So I am a total newb when it comes to art journaling. I've always wanted to be a journaler. You know, the kind who sits down every day with a quill in hand and by candle light, records his daily life happenings, epic romances, jousting wins, damsels saved, proposals made, battles won, police boxes discovered, potions tests passed, sparkly people met.. . Well. I totally fail at that... (and not because I don't live in one of my favorite books)
I can't tell you how many expensive journals I have started and stopped over the last decade!!! (really, it's embarrassing) Travel journaling is more my style and now I sort of do a part travel journal/junk journal/smash book style and part art journal and part regular old writing journal!!! I feel like I am hitting my stride finally. I find myself a few times a day just wanting to open my journal and start playing.
First. I like a small journal. I always wanted to have one epic large hard bound leather record of my life but that's just not me!!! I use Field Notes for my journals. They are small. 3 1/2 by 5 1/2. They travel wonderfully and so far have taken abuse really well!!! I like that I don't have a lot of space to fill. It makes me less anxious and I love that I can have a complete journal in as little as a month. They come in a variety of cover choices. Most are graph but some are lined or blank, which for me I have learned doesn't even really matter because I never leave my pages white anymore!!! I love that I can keep it in my Traveler's Notebook style cover and that I don't have to worry about it getting banged up.
I love seeing the progression of my skills as well. From my first completed FN journal to my current one I'm working in. I love that often I don't like my page. And I leave it and go back later and add another layer and eventually it's all magic.
I love that I can do no wrong. That I can cover up what I don't like and try again. And honestly. Those pages I don't like at first? Almost always become my favorites later on.
Whatcha think??? Have you tried journaling yet? What's stopping you? Tips and tutorials to follow!!!
Hey there, i popped over from the DLP FB page. You had me at Police Box. ;)
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean, i have been a journal keeper since age 9, and i too fantasized about how romantic it would be to record all my life events, like Jane Austin. I have a hard time leaving a stationary/book store without a new journal, even if i never write in it... i have a shelf of blank books.
I started art journaling almost 5 years ago, although i have found an old journal from 9th grade where i wrote poetry (Yikes) and did collage and drew, so it seems i've been art journaling since before i knew it was a "thing".
I love your little journals. I love looking into other people's work and getting inspiration. THanks for sharing!!
Another Who fan!!! Haha, sigh, yes, Jane Austen, oh how I would love to properly journal! Nah, actually I like what I am doing now so much better! I still get the memories and thoughts down, but most of the time they also look pretty, haha. Thank goodness I stopped buying journals a few years ago, I had sooo many, now I have given most of them away. Though I do have quite a hoard of Field Notes now!
ReplyDeleteI found you on DLP FB page. I also like to art journal, smash book junk journal. But I have 8 diffrent notebooks for every thing one. I like your Idea to have everything in one. Tnx for shering :D
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! 8 notebooks now that is incredible! I just for some reason like to smoosh everything into one, to me it seems to be a better documentation of my life all crammed together, lol. AND This next week I am also incorporating a planner into mine! Eeeeeek haha
DeleteAll the things you said! It's my journal...and everything I do in it is OK! LOL Love your style. I keep a tiny journal this year too.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!! I am sooo new to it and still learning but having a lot of fun, yayeeee for tiny journals!
DeleteWow, your journaling look amazing! :O I try to keep some kind of journal/planner/notebook in a moleskine, but I have to say that I've never been very artistic with it. Maybe I should look for my water colours and see what happens :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't start out very artistic wither! Mostly just gluing or taping things in here and there, its only been very recently that I have tried my hand at more art journaling! I suggest look on pinterest and youtube and getting inspired to play, it worked for me! ;)
DeleteYou have a wonderful way with words. I do art journaling of sorts in my filofax. It is a strange thing, but I often find I like the pages that I didn't initially care for the most too. :)
ReplyDeleteAwww thanks!!!! I'm glad someone else gets my weirdness!!! haha
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