A different way to think about creative genius – Elisabeth Gilbert

Brilliant woman! Definitely worth listening to!

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Missing my sister…

This journal I’m presently working on has only one theme – to work out my feelings.  Good or bad, I’m finding it very helpful. I began a background, not knowing what it would lead to. Suddenly, I found myself missing my sister.  What had started out to be a very pretty background, soon turned a [...]

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More Journaling

Like a lot of other people, I use my journaling and other art to release life’s problems and hopefully learn something from them.  The garbled text on this page was meant to be kept personal. It does slide so that I can read it when I need to.  Someday when the full healing or lesson [...]

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Journaling around…

Just a journal spread that has actually been completed. Instead of making resolutions – which I never have done – I have chosen a word for this year…Healing.  The art process if a very healing thing for me.  It’s one of the few things that can take me outside of myself and also help me [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions?

I’ve never been one to make New Year’s resolutions. I try to create a better me daily. It doesn’t always work, but at least it follows a path of improvement rather than demanding some year long high ideal that may add pressure and cause me to fail.
I just ran into a wonderful blog with something [...]

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Gift Journal

We are doing a “Secret Santa” at work. You pull a name out of a bowl and give a holiday gift to that person. The girl that I chose loves to write stories and poetry. She also loves to draw.
Here’s a pic of one of the things she’ll be receiving tonight. I decided to [...]

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Leather Cover Journal

Cover created from old leather coat

pages bound with bamboo skewers

many pockets, messages,
and a special envelope
My first piano hinge book. These are fun!

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