Mixed Media

Shoppe and Video Newness

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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!

You can see more details here: EclecticArtJournals

 Monkeying About

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.

Talk to you soon,

~Patty

 

Video Up: “Fall Feels”

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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.)

YouTube Videos: Due To Technical Difficulties…

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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:

As Always,

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a great week,

~Patty

“The Nature of Things” Journal Progress

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I like to name my art journals, but I’m not sure if this title will stick. Maybe I should call it “Wings on Things”.

Because EVERYBODY gets wings in here!

This is one of my page “re-do’s”. I pulled off the retro-kitsch decor and gave it a botanical fantasy makeover, like what I did in the rest of this journal.

I didn’t really like the direction it was going, so I decided to tear out pages I had already worked on and replaced them with pre-painted pages. I’ll find a use for the pages I tore out, that can actually be a lot of fun.

I filmed a video this week where I go into a little more detail about why and where my art journaling has been taking me lately. If you would like to see it, hit the link-ity link on the sidebar.

A mouse pondering how to use wings.

In a nutshell…life in the outside world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be right now. My little world is doing great, but as being an ingredient of the world at large, it’s hard to ignore everything that’s going on. This isn’t a place to pick sides, all sides seem to be struggling about something right now…so there you go.

This is a place where I create a little world of my own to visit when things get a bit grim. Much like I did when I was a kid, reading books, listening to music, and making art.

As a matter of fact, I decided to purchase some my favorite childhood books , and a few new ones, on the Audible app to listen to while I work on my journals, this has been so fun!

The other thing I have been working on this week is my creative spaces, yes I have more than one…what?!

Anyway, I started following “The Unexpected Gypsy” on YouTube, and she has really inspired me me to take all things creative a lot more seriously for my overall well being. I highly recommend making any changes in your environment to support your creative life. Any and all changes, large or small, will make an impact, so I’m going to just keep at it! I hope you will too!

Let me know in the comments how you are doing, I love hearing from you!

Until next time,

Have a great week

Thank you for the visit,

~Patty

Getting Things Done

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I’ve been a tad absent lately ticking things off my To Do lists. Because I’m more of a planner than a do’er, I had many containers full of planned out ephemera packs for my shoppe, some of them yeeeaarrs old!…and I got them done. I’ll try not to belabor this point, if you want to see my latest shoppe doings, just hit that button on yonder sidebar.

To the fun stuff…

A couple of weeks ago I decided I wanted to create a stash of flowers to work with, maybe it was the thought of spring being just around the corner. Doesn’t that sound wonderful, “Spring just around the corner!” I was “in town”, meaning a town that has a Hobby Lobby (all being over an hour’s drive) and we had a few minutes to pop in and out, so I grabbed a few more paper pads. Lovin’ the sunflowers, the pads to the right are older HL brand, luckily I grabbed two of my favorites before they were discontinued.

From my older HL “The Paper Studio” paper pads.

A bit of something I did in the evenings after toiling in my shoppe. This can be a bit tedious, but it’s a nice evening project in while listening to a book on Audible with your feet up.

Something I had in the back of my mind.

I wanted to see if I could incorporate flowers onto things, like trees, people, and…thats all I’ve got. But I knew I needed a selection of florals to work from, and now I do.

I left a little tuck spot for a journaling bit, this bird head seemed to fit the bill…pun! Ha!

Anyway, I glued a bit of ledger paper to the back of her, just enough to jot down a thought.

If you’ll notice, I punched holes in the tree with my binding machine, snipped the edges, and popped it into my journal, kind of like a Happy Planner page. I wanted it in this spot, but I didn’t want to cover up that deer, I have the plans for him.

Well, I hope you are as excited as I am to welcome back Spring, in the meantime I will be creating a few gardens with my flowers!

As always,

Thank you for stopping in,

Have a great week,

~Patty