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nts to you or what it could represent if you let it and just skim read through your pages then inevitably something leaps out at you and just feels appropriate for that page small confession i selected the phrase below before i selected my focal image and instead browsed for images i felt could represent it but whichever way around you do it image then wording wording then image it s when they work together that your journal page will gain a cohesive narrative tell a clear story oh and i absolutely love to combine phrases which have come from widely varying original sources the phrase above was a chapter title from a medical research book while the snippets below are taken from a 1960s novel for teenage girls and a kids annual i m currently working on a series of found poems short short stories using this technique and while it s a little scary to feel this way i think i might have just landed upon my thing the technique that feels right the one i can see myself doing for a long time and it s exciting anyway if you can t face cutting into a book yourself or you d like some new blood to add to your old paper collection then have a browse around the plundered pages section of my shop step 11 assess if the page needs a final splash of colour like neon green and if it does then splash it on using my old faithful lost coast designs zebra stripe border stamp i livened the page up a little as it was beginning to feel quite safe and flat but as i didn t want to ruin the entire colour palette i d created so far i again paid heed to that tip of using an ink pad in a similar shade albeit in neon this time round and i was much happier after that zesty colour boost as you can see i stamped over the image in places just to help it settle down into the page so it didn t feel too free floating or free swimming or however a half fish half mannequin would sit on a page step 12 add some journaling now for the big question people ask about art journal pages do i really have to write on them to which i m going to reply nope it s entirely your call you re a big girl boy now most likely bigger than me so i m not going to force you to do anything i hadn t intended to write on this page at all i wasn t entirely sure where the feeling behind my snipped phrases had come from like i say it found me and so i wasn t sure i had anything to add anything right at that moment however i left it overnight and when i came back to it the following morning i was reminded of a quotation that just seemed perfect for it so i added that by hand around the outside edges and to save you scrolling back up here s the end result once again so you can judge how those 12 steps mounted up to a finished page so what do you think does art journaling feel do able yet has it helped you break down what a page can consist of are you relieved to learn that white paint is the enemy of mistakes do you see how there s no right way to begin or to continue but that you just keep adding and tinkering and browsing i d love to hear your feedback so do leave a comment here with any thoughts ideas or questions i can t reply directly through my comments but do try to answer people s queries in one way or another or drop by my facebook page and if you use pinterest please consider pinning the tutorial so other people can find it too i ll look forward to hearing from you and seeing any pages you might make after reading through the steps again julie supplies for a wide selection of original vintage pages and eclectic collage ephemera ideal for finding your focal images and word snippets do visit my etsy shop there s all kinds of all kind waiting to be discovered supplies available from 3djean i m a design team member for the 3djean blog shimmerz spray inks lost coast designs zebra stripe border stamp infocrea abstract stamp set tando creative sequin waste mask lily bee patterned papers other supplies daler rowney gel glaze medium matt inkssentials cut n dry foam ranger archival ink viridian hero arts neon ink green american crafts amy tangerine ready set go roller date stamp posted by julie kirk at 16 40 15 comments labels art journaling tutorial step by step photos collage mixed media 3djean kate crane lost coast designs infocrea journaling email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday 23 june 2013 summertime photography scavenger hunt 2013 capturing the tower hi hi hi i m one of those people who likes taking photos and who also likes lists and likes crossing things off lists and if i m realistic i work best when i have a deadline and so that s why i really enjoyed taking part in the summertime photography scavenger hunt hosted by rinda at gallo organico last year and more to the point why i m joining in once again this year it s also a fun and structured way for me to document and share various unconnected moments of my summer and if you followed any of my push up bra blogging tips you ll know that structure really can be a blogger s best friend and to help keep me on track i ve added the whole list to my sidebar and will add links to each item as and when i blog the photo this year rinda s list contains 21 items plus two substitutes for us all to seek out and snap before sept 21st so all i have to do is keep my eyes open for things that fit the categories while i m out and about even though there s a list there s still plenty of room to add your own creative interpretation there s no right or wrong photo to take and then drop them into a blog post like this item no 8 a tower well if you re going to have to find yourself a tower you might as well find one belonging to a castle we walked by the remains of the east tower of helmsley castle on a little family trip around helmsley north yorkshire last thursday there s been a castle in one sort or another on that site for 900 years however this particular tower is a little less historic than that at just 700 years old it s almost a new build in comparison here it is again from the other side and here s the view i had when i turned around after taking that photo i can t resist taking photos of people taking photos now all i need to do is check whether mam s photo of the tower which i think she was taking here also features me taking a photo of her taking a photo of it ok i think i m getting a bit dizzy thinking about that now i ll have some more scavenger hunt photos to tick off my list in the coming days if you want to play along make sure to visit rinda over at gallo organico for all the details then this time next week it ll be time for my month in numbers again i know i don t know how june s almost over either thank you for all your great topic suggestions for the big month in numbers communal count i m going to make a full list and then decide which to try out first wishing you a happy new week ahead julie posted by julie kirk at 15 03 11 comments labels rinda ontiveros gallo organico summertime photography scavenger hunt tower helmsley email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday 21 june 2013 have you seen jot magazine hello hello a new online and free magazine for modern memory keepers was launched today by kim archer and her team and here it is meet jot when i heard about jot and its philosophy i really wanted to be part of it how about you any of this sound familiar and so i responded to their call for contributions and now my article all about my month in numbers where the idea came from how to join in why