. All things must change, ebb and flow in order to be renewed. From caterpillar to cocoon to vibrant Lunar Moth I have gone and it is my ART, my CORE SPIRIT that helped carry me through.

The pages shown here are a few that show a bit of my renewal, my empowerment and my desire to be fully me again. I hope they inspire you as they inspired me to become myself once again....

9/03/09

10/30/09

12/26/09

Merry Christmas

The snow is coming down fast!