Recent Journal Pages

Some of the journal pages I've done this month. I've been doing two each day, one for each of the two journals I'm currently working in. The pages shown are all from one journal. When I get a chance I'll snap photos of the ones in the other journal so they can be uploaded.

PEN RANT: What the heck is up with Sakura Glaze pens???? A month or so ago I received an entire batch of them that were leaking from the top of the pen barrel (where the pen and tip are put together). Those were replaced and had been OK for a while, but tonight I grabbed a few out of my bin and discovered that they were leaking too. I've NEVER had this issue before with Sakura pens and am not amused to be having it now.

The Soufflé and regular Gelly Roll pens are fine. It's just the Glaze pens that leak. Very frustrating as I have a TON of these pens and use them ALL the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Journal Pages March 4 & 5

Two of the pages I did for March 4 & 5. They're side by side in the journal, so the colors flow into each other, complementing each other and creating a larger whole.



What I'm reading for inspiration:
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (I've read through it countless times and it still captures me every time!)

Sticker City: Paper Graffiti Art (Street Graphics / Street Art)

Today's Movies:

The Red Violin (I've seen it about a dozen times and still it enthralls me)

Girl With a Pearl Earring (I read the book when it first came out & have always loved Vermeer, so thought I'd give the movie a shot.)

More Ephemera

I received a nice, big batch of ephemera in the mail yesterday. I love ephemera swaps and get a kick out of looking thorugh all the papers, feeling their textures and imagining how I'll use them.

Journal 2--2009

I had to rebind this one last night because the middle signature was quite loose & had been for a while. I decided to play around with the binding to see what I could come up with. I also added a couple of handmade beads to the spine. The primitive face bead I made from polymer clay & the skull bead was on I received in a swap. That one's made from paper believe it or not!

Almost all of the pages have been painted, but there's still lots of room for collage & journaling. The page from 3.3.09 that I posted is in this one.

March 3 Journal Page

A little venting via my journal!!!!

March 1 Journal Page

I'm finally starting to get my March pages scanned or photographed. One journal I can scan pages easily enough, but the other is too wide to fit on the scanner so those have to be photographed.

This one is from the journal I can scan. The one I'll post later is from the journal that has to be photographed. It's kind of a pain to have to use two different methods to get my images on-line so I may have to make my future journals sized to fit on the scanner bed!!!!!

Journal Almost Full!

My first Prompt A Day journal is almost filled to capacity. I made it at the end of December specifically for the on-line classes. It's got 80 pages made of 140 lb Wausau, cover is a Pendeflex file folder that I cut, painted and collaged then added clear packing tape to. Size is 7" x 11.5" This will get me through mid to late March then I'll move on to the journal I just made.

I love seeing a journal filled to capacity. They look so awesome and are such a treasure trove of eye candy.

A Note on A Prompt A Day: If you love to work in an art journal or have always wanted to but haven't given it a try yet, do consider signing up for A Prompt A Day. It's well worth it! Kelly gives you more than enough inspiration to jump start your creativity each day. And the group of artists participating is great. I'm not one who typically joins classes, on-line or in person, but this is well worth it. Seriously.

Journal Pages-Feb. 27-28

The final two February pages in one of my journals. The image on the left is a Gustav Klimt, one of my all time favorite artists!!!!!




Today my sweetie and I have been together 20 years!!!!! AMAZING!!!!! Oh, and obviously the journal page about the man walking out and the woman finding a new life is not about us!!!!! He knows better than to walk out on me. I'd come after him with a crowbar. *LOL*

Journal Pages: Feb. 24-26

A few more journal pages from February. I *LOVE* the colors in the second one and the composition in the third. The image in the second one is from a set of vintage nude studio photographs that I have. It's amazing how many photography studios did nudes as cabinet photos in the Art Nouveau era!!!

Snowed In

OK, so at the moment I'm not actually snowed in, but by this time tomorrow I will be. Right now we're in the middle of the first of two storms. This one is the lesser of the two and we'll end up with about 4" of snow from it. Storm #2, due to start tonight, is going to dump between 14-16" on us. It's pretty much guaranteed that school will be closed tomorrow and that our roads will NOT be plowed because the town ran out of snow fund money back at the beginning of February. I don't know what they plan on doing, but there is no way the folks in this town will put up with unplowed roads!!!!

My boy had a friend sleep over last night and the two of them have been whooping and hollering all day. I wish I had half their energy!!!! I'm trying to get them to go play outside in the snow but they aren't going for it. More's the pity as I'd really like some peace and quiet!!!!

I'm hoping to get the rest of my February journal pages scanned and uploaded today. and I really want to make my first pages for March!!!!