Blue-Footed Booby and Getting Ready for September Lists...

30 Days of Lists is starting again on September 1st! Are you participating? I am all signed up and ready to go! I still have a lot of room in the journal I started the last time, so I'm continuing on with that. It's the one that my sister Renee made for me. I added a title...They're doing it a little differently this time. It costs $6, but they have set up a forum and...

Two New Art Journal Pages...

Hi everyone! I finished a couple of art journal pages over the weekend that I can't wait to share with you! They are both in my vintage record album journal, which is the main one I am using these days.The first one started off looking like this...It's a page from a children's book called "I Walk At Night." It was being discarded by my local library, so I snatched it up....

August News Page...

I thought it would be fun to do one "In The News" page each month in my daily journal. Tonight I finished the one for August...Nothing super artsy, but a nice mini-time capsule for future reference.I'm putting the finishing touches on my August Daily Journal, and getting ready to start a new one for September. Can you believe it's already almost September? Where has the...

August Tiny Sketch No. 2

Here's my second tiny watercolor sketch. It's 2" x 3.5," or the size of a gift/credit card. My goal is to do four by the end of August...Done with Pelikan Watercolors, Stabilo Pastel Pencils, Neocolor II crayons and Pitt Pens.Thanks for visiting and I will see you again soon my friends! Have a fabulous Thursd...

Tiny Watercolor Sketch...

Part of my No More Excuses journal includes doing periodic little watercolor sketches. They are the size of a gift card. I think it's a great idea and it will help improve both my sketching and painting skills! Here's my first one...This was done with Pitt Pens and Pelikan Watercolors. I recommend the Pelikan Watercolors highly if you like intense color. I have the set...

An Amazing Sister's Getaway...

Hi everyone! I'm sorry I've been absent for the last ten days. My sister Renee and I got together to go to an art journaling retreat! It was at a really cool place in Malibu called Artinfusio, which is run by Gina Armfield. The instructor was Pam Garrison, who besides being a talented artist is such an amazingly sweet person!The first thing we noticed when we pulled in...

Journal Fodder Junkies and Deck of Prompts Swap...

I've got two new things to share that I'm so excited about!!! The first one is a challenge I discovered through this inspiring page by Rafael Lopez jr. The challenge is called Journal Fodder Junkies, and they have weekly art journal challenges. They started back in March, and I decided to go back and do them all!The first challenge is to answer the question "Who Am I"? ...

New Writing Journal and "No More Excuses" Workshop...

I got a new writing journal from Papaya Art, and I could not POSSIBLY be more excited about it! Isn't it beautiful???The beautiful artwork is by Anahata Katkin. Now, I did just make a whole bunch of handmade art journals, and I love working in them, but this is a whole different kind of journal. It was made specifically for writing, and you can SOOOO tell! The paper in...

Full-Tilt Boogie Grand Finale Journal...

I finally finished my Full-Tilt Boogie Grand Finale journal and I'm excited to share it with you! The reason I am calling it the grand finale is because:It's got the most pages of any of them (over 200)It took the most time to put together (because each page is a collage of papers)and I finally got brave enough to use my antique velvet photo album as the cover!Here's how...

Inspiration Journal Pages...

I'm having fun cutting and pasting in my inspiration journal. Here's my first finished page...This one is almost done - I will probably add something above the graphic of Neil Young...I'm not picking these images with any particular idea in mind. They are just images that grab me for one reason or another. Each beautiful in it's own way. My favorite part is putting the...