My First Bound Journal!!

I finally put together my assorted pieces of junk mail and packaging into a bound journal! Yay! The colors are crazy and I have a lot of work to do. This is just a base for future journaling material. It is only my first attempt, so please don't judge me harshly.

As an added bonus, I took some photos of other pages I have been furiously painting. These are mostly my waste paint papers. They look awesome! It is time to turn the one on my table around to I can cover the rest of he part that actually taped onto the surface. I have a bunch that is hanging over the edge, so this is going to end up one giant, wonderfully crazy piece of paper.

These are Jello boxes I cut up that I am using to throw waste paint on. Some of them look like ink blots. They will either end up as part of a mini album, as tags, or as postcards.

This is more reminiscent of my usual style. I do more stuff with clean lines than not, so most of what I have been doing is way outside my comfort zone.

A nice, subtle base for something.

I love this! Eyes have been a common theme in my work since I was a teenager. I realized I have 4 or 5 rubber stamps of eyes, all but one I carved myself!

I think this may have been the first thing I painted when I finished gessoing stuff.

I love this, too! This one and the one with the eyes are tied for my favorite. I used an arches stencil and did a lot of spraying with alcohol and dabbing. Then, I took a tiny rubber stamp I made of a cherry blossom and sprinkled them throughout the page.

This is crazy and dark, but I like how it turned out, too.

A bonus Zentangle! I painted the page above on the back side. That is why it is a little mottled. I had another one that I completely painted over. It isn't bad, but it isn't one of my favorites.

Please let me know what you think, so I know that actual people visit my site. And Happy Birthday to my Mom!! Until next time...