(This post appears on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer''s blog today here as part of her Journal Every Day series).
Evidence shows that art journaling and other acts of creativity increase human happiness. The trouble is that there are a lot of roadblocks between the human and the art: time, supplies and inspiration.
A while back, it occurred to me that organizing simple supplies would be helpful so I came up with a system that makes it easy for anyone to art journal anywhere. Scroll down for that video link.
Journal Fodder Wrangling Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKzLHYqUYkM
Lately, the Midori Traveler notebooks caught my eye - I like the proportions but they are a bit small and the paper is thin so let’s make ‘em to our own specs with this simple little book.
Thanks again to Julie Fei Fan Balzer and Balzer Designs for hosting me on her blog today and allowing this dream of having a blog hop with myself a reality (that was a joke).
Thank you Diana for your video on making a small journal! I like how easy it is and such a great way to use some of my paper stash 😀🎵
Posted by: Melody | 10/09/2015 at 06:55 AM
You have made this look so easy. I actually am going to try it!! I remember back in the day when I was in school, we made a little journal in art class and when I saw you do this, the memories came flooding back :) I did enjoy art class~
Thank you Diana for making this video, I love your work!
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Posted by: Sue | 10/09/2015 at 11:40 AM
So glad to hear that! So cool that it brought back memories. I’m always trying to make bookbinding tutorials easier by using all of the way that people learn.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 10/13/2015 at 10:20 AM
Always trying to work that stash pile down.
Posted by: Diana Trout | 10/13/2015 at 10:23 AM