I’m honestly very surprised I got any pages done this week. It’s been a super blah week. The doggie was sick for most of it and the weather decided to be a cold, gloomy mess these last three days. So I’ve been very tired and bleh. The current social and political discourse happening this past week didn’t really help much either in terms of mood, but it did have me…
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get messy: season of kindness week two
Read moreI managed to get two spreads made for week two of Get Messy Art Journal Season of Kindness. I really like how these two spreads turned out. I didn’t really follow the prompts this week, but I did create a spread from the week’s tutorial by Sarah, which I thought was so wonderful. So this first spread is my take on Sarah’s Healing Heart tutorial that was posted on the…
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get messy season of fairytales art journal
Read more Hey everyone. I just wanted to share with you all today a flip through video of my completed Get Messy Season of Fairytales art journal. I don’t believe I ever shared a proper flip through of this little art journal, so I wanted to do that today. It’s just one signature in this little book that I hand made, which I had intended to complete three seasons of Get…
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get messy: season of kindness week one
Read moreIt’s that time again! A brand new season of Get Messy Art Journal and it’s an exciting one! Not only am I on the Creative Team this year and have a hand at creating this season for you all, but we’re doing a few things differently this year and I just can’t wait until we can share it all! So a really big thing we’re doing this year at Get…
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how i created my kindness journal | video series
Read moreToday I present to you the making of my Season of Kindness journal. I decided (a bit last minute really) to create a separate art journal for the new Get Messy Art Journal Season of Kindness. And since I was making a new journal, I decided to document my process to share with you all. So this is a four part video series on my Youtube channel that follows my…
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journal with me ✩ 7: 2018 intentions
Read moreI 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…
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my “the minimalist art journal” art journal
Read moreI am so pleased to share with you all my completed The Minimalist Art Journal art journal! This is the journal I created in conjunction with Caylee Grey’s The Minimalist Art Journal class. It’s probably one of my most favorite journals that I have ever completed. I kept with a distinct color scheme (pink, mint, black and white) and since the entire class is about creating minimalist art journal pages,…
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creative intentions for 2018
Read moreI briefly touched on my creative intentions for the new year in my unravelling 2018 post. But I wanted to share an more in depth look on what exactly I’ll be doing. So just like my life, I want to simplify my creative process and focus more on specific things. I don’t know, but I just feel like I took on too much this year. I wanted to create all…
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i’m a mess maker!
Read moreI’m so excited to announce that I’m going to be on the Get Messy Art Journal creative team for 2018! We’ve all known for a bit now and it’s so exciting to finally tell everyone! I’m so happy and grateful to be apart of this team with these awesome ladies! I can’t wait for the new year to begin so we can all share our knowledge and talents with you…
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my altered book art journal
Read moreIf you remember, my very first class with Big Picture Classes launched last month. It’s called Altered Book Art Journal and I teach you how to create a beautiful textured art journal from an old hardcover book. Well, I just wanted to share a quick flip through of my altered book art journal! Now, this book isn’t completely filled up, but I wanted to share a look at the types of…
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a guide to arts + crafts stores in london, england
Read moreIf there’s one thing I love about traveling is getting to visit and shop at many amazing art, stationery and scrapbooking stores from around the world. While I haven’t been as serious about visiting these type of stores on my travels in the past, I recently decided to try my best to find all the cute shops to visit in all the different places I’ve been to around the world. In this segment…
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get messy: season of fairytales week four
Read moreNaturally, I’m so behind on Get Messy Season of Fairytales. The season is basically over and I’m just posting week four’s spreads. Though to be fair, I was away for three weeks during the season and these next few pages I’m about to share are the last few I created in my art journal. I’m not sure if I’ll continue with week five and six prompts, or end it here,…