Handmade Journal (2)

Well as you may know from previous posts I have made my own journal and am now starting to 'play' in it. So, I wasn't happy with my first page spread (although that's probably not the right word really). I didn't feel like it was 'finished' in a way so that I could move on to the next spread. Hmmmm..... I know it's not supposed to be 'perfect' but I could not leave it as it was, so I have been back to adjust things a little and to add bits. I'll know when I'm finished with it! 

I have also been adding some bits as base elements for the next couple of page spreads too.

I've also been using my new washi tapes in the journal mix! It's the first time I've actually purchased and used any. I've seen them from afar as it were, used in other people's work and in many projects but it's the first time I've got my hands on any. I love them! So satisfying, such colours and patterns available.

I seem to have gone a bit neon pink?!! Ah well, there is more work to be done here, so back to play! x

Handmade Journal part 1

Well as promised these are the first spread of pages in my unique handmade journal

It's always the details that are so much more interesting it seems and can even be the beginnings of other ideas, who knows where they may lead...

It is so good to play and experiment x

Inspiration: journal (2)

I am a Writer by Michele Maule

Still feasting my eyes on some great inspiration for playing with paint, pen, paper and collage in my journal. Loving the layers and textures and how pages can become 'artworks' in their own right :)

Inspiration: journal (1)

Always continually inspired by Mary Ann Moss and Pam Garrison. Can't wait to get to the 'paint' stage and get creative like this too! x

(first 3 images Mary Ann Moss; next 2 Pam Garrison).

Visual Journal (3)

A small snippet from my next set of journal pages. Almost a teaser you may feel, but I'm waiting for some decent natural daylight instead of the grey we've had to take some proper photos in! So more to follow soon...

Visual Journal (2)

Here are my doodlings from my second page spread.

I am aiming to complete a page spread each week to challenge myself to keep creating and experimenting in my sketchbook regularly. Doodle out all those tiny details and 'things' from inside my head onto the pages and see what evolves.

New visual journal

Remember a while back I said I had purchased a new handmade sketchbook to journal in? Well I decided to save it for this new year and have now started to play in my new book. Here's some of my doodlings from my first page spread.

My journal is to be a place to doodle, experiment and play. If something doesn't work then it doesn't matter and it's good to make mistakes to learn from them and they can often be better than what you first set out to do. What are you doing new for you?