Making journals

I recently treated myself to an online course

entitled "Art Journal Conversion"

with Roben-Marie Smith

what a treat this course has been for me!

I have followed Roben-Marie for

quite awhile and I absolutely

love her style of painting!
There is nothing this creative lady can't do!

I have had so much fun creating wonderful journals

using materials I already had in my studio, 

some mixed media paper, stencils, inks, paints,

whatever I could find!

I even learned to use Modeling Paste,

something I had never used before, 

but now am hooked on what fun it creates.

This was a quote I put on the cover of my poetry journal

I created

"She lives her poetry out loud each and every day"

I wanted to make each journal personal.

This was a canvas duck cloth I created

along with the journals

so I could have some creative book tabs!

I had so much fun with all of this.

Here is my Poetry journal and see the little tab there?

Each journal is hand sewn with a signature of various papers inside

I used newsprint, watercolor paper,

bristol paper and sketch paper sheets

for the inside pages!

This was a piece I created during Mindy Lacefield's class

"Paint Your Story"

so I decided to make it into a special journal for me

(this one carries a special place in my heart

cause I love my Mindy girl!)

Here I added a scrap piece of newsprint

that I used as a blotter sheet

Roben-Marie had suggested this in her video

(a surprise page inside the journal)

I love the way it turned out!

All I had left was to get out my sewing machine

and do a little free form stitching on the tabs.

What fun this class was for me

and I am not done yet!

I love creating

I love painting

I love learning something new

and

spreading my creative wings!

Roben-Marie shares all of her knowledge

so freely with you,

I encourage you to take this class

if you are interested in creating these beautiful journals.

Once you sign up you always have

access to the class!

Now each time I begin writing,

it is going to be hard for me to choose

 just which journal I want to write in!

Have a beautiful Friday

and find some time to be creative

during this weekend!