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{A Little Bit of Everything}

Funny how one day can make a world of difference. I’m probably jinxing it by saying this, but I feel so much better! The gland still hurts here and there but not like it did a couple of days ago. I couldn’t even yawn without almost crying! Seriously...It was bad...Thanks for your well wishes!

And I have more energy today...took Lucy to get beautified and am hoping to get to UPS to get some of these journals out the door! I haven’t been out of the house (except to get the mail) for the last three days...

I wanted to tell you that my good friend, Kira (who’s also in 1000 Artist Journal Pages) is teaching an 8-week online journaling workshop...Check it out! I’ve already signed up... And for $15, quite a value. I know Kira, so I KNOW this worskhop’s gonna be real good!

To the right is a page that I’m sure looks familiar to you, since it inspired the blog banner and was subject of a prompt a couple of weeks ago...But I had only shown a portion of the page...this is the WHOLE, finished page...It shows you how a page isn’t truly finished until you feel it is...For me, this page had many different elements. I want to break it down for you:

1. I painted the background a nice chartreuse green...I used an acrylic gouache paint, which I LOVE. The cool thing about this paint is that it goes really transparent if you add quite a bit of water but is really vibrant if you use it straight.
2. I began doodling and writing...I know, this may not be the way some of you journal...that’s OK. There are NO rules...I doodled the Hello in the upper left corner, then the jump, jive and wail in the lower right...Then I drew the black lines. I had drawn a weird face in the upper right corner, but HATED it, so I blacked it out. It was a big black blob for a while.
3. I doodled the I’m Buggin...wanted to play with my writing...I LOVE the writing and art on 60s concert posters. VERY cool. So I went in that direction. If you want to play with writing, try emulating a font or type that you find in magazines, on posters, CDs, anything! If you’re not sure, trace it first with tracing paper onto your page...
   

{Journal Jive}

Still illin’, gland’s still swollen...And TIRED!

At least it doesn’t take much to journal...you can do it anywhere!

{Another Win-Win}

I really love doing these giveaways...I was so overwhelmed by your response—thank you! And your answers are golden!

And now, the randomly drawn winners of the copies of 1000 Artist Trading Cards are:

1. Bianca Mandity

2. Lenna

3. Rita

Ladies, please e-mail me with your snail mail addys so I can get these out to you...It may be a few days as I’ve been illin’ with a throat gland infection...I also have to return journals to some of you for 1000 Artist Journal Pages, so if you’re waiting, I apologize! I haven’t been able to do much in the last couple of days...

Thanks so much for playin’!

Have a great Wednesday...

{Your Gain}

Hello, all! Happy Monday! I received a box from Rockport last Friday, a box that contained three copies of 1000 Artist Trading Cards. I was a bit puzzled by this....not having ordered them. Rockport has told me they accidentally sent those to me instead of my copies of 1000 Artist Journal Pages. I asked if they wanted me to return them, but they told me: no, go ahead and give them away on your blog! :-)

SO, you must leave a comment if you want to win a copy of 1000 Artist Trading Cards, which is the predecessor to my book...Tell me what your favorite thing about journaling or creating is...Deadline is 9 a.m. Pacific Time, Wed., May 14...I will draw three names at that time...

{The Travelling Journal}

I’ve FINALLY completed pages in Marianne’s journal for The Travelling Journal project I’m in...Here is a page:

{Craziness That is My Life}

Happy Wednesday!

I am posting some 1000 Artist Journal Pages goodness...some adequate photos of the book:

Lucy insisted on posing with the book, she’s such a camera hound (not really!)....You’d think I was torturing her by the look on her face...

Some interior shots for your viewing pleasure (well, they’re not great photos, but you get the gist):

I was having a difficult time with my camera...

And some shots...

{Mixed Emotions}

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend...

The TV is OFF this morning. Listening to Sirius Coffeehouse. I decided—since Matt Lauer has now made it around the world—to NOT watch the Today Show anymore...It’s raising my blood pressure. I WILL have to watch MSNBC later tomorrow because of the primaries, but that’s it. I’m trying to keep myself from the news otherwise. And you can hold me accountable...

Went to see “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” yesterday, which was just what I needed. Hubby laughed so hard I thought he was going to keel over! It also got us more revved up for our Hawaii trip, since most of the movie was shot there. Saturday I got to spend time with my mom and nine-year-old journaling niece, which was fun! She’s already filled up the journal I made her last Christmas...She’s really got the journaling eye...I’ve had NOTHING to do with it!

Oh, and I received my advance copy of 1000 Artist Journal Pages Friday. The book looks great, and speaking of the book, I do have the order form for contributors to get their discount...just need to e-mail it to everyone. Please bear with me as I do have MUCHO going on this week...Will send it out to all as soon as I can...

And I’m working on a new and improved Art Journal Fridays. I’m thinking it will have a prompt every so often, an interview with a journaler here and there, and different features.

Have a great Monday!