it works for me and others is now nestled happily in this debut issue alongside several examples from some faithful month in numbers bloggers too so may i suggest you schedule a little me time along with the first issue of jot your drink of choice and your most comfy chair that should ease you nicely into the weekend i reckon enjoy and i ll see you soon julie posted by julie kirk at 17 51 13 comments labels month in numbers jot magazine kim archer memory keeping email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday 18 june 2013 my month in numbers the communal count opinions wanted hi hi how s things it s been a wonderfully sunny day here and tomorrow is tipped to be the warmest of the year which reminds me during may s month in numbers post i floated the idea that occasionally we might all keep a count or record the numbers of the same sort of thing so that we can compare our vital statistics and temperature was one of the categories i had in mind not that i m quite sure how that d work but maybe it could be something like we all note down the average temperature where we live one month maybe but while i m still not certain on the details i am sure that as a general idea it would be worth trying because really we ve done it before remember last year many of you joined in with my height of summer project where we blogged about how tall or not we were and after sharing those figures we suddenly all had a clearer picture of how we d measure up if we all got together and lined up in size order just those 3 little numbers somehow revealed so much more about us and made for some great blog reading ok so many of us cheated and tried to add extra numbers i personally added the all important 1 4 inches to my otherwise measly 5ft 2 and so i m hoping that this new communal and entirely optional addition to my month in numbers might give us a similar but more regular glimpse into how we re alike and where we differ and i d love to hear your ideas on what we could measure and record if you saw my may month in numbers or the scrapbook page i made afterwards you ll have seen the tally chart i made while keeping count of all the hours of crime drama i watched during the month and in a similar vein i already document the number of books i read each and i thought maybe in a future month we could all count the number of films we watch but what else is there i know it s inevitable that whatever topic i choose there ll be someone who doesn t feel it applies to them like if i asked you to count how many episodes of the archers you listened to or how many root beers you drank or how many root beers you drank while listening to the archers so i d like to get a feel for what you think what could you count up collate document scribble on a notebook throughout a month what is there that s specific enough to keep track of but general enough that someone else could play along with once you ve thrown some ideas at me i ll try to pull out the common threads from your responses and come up with some categories for future my month in numbers posts and we ll see how it goes from there so get thinking and get back to me you don t need to be a my month in numbers blogger to lob in a suggestion the more ideas the better thank you in advance right i m going to duck out of the way while you start throwing julie posted by julie kirk at 20 42 19 comments labels my month in numbers meme statistics communal play along email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday 17 june 2013 simply a moment june then off off forth hi hi things have been veeeeeerrrrry quiet around here this month i know if you subscribe to my occasional email catch up update chatter then you ll have heard from me last week but other than that i ve been having a little healthy i m keeping away before i begin to resent blogging blog break or if you followed my push up bra blogging series then i ve been taking what we might also refer to as the kenny rogers approach know when to walk away and all that however as i also covered in that series it s useful to have a few regular themes and on going types of post in your repertoire just to keep you pottering along during the dry spells or the times when just looking at your blogging dashboard makes you shudder and so i wanted to pop in today to share my response to the simply a moment meme created by simply alexa where once a month you can stop pause and record something which could otherwise have disappeared into the ether to learn more you can read alexa s tips on how to record your own moments and if you do join in there s a link box there for you to add your post then off off forth date saturday 15th june2013 time 10 35am onwards location a walk from home to tesco so how long do you think this ll take then asks james of the walk we ve got planned a man more used to being a driver than a pedestrian 30 35 minutes i reply casting my mind back to the last time i walked a similar route i glance down check the time on my watch 10 34ish and we head off up the drive and out into the street i don t think i ve ever walked this far along here in this direction before he states once we pass the post box you ve never lived i reply smiling shaking my head at the suburban safari we re now taking where the main road i ve trodden countless times is suddenly the road less travelled not even 5 minutes from home and here s the rain light sporadic but enough to make my hair unruly so out comes my floral print shower proof mac pulling the hood up i think mmm yes shower proof maybe but deluge proof no way and i scan the sky for threateningly dark clouds and fortunately find none anyway this is an adventure after all i don t think dr livingstone here will be letting rain stop play we both step aside to allow an elderly man on a motorised chair to pass moments later as if in an act of universal balance a young boy on a scooter whizzes by propelling himself enthusiastically with his young legs we d get there quicker if we d come on one of those james says as the boy accelerates away out of sight the only thing is if you hit anything you got straight over the top probably best not to let me near one then as we walk parallel to the playing fields the wind like the hand of an older teasing sibling holds me back pushes my shoulders ruffles my hair with it s bluster in my ears i hear a line from a gerard manley hopkins poem repeating in my head the hurl and gliding rebuffed the big wind do you hear that wind i m rebuffing you i think as we round the corner in front of the fire station where i come to a halt james slows and turns to me questioning i need a fire truck for the summertime photo scavenger hunt i explain but we look and there are none parked outside and i don t think they d take kindly to me asking to be let in with my camera but never mind there s always do you think this would pass for a nature preserve i ask sceptically of the area of playing field that after flooding several years back never dried out and now resembles a mangrove swamp and is inhabited by various ducks and moorhens i don t see why not he replies and so i take out my camera and seek out the birds and for a moment i m hushpuppy from beasts of the southern wild and this isn t a damp corner of a suburban town but a flooded bayou then i take the photos and we move along looking down all i see is litter discarded correspondence bearing the letterhead from the nearby secondary school 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