January Mini Journal

Hello all,

2019 is off to a busy start with lots of workshops running. I have been teaching art journaling and beginners drawing which has been loads of fun. Unfortunately I haven't had much time for my own work and I'm dying to do some more encaustic painting! I have some great ideas for some new journals too, when I get the chance! Half term is fast approaching so I hope I will have more time then.

January flew by and I only just managed to get my monthly journal done in time.

This one has a wintery feel to it which suits the time of year perfectly. One of the pages is made from a box of chocolates that my husband left under my pillow. There is also an extract from a poem I found in an old book I bought from a charity shop. Just little things that happened that month but it makes it all the more special.

Hope you enjoyed having a look.

Bye for now xxx

Happy New Year

Hello All!

Happy New Year! I hope you have all had a great holiday season. It always goes so quickly and you are back to work and daily routines before you know it! Do you have any resolutions for the new year? My crafty ones this year are to film more videos of my processes and to keep up with my monthly journals with the aim to complete a full year. With that said here is my journal for December:

With every one of these that I make the more I like them. They are so tactile and colourful and those things combined with the family snaps make looking back through them much more of an experience than a normal photograph album. I look at the photos and it really transports me back to those moments.

I am looking forward to what moments 2019 holds!

Bye for now! xxx

November Mini Journal

Hi All,

Another month gone and Christmas fast approaching! I have barely had the time to finish my mini journal for November. But here it is!

That's six months of my challenge complete! Really looking forward to doing a christmassy one for this month!

Bye for now xxx

New Journal

Hello All,

There is a woodland not far away from my house and I often find myself strolling through the trees. It's so peaceful and calm, I love the changing colours as the year unfolds. In autumn especially it is one of my favourite places. Taking inspiration from our little woodland I decided to make a themed journal. It has been a bit of a labour of love and I am truly thrilled with how it turned out:

Included in the journal are eco dyed papers using leaves collected from the woods as well as coffee dyed paper, ink stained tracing paper, woodland ephemera and some original little paintings of my own. The cover is from an old book I found in a charity shop which I thought went perfectly.

It will soon be going up in my etsy shop. I will be sorry to part with it but I hope it will bring enjoyment and a little piece of my corner of the world to whoever gets it.

Bye for now

xxx

New Journaling Project

Hello All!

Today I thought I would tell you all about my latest project. I have decided that each month I will create mini art junk journal. Each one will be full of colour, texture and memories of that month. So without further a do, here is my completed mini journal for July.

This was so much fun to put together and I love the end result. My aim is to complete one a month for a year. I hope you enjoyed taking a look!

Bye for now! xxx

Making books is addictive!

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all well. I have been neglecting my blog for so long now I decided I really needed to get back on top of it. I have been a women on a mission since Christmas with so many projects on the go I don't know quite where to start!

I was bought some encaustic medium for Christmas and have been so excited to start experimenting, I have started up my workshops again. This month it is Intermediate art journaling, I have started a portrait of my youngest daughter and been trying out some abstract landscape painting...... but more on all that another time!

Today I wanted to tell you all about my recent bookbinding endeavours! I am most definitely in a binding phase and am looking to run a whole days workshop in May making Junk journals. Here is a few of my recent makes:

This is a little coptic stitched junk journal. The cover is made from an old book. I am using this as a creative journal to keep family memories in.

This one is made from a gorgeous second hand book. I didn't do anything to the cover cause I loved it as it was. I have tried to keep it pirate/nautical themed throughout.

This last one is made up of random pages I liked and lots of cool embellishments. The cover is an old cereal box. Throughout it I have included things like tags etc that have been sent to me. (apologies for the wonky filming, My 8 year old wanted to film it!)

I love love love making junk journals they are so satisfying to make, so tactile and so lovely to use. I am hoping to start making some to sell on Etsy. I will of course keep you posted on that!

I hope you enjoyed seeing them!

Bye for now xxx