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!

A Poetry Moment . . .

Hello Self!

Each day is a new beginning

of learning something new ...

a challenging task

finding a new word

writing a poem

learning to reach out to others

Each day I say "Hello Self"

I am practicing
self care

self love

self acceptance

so today I am excited at what will be

Life is so full of wonder

if only you will see,

just look into the mirror

say hello

ask yourself

"What is needed for me today?"

Saying "Hello Self"
is always a good thing for me
for I like the image I see there,
I am learning to dig way down deep inside
I am growing
I am loving this girl she