aerialovely

  • home
  • about
  • journal
  • ecourses
    • view all courses
    • free classes
  • inspiration
  • shop
    • Cut Files & Templates
    • Printables
      • Cards & Ephemera
      • Full Journaling Kits
      • Journaling Printables
      • Papers
      • Stickers
    • Ecourses
    • Ebooks + Zines
    • Music
  • Login
0
all journaling

journal with me ✩ 7: 2018 intentions

January 30, 2018

journal with me 7 01

I finally cracked open my “Secret Garden” art journal. This is the art journal I’m going to use for the entire year (unless I fill it up sooner of course). It’s an altered book art journal I made from an old copy of The Secret Garden I found some time ago in the outside $2 shelves at Strands. I know in my Creative Intentions post, I said I was going to use a Traveler’s Notebook for all of my Get Messy art journaling bits, but I’ve decided to simplify even more and just use this art journal for all of my art journaling. I don’t think I’ve ever done this before–just use one book as my art journal–so it’s something new! This book is a tad larger than 6×8, so it’ll give me enough space to work in for any art journaling project I want to do.

So for my first entry, I decided to play along with Get Messy and journal a spread about my 2018 intentions. If you’re in the Get Messy Art Journal community, you know that the website has been down for a few weeks now (it’s currently scheduled to be back up tomorrow!), so Lauren and Misty have been hosting a little mini art journal challenge via the Get Messy Newsletter. I thought this particular prompt challenge was so appropriate to begin in this new journal, that I pulled out some brand new Jane Davenport goodies I recently purchased from Michaels and dived right in.

journal with me 7 02
journal with me 7 03

I did a two page spread all about my One Little Word for the year–OPEN–and my intentions for that word. I decided to use a lot of florals to keep with the whole “secret garden” theme I’m hoping to follow throughout my journal, and to help illustrate that openness I want to accomplish this year. Some support words I have this year are ENGAGE, EXPAND, BLOOM, and GROW. All of those words I feel are encompassed in the one word OPEN, so I felt that using florals–blooms–was appropriate. I used a mixture of floral die cuts from Maggie Holmes’ Open Book collection as well as some wallpaper samples I recently got that have these gorgeous floral prints on them.

I filmed my entire process, the video of which you can watch below. It felt so good to be art journaling again–I sort of took a little break–and it feels so fresh to begin in a new journal! I really hope you enjoy the video.

journal with me 7 04

TAGS:get messyjournaling
0 Comments

Leave a Comment Cancel Comment

tiffany julia
Get To Know Me

Get To Know Me

Hi! I'm Tiffany, an art deviant living in New York City. Welcome to my site of life, crafts and love.

Current Location

Current Location

new york, ny

Life

Journaling

Memory Keeping

Unraveling

Wanderlust

site information

Please do not take anything from this site. All content is © Tiffany Julia at aerialovely.com, unless otherwise stated. Please read my site polices for more information.

buy me a sweet treat

Follow

Still working in my @getmessyartjournal Season of Still working in my @getmessyartjournal Season of Bloom art journal. I had so much fun with this color scheme and style that I went ahead and made two matching #littleartnotes! This color combo is super rare for me (Titan Buff and Titan Mars Pale with Payne's Gray marks), but I'm really digging it! 

Happy Friday Loves! xx
When I originally set up these pages in my @getmes When I originally set up these pages in my @getmessyartjournal Season of Bloom art journal, I left a lot of space to write about what blooming means to me. It means growth, blossoming, and becoming. It means to flourish. It also represents nature and the restorative power of being in the wild. 

Bloom means a lot to me and yet while finishing up some of these half-finished pages, I was at a loss for words. This is when I found that word phrase stickers really help get the message across. xx
Just another spread in my @getmessyartjournal Seas Just another spread in my @getmessyartjournal Season of Bloom art journal. A lot of these pages were already in progress, so it's interesting to see them finished. I'm sure I had other intentions for what they were going to look like a couple of years ago when I first created this journal. Now, I'm content with matching colors, adding paint, and a few scribbles. This journal is all about the process of creating for me now, which I think is still a source of growth. xx
Another spread in my @getmessyartjournal Season of Another spread in my @getmessyartjournal Season of Bloom art journal. I rather like how this one turned out! I'm quite obsessed with using this Payne's Gray NeoColor crayon to make some scattered marks on my page. You might see a lot more of this in future spreads from this book. xx
I've been enjoying following along with the @getme I've been enjoying following along with the @getmessyartjournal #getmessymay prompts. I've basically been just watching them as they are posted. But the other night, I attempted the Happy prompt and it literally has gotten back into simply playing around with my supplies. I pulled out this very old Seasons of Bloom journal that is SO CLOSE to being finished. I figure I'd channel all of this creative energy I have right now to finishing it up!

I'm not responding to any particular prompt, just using the processes and techniques shared to finally complete this journal. xx

  • privacy
  • terms
  • about
  • contact
  • treat me

© 2022 aerialovely is loved and cared for by Tiffany Julia