When time allows I am always cutting and pasting, especially in my diary, probably because it’s the notebook that most often is close to me. It’s sitting there, so I add in something I find in one of my folders of clippings. Something that is colorful, inspirational, beautiful or plain funny.
Sometimes I add an image that cover half a page and has a lot of white on top or to one side… In this way, when I want to journal, all I do is write on the lines (yes this diary has lines even though I mostly prefer unlined notebooks) and continue to write onto the image. Incorporating the images into my journaling, notebook & life. Claiming it. Making it mine.
Sometimes I paste in interesting books, quotes or interesting articles in between pretty washi tape and doodles. In this way I save the interesting parts of each magazine – without keeping them. Recently I’ve also cut out meeting doodles I liked and glued those parts into my diary:
Doodles from a boring office meeting during WITL. Cut, paste, cut, paste…
Then I turn the page and write some more.
Do you keep a diary?
I love your idea of taking random doodles scraps and adding them to your pages!
So creative and so good to look at! I love your journaling idea!
How do you organize your clippings? I have a plastic container that has everything in it and it is a pain in the neck to look through to find what I want.
I love your pages. These look so good.
Very nice to see this. I certainly keep a diary next to my art journal. In my diary I also put in clippings from junk mail like nice clocks, beautiful bedcovers, animals, people, home decorating stuff, handbags etc.. This way I don’t have to buy those things (also have no money for that), but they are really nice to look at!
Keeping a diary is my favorite hobby. I love when we get to peek inside of yours.
Ooh, I love these pages from your diary! This is how I keep my art journal most of the time…pretty pictures with room left for writing, lettering, and stamping (or I often just write straight over the top of them).
I love your diary – it looks very inspiring. I have two diaries – one is more of a journal with written lists of ideas and thoughts. The other is all images, drawings and collage.