Art Journaling

Before Emily moved, she showed me how to make a beautiful art journal with a hand stitched binding. I have been wanting to use it, but haven't had time. When she came to visit, she brought hers, so we sat down, opened a few malted beverages, and started gluing, painting, drawing and writing. I had a great time, and now that I have started, I don't want to stop! I have a long way to go in developing a technique and style, but I love the fun little pages I have made so far.

Behold! My first Art Journal pages!

This one really made me giggle. I am not sure why I picked paper full of little hearts. I am not really a heart person. As I looked at it, I thought "Geez! That's a lot of hearts! Hey! I wonder what would happen if you put all the hearts in the world end to end?You would have a lot of dead people with no hearts."

Then I laughed, because, really, what else can you do when you have a weird thought like that? Then I made the page.What it says is "If you lined all the hearts in the world end to end, you would have a lot of dead people with no hearts." Under it, amongst the black hearts, I wrote, "Her heart unraveled at the site of him." The flowery decoration is a big sticker I had. The rest is paper cut outs, pen, and a little white paint.

I have a bunch of old lottery tickets I have saved, thinking I could use them for something. Now I have! This page says "Fold your luck carefully or it won't fly where you aim."

I was inspired by the little paper airplanes on the page, and my belief that luck is not all random. You can direct it a bit with what you do .And then there is the Swiss cow I have been saving since my first trip back to Switzerland in 1998. I decided she needed a trip to the beach, so I did a vacation memory page for dear Bessy. Plain and simple silliness here!