I’ve been art journaling since 2013, and now I think I’ve finally figured out my style for art journal pages. Here are a few things that I love to have on my pages:
- Color – I prefer to use acrylic than water-color medium
- Images – Mostly from magazines, but children books are a great asset as well
- Words – A must!
- Messy – Yes to freedom!
It’s funny, I always try to change things but always go back to what makes comfortable and my creativity can fly free.
And you? How is your creativity doing?
Tea & Paper 
Yay to being free to be messy!
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yes, giving freedom to our dreams!
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Lovely idea to create an art journal 🙂
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It’s a nice and easy way to express our feelings!
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I love your page, especially the heart and as with the other comments, it’s high time I made time for art journaling.
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Hi Cathy, yes you should give this gift to you, it really makes a difference.
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I have my regular journal that I write in every week, but I also have an art journal with doodles, photos, and drawings with quotes and ideas that have always meant a lot to me 🙂 I must admit the art journal has been a bit neglected lately – I should get back to it soon!
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Journaling and art journal are 2 activities that are always at hand. We don’t need much but the reward is big. 🙂
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Ever since I first visited your blog so many years ago, I’ve vowed to give art journalling a go – but haven’t because I’m a ‘gunna’ person. 2019 is my ‘make it happen’ year. From one of your earlier posts, which I visited today, I followed a link to Right Brain Planner. There, I was struck by the warning that I shouldn’t set myself up to fail (for another year) just because I didn’t begin on January 1st. Day One can be any day. What a wonderful piece of advice.
Thanks dear Elizabeth, today is my Day One.You are truly my inspiration. Thank you.
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Hi Christine, I’m so happy you visited my blog! Thanks so much for all the likes and comments. I’m glad I’ve inspired you! Art journal is a great method to express ourselves, happy you will give it a try. Right Brain Planner is a great site for inspiration. Teresa is the owner, she is a lovely lady and always gives input on how to make time for our art and take care of ourselves. Always is time to start! Hugs and love to you!
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Thanks Elizabeth.
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I love the whole idea of a journal and I love to look at them in the bookstore. But putting something on the fresh clean pages……nothing. I got nothing.
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Dear Lois, you should give it a try! It’s a great activity and really make things clear in the mind. The best thing to break a clean page it to add the date to the top of it, so it’s not clean anymore! You can add an image from a magazine, something that you find beautiful or has called your attention, and then write only words that come to your mind, maybe a list of things to do that day or that you had done. Hope you give it a try!
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Art journalling sounds like something I’d like to try! What a great idea 🙂
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Yes! You should give it a try, it’s so freeing and I love to see the pages later on!
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Sounds fun! 🙂
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I’m having fun with photos!
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Yes, I love to see your photos, the ones ‘which way’! You have such great eyes to spot them!
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You’re so nice.
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Thanks Wendy, you are lovely!
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