Journaling is a great way to get rid of the garbage in your head. Everyone has some – worries, deadlines, to do lists, “I’m too fat”. This brain garbage keeps us from being able to reach our creative thoughts.
It’s hard to be creative when you have all that chatter going on. And it’s often not [...]
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”
~Ernest Hemingway
I believe that it’s important to look into our past to find clues that will help us live better today. Finding the causes of some of our behaviors gives us information we need in order to [...]
Twitter, if you don’t know about it, is a fun little application. You type in a short message about what you are doing or just some thoughts you’re having. You choose whose twitters you want to see and other people can choose to see yours. It’s difficult to describe so go to http://twitter.com and check [...]
In the Fun Journaling yahoo group, we have been discussing gluebooks. Gluebooks are a certain style of visual journal. They are fun and take away the pressure to create “pretty” pages. So, if you’re struggling with that inner critic in your art journal you might want to try a few gluebook type pages.
The idea [...]
Walk through the different rooms where you eat, sleep and live. Bless the walls, the roof, the windows and foundation. Give thanks for your home exactly as it exists today; sift and sort, simplify; and bring order to the home you have. Realize that the home of your dream dwells within. ~ [...]
When I first wrote the Fun Art Journaling e-Course, it was designed to be taken as a group where I facilitated and everyone shared while taking the three month course.
Because I was working at Artella at that time, I got very busy and didn’t have time to lead the group the way I wanted, so [...]
I’m writing an eBook of techniques that can be used in art journals. If you have any techniques you’d like me to publish in my book, please send them to me. They don’t have to be specifically journaling techniques, but they do need to be able to be created on paper and on a page [...]
I just got back from a wonderful trip spending time with my kids. I didn’t get to bring the grandsons home with me as I planned but I had so much fun with them while I was there!
I’m thinking a lot about our gifts, talents and pursuing our dreams. I compiled quotations quite a while [...]
I’m leaving town today. I’ll be going to my ex mother-in-law’s memorial service. Sad to mark her passing, but good that my whole family will be together. I’m taking my great-niece (6 yrs) with me and we will pick up my two oldest grandsons ( 5 and 6 yrs) so it’s going to be a [...]
How cute is this? The Washington Post hosted a contest for dioramas using Peeps. Go look at all the entries. So clever!
