I know I’ve done this before, but this last month of art journaling also meant that I finally finished the art journal I started back in 2008. So I decided it would be fun to to do a recap post about all of them. So here’s the item:
So, as I mentioned, this journal was started in 2008. It was an old 7gypsies album I had and I covered it with a photo that I loved and with my word of the year for 2008 which was journey. Here’s an image I took early this year:
This year, I bought a journal kit from Rebecca Sower and added the hodge podge pages into this book. So it ended up with some scrapbook paper, some water color paper, some copic paper, tags, envelopes, etc. I then glued the cover so it was one piece. That failed at some point, so I punched some holes and put ribbon through them. Not sure that worked so well, either. But it held up. So now here’s a look at all the pages I did this month:
and more.
and one more set.
And here are some pages from July and before.
remember the trees from months ago?
and more
And here are some shots of the album before and after:
And finally here’s a top-down look for you.
And there we are. I can’t believe this journal is done. I think for next year, I will make another journal and do pages once a week. Maybe I can keep it up.
Incredible! I envy your ability. Wonderful work, and great job finishing another of your goals for the year.
thank you Chris!
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I’ve been following your blog for a while, and I love your work on the art journals! I’m totally new to art journaling so thanks for all the inspiration! 🙂
thank you so much for your kind words!! I am so honored that I was able to inspire you!
WOWZERS….Absolutely fabulous! You do amazing work!!!!
thank you so much 🙂
This is just awesome. Thanks for putting it all together. I love what you did with your journal. It has really inspired me to start my own.
LOVE seeing the group shots this way! Beautiful work.
I don’t know what is your job but you should work as grahic designer….
perfect compositions 😀
lol, you’re sweet. i’m a programmer 🙂
This is amazing! I love your pages and feel inspired to try this myself. I really like that not every page has words and that they are all so very different. Thanks for sharing this!
This is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.
I saw this from your post at write.click.scrapbook, and its truly inspiring. I find myself falling into stress, and this is a beautiful way to release emotions and just be inspired. Thank-you