I completely lost Monday...I mean it...gone! You know your old when...you actually lose days...wow! So I was convinced I had today (in my mind it was Tuesday) to blog. Sorry about that, so it is Wednesday and I am here with my coffee and the silly poodle and we will have a Wednesday Blog instead.
So last week I left you with my book-binding dilemmas. Well I am here to say that it all worked out, I was amazed. It is not perfect or that pretty either but it is "functional" and that 'my dearies' is the most important thing. The minute we let go of our chains or expecting something to be something it is NOT, we are free to enjoy "What Is".
The copic-binding stitch that I learned how to use, makes it so that when I open my journal it lays down flat no matter what page it is open to. I love that. I left some of the pages in and you can certainly tell...they are all warped and buckled and my new "inards" are all straight and flat. I am very pleased. I recommend trying this at home...ha! Ha!
As you know I am participating in the "Sketchbook Challenge" and Dianna Trout whose book I own and recommend "Journal Spilling" has put up a short "Doodling Game" video...very fun and funny...she is great! Check out here video. Put your cursor over the link (in pink) and click and it will take you right there. Here is my page that I did after watching her short video, she is right - it is an excellent warm up for your art work and it amazes me what comes out of a person when they are simply just "doodling". Here is mine....
Isn't that crazy? Wow...I had no idea where that was going and don't ask me what it means...I have no words. But guess what? It was fun! The process is what I enjoyed not the end result. I am still doing some shading and playing with it.
I have two entries that I want to put into the "Sketchbook Challenge" for this month. Remember the theme is "Highly Prized". I sketched "my girls" and now I am working on another one which is "my passion" I guess. It's in the works right now, its a watercolor and I am learning to play with water-colors...so I am having fun with this one...take a look...
The great thing is that I am using the pages in my journal that I bound myself on watercolor paper. Cool. It's nice using watercolors on actual watercolor paper, it works so much better. So I am learning that using the proper tools, sometimes is essential for easier results. I am not saying that watercolors shouldn't be used on just any paper because that is not true...I have done beautiful pages with just that. But using watercolor paper gives you a "tooth" for the colors to stick to that I wasn't aware of, the paper absorbs better and dries without bubbling, almost gives the colors more vibrant color. Very Cool. So I better get my butte in gear if I am going to enter these before the end of the month. Wish me luck :)
Have a wonderfully creative week. Love and hugs xo
"Just be yourself...everyone else is already taken." Oscar WildeHere is another huge video of Milliande's Journal January...
