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Journal Love
I love art journaling—no surprise to you, I realize! There’s something so satisfying about the assembling of a page—just having fun—with no idea, most of the time, what it’s ultimate purpose will be…...
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In the Corners
Corners are tiny little places. Sometimes we don’t even notice them…but great and good things can happen in small places… …the corners of the home, where there is peace, where there is love. It...
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Dwell in Possibilities
The world is full of possibilities! I’ve been thinking so much about what life holds in the future… My three daughters’ lives are all transitioning, and will all too soon leave the nest… Whatever...
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Fingerprints
We leave fingerprints wherever we go, don’t we? Individual and unique as we are ourselves--we never know who—or when—they may touch… My sweet aunt left me the most beautiful memory out of the blue...
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Just Be You
Who are you, anyway? Life takes us so many places…experiences mold us, time changes us, those around us shape who we become… But who does your heart tell you that you are? I’m trying to listen to my...
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Whimsy
Feeling just a little whimsy floating around in my mind on this rainy, beautifully gloomy day…{we need the rain here!} A few journal pages completed today just for fun—filled with all the elements...
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Small and Simple Things
You know those days when you’re feeling a little low? Sometimes you may not even know why…….. And then someone comes along—and without even knowing what you’re needing, they say or do something that...
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Sweet Land of Liberty
I love my country. Always have, always will. That patriotic love I feel was greatly deepened this last week by a visit to our nation’s capitol… Such a beautiful time of the year to be there—still...
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Truth
I’m realizing more each day how much I love this wonderful world of art journaling… I’m seeing more and more that almost each and every page I make has just a little of my soul trapped within it--a...
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Do Something
Do you sometimes wonder if you’re doing any good during the day? If you’re making a difference? I think sometimes we feel we need to wait for big things to happen before we can do something...
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Mothers
In my mother’s house there sits a “shrine”. Just a little niche built into the wall by the builder—not originally intended for my mother’s purposes, I’m sure--but with each and every season, holiday,...
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Lucky Mom
We recently took advantage of a very dear friend and her talents to photograph our family during our quickly-closing window of together time before two of my daughters left for school and work… As...
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On My Mind
I’m starting to notice a trend in my journaling. Self-improvement…. Apparently my self-conscious is trying to tell me something! Guess I’d better listen. I think most of us are pretty good. We’re...
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Elements
One of the reasons I love art journaling so much, I think, is that in doing it, I’m combining so many of the things I love… Collecting (ephemera & images), journaling, reflecting,...
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Contentment
I hope you’re finding a majority of your days are happy ones…I know they aren’t all happy—but isn’t it a quiet joy to find that most of them really are? It doesn’t take much to find happiness in a...
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New Things
Trying out some new things this week…I’ve been having the urge to try some new techniques in my journaling. A little painting seemed like just the thing for me… Freehand flowers and a big fat heart...
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Revealed
I love what journaling reveals to me about….me. Sometimes you just never know, when you first put pen to page, what’s going to emerge. It’s really very interesting-- Sometimes a thought or two are...
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The Red, White & Blue
I’ve always loved my country. Always been grateful for the freedoms that we have. I felt a deepening of that love and gratitude after a trip to Washington D.C. just a couple of months ago. A...
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Happiness
Where do the days go? Hard to believe it’s the first day of August already—what a full summer it’s been! I so enjoyed getting back up into my craft room this week to relax & make some messes…so...
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Life is Delicious
I am definitely loving these long, summer days… Time to find joy in oh, so many things…food, family, childhood memories, friends, fun… …and nature in all of it’s busy, buzzy splendor~...
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