One Sunday night a couple weeks ago, when I had a big morning and a big week and all together felt stressed out and anxious, I began my journal. Honestly, it made me feel a million times better to complete those first few pages. I’ve been working on it ever since.
I’ve always loved the idea of creating and completing an art journal. I’ve even started one a few different times. But my o.c.d. about neatness/precision (not a good trait when you’re a generally sloppy crafter) always kicks in and I compare my crooked, messy, glue-stained attempt to what ever photo I am using as inspiration at that time.
This time, I thought, it will be different. I was in the perfect situation to start an art journal: a cute little recycled graph paper notebook from Barnes and Noble that came in a three pack – the other two are being used for class. An English major has no use for graph paper! Also, ample paper supplies and bits and things with nowhere to go.
Some materials I used: stickers, ribbon, lace trim, scrapbook paper, the cardboard backing to sticker packages, kraft cardstock, photographs and text from a 60s geology book, text squares from a short story collection and a novel from the early 1900s, markers, fashion magazine, heart-punch, decorative masking tape (purchased on Etsy), colored pens, paint color samples, thesaurus pages…
I’m using this journal as a writing journal just as much as an art. It’s not just for quotes and sayings (though there are plenty) but personal thoughts. I just sort of needed an outlet.
I’m hoping to make // art therapy // a weekly session. What do you think?
These are beautiful!
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Love your collages and colorful inks. I love the idea of a weekly Art Therapy post.
So, so beautiful! I felt like doing one for me.
Looks so awesome!
It looks great! I can imagine that it’s very therapeutic.
I always love art journals.
Ohh hooray!! I believe in Art Journaling as medicine! Truly! Aaron and I teach art journaling workshops and it is just so so amazing hearing about the first few days of everyone’s journals…and where they are now. Some pages are for escaping…some for happy thoughts…some for sad…some just for experimenting!
Your pages are fabulous! Love them! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
And thanks so much for popping in on my tiny corner of blogland. 🙂
Love from NJ,
xo Jenny Holiday
Wow! That looks gorgeous, love your use of book pages in there! Totally with you on the O.C.D thing, I always start things but when I can’t get them just perfect I scrap the project altogether!
Oh that is such a great idea,yours is so pretty 🙂
Very nice, I’d love to see this every week! A couple of weeks ago I started one too. Though mostly with images instead of writing. It’s so relaxing to do:D
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These look really great! Don’t worry about a few messy lines here and there, it adds to the charm 🙂
I’ve always wanted to do this, but as a travel journal. Hopefully I’ll get to do one in the future.
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