When she arrived she handed me a packet of fun papers, images, colors, fabrics, all to start my own little project with (can you tell why I love her?!) and I seriously could not wait to shuffle through the stack and get started.
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| my gift of inspirational items |
When she came over I had asked her to bring some of her journals/ art books...and I could have spent hours just looking at each thought out tiny detail and color choice. I knew that I needed to start one of these as well. If you know me well you know that I have been a creative journaler since I was in high school...so to stumble upon someone with such similar interests or ways of expressing themselves felt rare and exciting. I started a new journal today. This one is more an exercise in creativity and composition than purely expressing my feelings-but I know that will be in there as well. So here are a few shots of the first pages....it was delicious to be starting something so new and old at the same time. I cannot wait to see where this goes. (and sometime I will have to show you Isabelle and Judah's journals they started today....Isabelle's was especially amazing!!!)
Do any of you journal or have art books? I would really enjoy seeing snippets of them or having tips from you on what you do in yours.
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I do have a writer's journal. I put clippings, sketches, diagrams, blurbs, quotes, snippets and anything else in there. When I was an interior designer I kept a design journal with magazine clippings, sketches, product sketches, furniture design ideas, just anything. Journaling is a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Love yours.
yay! seeing this post totally made me smile. and I agree, I'm so glad we met. it's definitely an answer to a prayer for me to have a creative friend nearby!
yesterday afternoon I was so full of new ideas (talking about art and seeing your cute house made me just want to draw and rearrange furniture and tidy up the kids toys!) but then of course the kids were whiny and I was tired... oh well, I guess that's motherhood. ;)
Angela-I NEED to get my hands on your journals ASAP!! And what..you were an interior designer-how did I miss that snippet of information?!
Katie-I too felt like my head was swimming with ideas and things I "needed" to get done...alas parenting always wins...at least we have little sweethearts!!
I LOVE this post! So so inspiring! I've kept a scrapbook for the last few years, and this summer I've kept a journal, although this has reminded me I'm a little behind! I absolutely love the way you layed out your pages, beautiful!
I remember looking through your amazing journals in college! So glad you have started up again. And especially fun that you were inspired by a friend.
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