Art Journaling Workshop

Thanks to Diane and Heather, we had a great art journaling workshop on Saturday, May 30. It was great to see the progress both of them made in their journals and their creative expression. Diane brought along a Kelly Rae Roberts book with a technique for creating a background with writing papers and then using a brayer to add layers of paint. Here's my first layer.. later I'll add to the pages.

Happy Memorial Day

Holidays make me think of family -- and then I miss my Mom. So.. I scanned a spread from the memory journal I made her. Memorial Day always meant opening up the pool -- so here's a photo of my daughter, who had some help from my Mom to look like "Miss America." The other photo was taken at Inner Harbor with one of my mom's favorite sayings! (Lauren, age 3, with Mom)

Geraniums

Every May I put geraniums in pots on my hot, sunny deck. Here are my journal pages. I love the simplicity of these! Enjoy!

Happy Mother's Day

A spread in the memory journal I made for my Mom.

More yellow..inspired by the roses and springtime!

I was working on some yellow pages before I received the yellow roses, so I guess one inspired the other. Look closely for the journaling I added.

workshop today!

Thanks to Jami, Skie, Marion, Shelby, Nicole, and Rachel for a great workshop! You were all natural journalers from the beginning! Amazing to see all your pages. Keep up the journaling!

Life overcrowded?

This is part of my "balance" journal. Although the pages are a bit more "planned" than I usually do, I wanted to high-light this quote. So the pages were inspired by the quote to not do "too much" on these pages. There are lots of layers of thin paper you may not see, but I love the texture and color combinations. I also know that I won't lose this quote - because here it is, in my journal! I felt compelled to use the bee - BE yourself, B for Betsy, busy as a BEE. Still striving to bring a new look and feel to my journaling. In progress...