An Art Journal Page: Changes in Nature
With this art journal page, instead of looking within and contemplating the changes that can affect us at a personal level, I looked outward at the changes that occur as a part of nature. Over time, nature’s elements of wind,…
An Art Journal Page: With Wings you can Fly … or Crash and Burn
This particular art journal page didn’t go as expected and I almost gave up on it. That little voice inside my head – the perfectionist – almost made me start over. However there were certain things I really liked about…
An Art Journal Page: Honor the Journey
For this art journal page I chose to work with a butterfly because it’s a symbol that appears often in my art, and for me represents the creative journey. I can think of nothing more creative than the journey the…
An Art Journal Page: In the Space Between Thoughts
Silencing the mind doesn’t necessarily mean in meditation, it can be any time at all when you step back from what you’re doing and pause for a few minutes. When you listen quietly, in-between all those random thoughts you will…
DIY 3-2-1 Creativity Tracking Journal
Do you ever find yourself wishing you were more creative? I do my best to make at least 15 minutes of creative space in my life every day, if not more. I find that having a regular creative practice not…
DIY Heavyweight Stabilizer for Stitched Journal Covers and Book Covers
Creative Art’n’Soul Journaling kicked off this week and one of things we’re going to be exploring is making stitched mixed media journals. When making these types of journals I like to use a heavyweight stabilizer such as double-sided fusible Peltex.…
How to Tea-Dye Lace and Thread for a Vintage Look
When making stitched mixed media journals, I love to use lace and thread that have an aged and vintage look. It just seems to complement the other bits and pieces I use to tell my stories. Dyeing lace and thread…
How to Make a “Creative Ideas” Junk Journal
Over the years one of the things that I’ve learned about being a creative business owner is that if you don’t write things down, they are soon forgotten. This is particularly true when creative ideas arrive in a flash of…
Scrappy Garden Fabric Journal Cover
This week I’m sharing a quick and easy fabric journal cover project. I was inspired to print one of the pages from the Scrappy Garden Printable Journal Kit onto fabric, to make a journal cover for a new journal that…
Ancient Earth Mini-Journals – a quick tutorial
I finally completed one of my Ancient Earth Mini-Journals and because the pages are small, it went together very quickly. I named this particular journal “Meditations from the Heart” and attached some small stitched collages to the pages. I hadn’t…
