*Art Journal* Flip Through

I really am in need of a new camera!  This one is aweful, but at least I can show you some of what I've been up to.

Cheers!
Tam

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A Special Birth

16 years ago I attended a birth... one of my best friend's daughter was born.  It was one of the most amazing opportunities I have ever had in my life.  

Oddly enough I teach HypnoBirthing now and it was the first hand  experience I can fully share with my Mom's.  (HypnoBirthing offers natural child birth classes)

At the time I journalled about the experience.  At the start of this year I came across that journal.  There were so many things I had forgotten about during this day.  

For a present I art journalled the whole story and gave it to the 16 year old.  

Here's how some of it turned out....

Wishing you a fantastic week with some awesome memories!

Tam

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PS.  Some of the artwork in this piece are from other's that I printed, cut and paste into this journal.  Most of it is artwork I created myself though.

The little things

In my last video I said I re-potted my Bonsai tree.  Here he is before the repot he has a much larger home now and is really happy!

I've had some time over the past few days to journal..

I adore how the colours came out on this one - and even the girl's funky blue hair!  I ended up painting the flowers hot pink after this was taken but this is to gives you the idea...

Years ago I fell in love with this idea, 

"The Secret to Life..... 

All you have to do is be happy.

Do you know how to do that?

Just be happy!"

This paper was in my window for years.  I decided to put it into the journal.  Funny enough the dog was not originally in this piece.  

While I was working out I peaked over to see it and there he was!  After I finished the mass sweat (yes I'm still doing Jillian Michaels cardio) I had to add him in.

Silly Google flipped the picture again...

Then I was searching the internet for a perfect quote to add to this page as it had so much extra space and I came across Donna Downey's upcoming art class and it had this quote on it... "Always believe something wonderful is about to happen."  I loved it so much I had to score it!  I've added it here and onto another project I may share later but for now here's the journal page.

It was still empty so then I added the little Book of Life... this was so fun!

I must say I think we will look back at life someday and realize it is all about the little things and how happy they make us feel.  As you know by now all you have to do is be happy!  LOL

Thanks for dropping in!

Tam

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PS.  I got a kick out of a Napoleon Hill video I was watching while making this art.  He said to take 5 minutes every morning and have a good belly laugh.  He said something along the lines of "be sure you aren't in the company of others" as you do this!  LOL 

PPS.  May you have a good belly laugh today!

Art Journaling

As I've been talking about the last while I'm so addicted to art journaling.  Mostly I've been creating backgrounds so far and assembling the pages.  Here's a portion of my process (I'm a newbie so I know I am doing things differently than others would).   Anyho.. here goes....

 

Lovely acrylic painted backgrounds waiting to be bound into signatures - to me they are yummy!

 

More backgrounds still drying (and yes that is a clear plastic cloth draped over the table for two reasons... protects from my messiness while painting & Bella's hair - I 'try' to keep her off the table, but catch her there still now and then):

Here are some of the signatures before binding - I'm using file folders to wrap the outside edges, the insides (shown above) are old Christmas cards:

I forgot to take a picture of the binding process - maybe I'll add that in the next time I'm binding a journal.

And here is my first journal entry for 2014 & the first page of my journal!  It's acrylic background, markers along the edges and bits of scrap paper topped with some yarn from creating wristlets this past December:

I decided to glue this little hummingbird to the top edge - as some of you will know hummingbirds represent joy.  I think that's a perfect word to infuse into 2014!

Thanks for looking!  Hopefully I'll share more over the course of the year.  I know I'm pretty addicted to this mixed media play so we'll see how things go.

Have a happy day!
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