Who would have ever thought to do this with a rolodex? Is this not amazing and pretty? I love this. Visit Patty Van Dorin for instructions. I have not used a roldex in ages. I wonder if I still have my one rolodex that I purchased about a dozen or more years ago.
I have been writing in journals since I was 13 years old, but I just recently started art journaling and I absolutely love it. I came across some lovely blog that are primarily focused on art journaling. I am so impressed with them that I decided to spotlight some of them here on my own blog. The first one is called Dispatch From LA.
The blog owner of Dispatch from LA also has a tumblr page where she highlights other art journalers. Click HERE to view it. You will be awestruck by all of the colorful and beautiful art journals that were created. It will also inspire you. If you love creating art journals or scrapbooks you will LOVE this tumblr page.
I decided a few days ago to get into art journaling. Since I do have a love of creating art I already have everything that I need to create an art journal, but I did need some gesso. Therefore I headed to the local A.C. Moore arts and crafts store to get some. Lo and behold Ac. Moore is having a huge 40% off sale on a lot of stuff, so I ended up spending $54.00. I am happy with my loot but I had no intentions of spending $54 buying art supplies when I have loads of supplies already. I actually put back some items that I had in my cart because I really did not need them. I have to contain myself when I am in an arts and crafts store. All of the art pads and journals are 40% off though so I really should have stocked up. Oh well......I can always go back tomorrow before the sale is over....hee hee haa haa!
This is a picture of my art journal supply loot. The book on the left actually came from Hobby Lobby. It is just a few doors down from A.C. Moore so I stopped in there too. The book is $24.99 and was not on sale. It gets added to the $54.00 that I spent at A.C. Moore. The book is all about creating art journals and it comes with a DVD. The rest of the items in the picture came from A.C. Moore. The visual journal book was on sale for $9.99 and the gesso was on sale for $6.99 so I bought two of them. What brought the total up to $54.00 are the paint brushes. They were on sale too but I bought sixteen of them.
I am going to get started on the book tonight and watch the DVD that came with it. I am so excited about creating my first art journal. Tomorrow I will take my loot upstairs to my arts and crafts room and get lost in my own world of art.
I love getting involved with art projects. I also love journaling, so how about putting them both together to do art journaling? Some of the art journals that I have seen online are so creative and lovely. I already have everything I need to get started so now I just need to search for classes in my area for people who want to learn this art form.
Here are some examples of art journal covers and inside pages. You really can get very creative working on an art journal and I cannot wait to get started.
