It’s completely my own doing, but it was making me feel like I was coming undone. Just a little bit, heart going a bit too fast, head spilling over with ideas, but not able to implement them because of the overwhelm feeling. Usually a cuppa and a few deep breaths does the trick , but I think … More A tad overwhelmed : 10 Things I am doing (looking forward to doing)
It’s been a challenge to make the time this week, but here I am on Thursday again looking at my pages, wondering if they are finished and also looking at the clock wondering if I can get this post done before school pick up! This weeks prompts in the Get Messy art journal challenge were … More Serenity: Get Messy Art Journal : Week 4
Life stories, Mission statements, purpose…in the last week I’ve been pondering quite a bit thanks to a really great online story telling workshop I did with Pip Lincolne and this weeks Get Messy art journaling prompts. I think it’s good to think about these things from time to time, but not get bogged down in it. … More Serenity: Week three : Get Messy Art Journal pages
Serene: calm,tranquil,unclouded, quiet,placid. Serenity n. My art journal pages this week are about Serenity, and about moments. Life gets busy, crazy and hectic, stressful and spinning, tiring and troubling sometimes. What do you do for a moments peace, a return to calm the sense of tranquil? For me the most basic, simple go to thing is … More Get Messy : Serenity : Week 2
The new season has kicked off in the art journaling group/challenge (Get Messy) I’m in and it’s the season of Serenity. I felt a wave of calm pass over me as I read it on the blog …aaahh just what I need after reflecting and journaling about brave and adventure ! Last season I commited to art journaling … More Serenity : Get messy art journal , week one
The last season of art journaling prompts over at Get Messy Art Journal Challenge were based around the theme of adventure. After the season of Brave I felt it seemed right to take the plunge and join in with Get Messy Thursdays, a commitment to complete pages using the prompts and share weekly for 6 weeks … More Get Messy Thursdays
This is actually my second attempt at writing this blog post, the first one went missing after I pressed save because…that is my lesson for this week. That life doesn’t always go to plan. Nothing too major just a nasty little back pain episode which saw me have to give away some lovely things I … More Life Unplanned
I love blogging. but the words don’t always come easy. I realise I’ve been mainly blogging about art journaling lately because it’s my new thing, but also because I’ve committed to share weekly on a Thursday and if I hadn’t maybe then I wouldn’t have written anything at all. So this weeks post is a combination … More Go find your mountain
I’m looking at my pages tonight and feeling unsure as to whether they want to be seen, well maybe it’s that I’m unsure about showing them. It’s weird this learning about art journaling thing, some times I have moments when I am certain it is for me, other times I seriously question that. Right now is … More Get Messy Thursdays :18/6
This weeks prompts over at Get Messy have been in the form of a game. Each day we were given one prompt by Vanessa who blogs over at Dans-mon-crane and whose art journal pages (and blog) I find inspiring! So far we have had three prompts and I am loving this game and the pages … More The get messy game
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