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Finishing My “Reconstructed” Art Journal

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 I first wrote about this little art journal back in August. I have managed to get an art journal finished in one month!

That has to be some kind of new record for me!

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I’m thinking it was because I just had fun with it! No expectations, just use up as much randomness as possible! That photo on the right is from a lovely visit I had with my daughter last year.

I love using keepsakes in my journals!

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I have a lot of stuff that has been laying around waiting for a home since last year, that “Grow” sticker for example. I pulled that out of one of my DIY planners at the beginning of the year.

I loved it too much to just toss it!

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Here’s something a bit different for me, no journaling. A quote card that was tucked into the memory board above my desk for the past year. I’m going to use these quote cards more often! Some people may say “What’s the point?”, but I revisit my journals for ideas all the time.

I’ll be seeing that again soon!

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The last page. I have already journaled my way through this journal! I so enjoy decorating the pages when I have the urge to be creative, then having them ready when I have the urge to write!

There are a few more journals I need to get finished up, and that is what my next plan is. I’m getting quite the little library of finished journals!

Thank you once again for your visit,

Have a great rest of your week,

~Patty

Art Journals Going Big!

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As I was rifling through my ephemera stash this week, I found lots of gorgeous pieces that I had forgotten completely about. Well, that was because I haven’t been able to use them in the smallish to tiny art journals I am currently working in.

Answer: Go Big…

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This beauty was given to me by my mom a few months ago. I absolutely love the cover, but the images inside are all in sepia, no color! I know, unbelievable! It measures about 12″x 9″, a perfect size for 8 1/2″x 11″ paper.

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Luckily, I have plenty of awesome large, vintage books to pick pages from, along with an abundance of super colorful painted pages I need to use up.

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It’s a great place for all my Flow magazine gratis papers to live. I’m still working on my collage technique with some of these, but I just love them!

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I have a lot of single sided scrapbook paper, and I thought this would be a great way to use some of it up. I purchased some digital downloads from BaersGarten on Etsy, and printed the plain side with lines to journal on. Cuz, sometimes a girl’s gotta write!

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Then there’s this, Our Miss Audrey on a bike! See how awesome it is to have a home for my Flow mag. papers! I’m keeping this page as is, it’s perfect!

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And now I have a place to use some of my awesome children’s book pages without having to cut them down to size! Nice!

 I shared a bit of this art journal on IG and have already been getting some feedback about putting some in my shoppe, so that might be happening soon!

As usual, thank you so much for your time,

Have a fab week,

~Patty

30Days of Lists Update

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It has been just too long since I’ve been on this blog! It seems as if all I’ve been doing for the last couple of weeks is catching up in my planners and taking care of business. So, what a relief it was to spend a little me time in my journals today!

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This list was a no brainer, and that is exactly what I need right now! And how fun was it to re-visit my pinterest account again, a little in the long forgotten category lately.

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This is quite the abridged version of my list, my real one would take up two more pages! I wanted to include some of the fun things on my list., and yes, organizing can be fun at times, especially when you find long lost treasures!

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My idea of collecting souvenirs when traveling is a bit different than most. I like to find everyday things for around the house, or decor items like vases and such. Practical, yet tasteful.

Grumpy Cat was something my son threw at me on a trip to Seattle’s International District last year, that was a fun day!

Well that’s it for now. I hope to be getting back into the swing of things on this blog soon, until then…

Thank you for the visit,

Have a nice day,

~Patty

Whipping Through This Junk Journal!

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There is definitely something to be said about taking the pressure off! When I decided to turn this journal from “list” to “junk”, it became one of the easiest journals I’ve ever worked in. I put up zero expectations, and just had fun!

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I actually had to refill the box of random crazy I keep on my desk because I’m using it up so fast!

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And, I have to say that it has been wonderful to just sit down and play in my journals lately. I’m hoping to be able to catch up on a few things around here so I can play some more!

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Seriously, what’s the use of having a paper addiction if you don’t take the time to have a little fun!?

Thank you for stopping in,

Have a wonderful weekend,

~Patty

30 Days of Lists

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Last week I decided to try a new list challenge called 30 Days of Lists. I’m not quite sure how I went from not participating in #listersgottalist for the first 3 weeks, to playing catch-up, to possibly participating in two list challenges for September. I think I just want more excuses to make journals…and work in them of course!

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If you popped over here to see what I did with the 30 Days of Lists March 2011 list prompt, this is what I came up with. I chose Day 25 “What I would rather be doing”. In case it isn’t glaringly obvious, I love color, mid-century, and journals! Some day I will stop buying paper goodies, and use up what I have, but that day hasn’t arrived yet!

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This is a book I have had for years, from my my altered book stage that didn’t quite pan out. All I had to do is re-paper the inside covers and Bob’s your Uncle!

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A pocket full of goodies of course! I went through a library pocket making binge recently, a great way to use up paper scraps. These should be a fun addition.

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After watching rukrisitin’s periscope “scope” I decided that I wanted lots of different sized pages in this journal to mix things up a bit.

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My original intention was to keep it neutral, but that obviously fell to the wayside!

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A large journal card, too awesome to finally find something to use these for!

Well, I guess that’s about it for this project. I’ll be popping updates in here and there next month, along with all the other paper makings.

Till then, thanks for the visit,

Have a gorgeous day,

~Patty