Hey friends, this was such a busy week, but I managed to put a video together. With the weather turning to Fall soon, I thought it would be nice celebrate the last vestiges of a summer garden
Because we now live in an area that has almost a 6 month summer, and I find myself looking forward to cooler days and curling up with a cup of tea and a book. But I have to admit I’m going to miss longer days!
I chat a bit about these pages at the end of the video. So, I hope you will visit my channel to see how this page spread came together here: Eclectic Art Journals
Thank you for the visit,
Have a wonderful week,
~Patty
(p.s. I have been filling my shoppe back up, so check that out with the link in my sidebar and use the coupon code ‘CUSTOMERLOVE20’ to receive 20% off your purchase.)
It’s been a while since I shared about my shoppe here because like everything else creative in my life, I’ve been struggling to make the time. I tend to go whole hog for a few days on a project, then burn out. And it seems to get harder to get back into the grove again as I get older, kinda like “The Little Engine That Could” chug, chug… Of course it doesn’t help that I love watching other people create as much as love creating. Dang YouTube!
“Bright Curated Art Finds” Ephemera Pack
There’s a lot of handmade items in this one, stitched collage pieces, painted backgrounds, tags, paperclips, library pockets, pieces of a masterboard, the list goes on. I took a bunch of my most colorful bits and pieces and just started making. It took quite a while to get it all made and organized, and believe it or not, it sat waiting for about eight months to be put together and photographed for my shoppe. Such a slacker!
I’m trying something new on my YouTube channel, talking about my shoppe and using the “ephemera pack leftovers” in my videos. This is the page spread I created in my video. It was fun, but not quite what I was picturing in my mind. Isn’t that always the way, sometimes it’s hard to hit that creative sweet spot, but other times it happens almost magically…go figure. You can watch the video of this page spread here: Eclectic Art Journals
Using the small “masterboard” pieces
This one turned out a little closer to my liking. I think it may be the Travelers Notebook size of this journal that throws me off sometimes, luckily I have quite a collection of ‘long thin’ images in my stash, so I’m good there. You can see a “short” of this page spread here: Eclectic Art Journals
Thank you so much for stopping by! I have a lot of projects and plans that I want to share over the next few months, it’s just a matter of getting organized…and watching less YouTube maybe…
So, until next time,
Be sure to use the coupon code ‘CUSTOMERLOVE20’ to receive 20% off your purchase of anything in my shoppe.
This one almost went the way of “Collage Compost” but I saved the day with more straight lines and structure.
Ah, that’s better!
Yes, the butterflies and flowers have their place, but structure keeps them in line.
Finally found a home for this awesome postage stamp!
I have been really loving making videos where the main portion, the middle, of the video is just me creating. I found that I was dreading making videos because of all the time required to edit them because I felt the need to talk my way through my process. Now I put on my headphones and listen to some of my favorite music while creating. I spend a little time at the end explaining certain creative decisions, but now I can make and edit a video in just a couple of hours by leaving out the chatter. Win!
If you are interested is seeing the video of this page spread, head over to my channel: Eclectic Art Journals
As always,
Thanks for the visit,
Have a great week,
~Patty
(p.s. I have been filling my shoppe back up, so check that out with the link in my sidebar and use the coupon code ‘CUSTOMERLOVE20’ to receive 20% off your purchase.)
Last month, Paul and I (and Lily our pup) drove across the upper U.S. to visit our daughter and grandson in North Dakota It was a wonderful trip, and boy do we miss them, but it is so nice to be home!
Almost as soon as we got home it was time for a visit from our son and his wife’s family, so much fun. They booked a house on the lake for the Labor Day weekend…more memory keeping, Yay!
But I digress as per usual, on to the N.D. trip…
Documenting: Organizing Memories in my Happy Planner
This is how I organize memories so that I have a place to refer to when I’m ready to document them into my Pocket Memory albums. (I use Becky Higgins “Project Life” but there are few other choices out there for pocket style memory keeping, Hobby Lobby, Ali Edwards, and a few options on Amazon.)
Anyway, the first thing I do is pick out a few photos of highlights, then I arrange them in a collage in my photo app before printing. I’m not concerned with the quality of the print at this stage, this is only for reference. As you can see I had fun decorating. This is not necessary unless you really need to use up years and years of sticker collecting…guilty! The next step is to fill your pages with as many memories as you can fit into those small spaces. If I run out of room on these weekly page spreads I’ll insert a 3/4 sheet of dot grid paper for more photos and journaling. I use a pdf. I purchased from an Etsy shop, I punch holes with my Happy Planner punch and pop it in. I’ll share more on that process in a future post.
Findings: A garage sale treasure
If you have been following my blog for a while, you know that I have a slight obsession with ‘Wilhold’ containers. Although this isn’t actually a Wilhold, it’s from the same era…and it was a dollar. I love these vintage plastic containers to hold my craft supplies. The memory that goes along with this is spending the day hanging out with my daughter, something we didn’t have a lot of time for even when we lived in the same town, sigh!
Creating: The “Hot Mess”
Friends, this is not what I imagined when I created this. My vision of how this was going to turn out was completely different; meaning I have a pretty good imagination! I’m not going to spend a lot of time on making excuses, but I will share a short video of how this went down:
Note to Self: Quit when you’re ahead
Not my finest hour, or 60 seconds! I’m thinking about calling this “Collage Compost” Lol! I think I was just having too much fun and got a little carried away…does it show?
Until next time,
Thank you so much for stopping in,
Talk to you soon,
~Patty
(p.s. I have been filling my shoppe back up, so check that out with the link in my sidebar and use the coupon code ‘CUSTOMERLOVE20’ to receive 20% off your purchase.)
Last weekend I did some editing on a video that tied up my computer for the rest of the week, and I think I know what went wrong, so hopefully that won’t be happening again…I think.
Because my computer was otherwise engaged, I am behind on all my projects and project sharing, so let’s get started!
I had more fun with this page than I have in a very long time! I pulled out some of my favorite techniques from my first few years of art journaling. It’s a slower process with all the paint, mediums, and layers, but a much more satisfying result.
I realize that putting this much time into a page in a journal that will probably just sit closed on a shelf may seem like a waste of resources, but getting back to this style has inspired me to work on a few art pieces. As a matter of fact I have one almost finished right now.
If you would like to see the video of this page’s process, the video is right here:
Patty Radish 