Art Journal Journey

Remember 'Forever in Blue Jeans' by Neil Diamond? (hmmm you're THAT old? LOL) I heard it on the radio again the other day and when I saw Lisa's new kit...it begged me to capture this line in print. Money Talks

Ok so to quote Tangie (travelling along on the Art Journal Caravan)  " If you were to publish a book about yourself, what would you title it?" Now isn't that a most delightful prompt? Here is my answer (although I could have several!) "The Fish Who Learned to Swim" Everything is from Studio Gypsy's Mercurial Trench I want to play more, but don't know if I'll get to that today. I'm so pleased to have won a coupon for SherrieJD's C2C (Countdown 2 Christmas) journal class. I have so many ideas  already. I'm not sure if it is good to have lots of time to think ahead or whether that gives me too many options?   Whatever...I'm allllll ready to go! :D

Continuing work on the 1984 journal...this will probably make a nice intro page. I started with the idea of making something way more busy and with lots of bits and pieces...but then it seemed like that would spoil the over all impact. I kinda like it plain like this... Found!

During 1984 I kept my diary/journal in a poetry format. This book is looking much the worse for wear, mainly because the pages are going yellow. Everything is just stark black-on-white type written.It has a certain charm all it's own, but I've wanted to pick out a few pages and redo them. I'm aiming for 20-25 in total and will have to see if that will work out. Many of the thoughts need not be 'redone'....lots of young 'boy-do-I-have-a-lot-to-learn' stuff, but some need to be given a face lift for sure. I'm working through the book (we bound it into a proper book back then) and will see how it goes. Who knows I may even abandon the project...or I could end up with a 50 page journal ;-) Ice Cold Fun stuff....or is it? Makes me feel young again, but I tell you I'm glad I'm the only one reading that stuff. Some of it is so embarrassing...no really? Did I say that? Did I think that? No way.....ROFLOL

For the Week # 41 Itinerary : What I want my life to look like today : Son Centered It took me a while to get the words to say what I want them to say, using a few words as possible. I hope it makes sense to you ;-)  I find that whenever He (Jesus) is moved out of the center of my universe - moved by me that is - life just 'isn't' and I just 'am not'

Do you remember this song? I still remember the look of puzzlement on my son's face when I first quoted this to him....whaaaat?....was what his face 'said' I've always felt there is truth in this saying. Besides, without the rain there will be no garden at all. You can find details about what I used for my page HERE Now this word "Pardon" is the prompt for the Art Journey Caravan for Week 33. I decided not to worry about sequence at all and instead to just make pages and select them for inclusion in the book when I've : 1) done them all 2) said what I wanted to say 3) get tired of it all I know the last is most unlikely, but I like lists longer than 2......what more can I say? Happy weekend!

Inspiration is coming faster than I can process it! Some days I feel totally overwhelmed with ideas...it is a good thing I guess. At least there is no lack of mojo, right? Just a lack of time. I thought I would made a peaceful 4"x8" skinny collage for the challenge over at Scrapbook Graphics...something uncluttered, open, free and slightly dreamy. Working with pastel colours is very different for me...I hope you like it! Somewhere My Love was inspired by the haunting melody of the film Dr. Zhivago (nice film, but the book is so very much better!!!) and our anniversary... Happy Autumn to you all!