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3 Fun Things: Art Journal Giveaway + New Video + Creative Actions
There’s so many awesome and fun things happening right now that my brain is about to explode! I’ve got the DIY Postcard Swap still open and people from all over the world are joining every day. Tomorrow I’m sending out … Continue reading
My New Hand Bound Art Journal with Embroidered Cover
I am a big fan of art journaling as many of you know. But with the swap taking up my time in April, it’s been way too long since I wrote about my biggest obsession… So today I am sharing … Continue reading
Art Journal Class 2016: A Journey Within – A Year of Handmade Art Journals
Wanna take an art journal class in 2016? Look no further! December is here, and it feels good already. I think December is one of my favorite months – not because of Christmas, but because I get to plan for … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Art journaling, Creative habits, Inspiration
Tagged book binding, online classes, teaching, the art journaling life
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Book binding | Make Book Pages from a Brown paper bag
Sharing one of my book binding secrets with you guys today! I know my plan was to mostly use watercolor papers in my next art journal, but I found all these pretty paper bags in my stash… So I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Bookbinding, Paper Crafting
Tagged before and after, book binding, brown paper, REpurpose stuff
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Diamond Stitch Art Journal
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn Trying something new to me, called diamond x stitch binding. It is a bookbinding stitching method. I thought it would be … Continue reading
Posted in Art journaling, Bookbinding
Tagged book binding, diamond stitch, pink and green, the art journaling life, wallpaper
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Art Journaling: I’m keeping the Butterflies
Sometimes when I bind a journal I use recycled pages that are so pretty that I don’t really want to add much to them. From my explore nature altered book I tore out a page with these graphical illustration that … Continue reading
Before and After Art Journal Elk Page
When binding an Art Journal I use a lot of different papers. Like I said, I love to mix and match! For example I sometimes use pages from my altered books! You tear out pages to make room for collage … Continue reading
Posted in Art journaling
Tagged art journal peek, before and after, book binding, cut + paste
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Details of a Journal Cover
Fabrics that are painted, machine stitched and embellished can of course be used in all sorts of ways, as book covers for your own hand bound books for example! It’s my favorite usage for painted fabric and exactly what I … Continue reading
Journal of Scraps no 1
Yesterday I wrote about the process of making and pricing a hand bound art journal. Now it’s time to view a few of the many many pages in the big Journal of Scraps #1 that I just listed on Etsy. … Continue reading
Review of a book about Book Arts
A few months back I wrote a review of a book in the series Masters from Lark Books, called Collage. But while I love that book and everything about collages, I’m not over the moon about this new one… It … Continue reading