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    Another Journal complete

    February 1, 2015 - By 

    I pried myself away from weaving long enough to create a decorative cover for my completed journal.20150129_7400

    I’ve been calling this my white journal since the dust jacket was white.

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    Just painting the outside white seemed a little too boring for me especially when you look at all the lovely colors peeking out from the edge.20150129_7404

    Wrinkled and wonky pages…love them!!

    white journal collage

  • Art - Blog - Creativity

    Journal vs altered book

    January 22, 2015 - By 

    I found this simply wonderful book at a rummage sale last Fall. It had a tattered and faded dust jacket hiding the purple goodness underneath.IMG_0119I wish the color showed a little more true in the photo. You’ll just have to believe me on the luscious color.IMG_0118

    I purchased this book since it had a sewn binding which makes for a much more stable book when altered.

    Before I begin, I really want to make a decision about journal vs altered book. This could make a really fun medical theme book. Perhaps a little gruesome. Not sure. I need to think this through a little more.

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    Roll with it

    January 19, 2015 - By 

    I discovered that using cardboard chunks as pages in my new journal has opened up a freedom in creativity that I hadn’t realized I was stifling.

    I think perhaps it is due to the fact that if I totally stink it  or wreck the page in some way…I can easily be trashed without ripping out pages. IMG_0113

    Take this page for example.  Is it my best most fantastic work? Nope. but I worked in a very intuitive way. Just letting it flow onto the page. Whatever struck my mood at the time. Refreshing my mind. IMG_0115