Art Journal and Home Journal

Happy Day! 

I participated in a Spring Ephemera Swap and look at the packages I received!

There's enough goodies in these bags to keep me busy for a very long time!

(this was my paternal grandparents home in Middleport New York)    

 

Some of these pages are not complete yet.  I've been working on this journal for a year now!  Most people do one a month......suffice it to say I've not been a regular at it.  I enjoy working in it but don't make the time to do it.  It's really fun to go back and look through old pages....to remember where you were or what you were doing at that time.  I don't do a lot of writing...mostly quotes.

about 4 years ago I started a "home book" where I ripped out pages from decorating magazines that I wanted to keep, and pasted them into a regular book from the thrift store.  I had it packed away and forgot all about it....I found it one day this winter when we were buried in snow...and I was happy to see all the pages I'd glued way back then.  It was funny to see that I'd incorporated a lot of the ideas in my current home...even though I didn't have the book for inspiration.  Here's a few pages from that book"

This is the book I'm using....I'm just ripping magazine pages and gluing them in.  I haven't worked on this in a long time until I found it in February. When it's finished I will make my own cover for it.

here's a normal page from the book

  it's all about American homes throughout the centuries.  On pages that are dull and boring I glue my own stuff to it.

sometimes I leave part of the original pictures intact...like the building on the left hand side bottom.

I write on the pages....what it is about why I love the page.....

this is a great way to get rid of your magazines that are hard to part with.  You've saved the best...and now it's all in one place.

So grab a book and start gluing!      

 

Comments

[Beth Leintz]

I'm so impressed with your art journal- the variety of styles, pictures, mediums, colors- its wonderful.

Your home journal is such a fun idea. I have my clippings journals, too- but I've used blank books- I love the idea of using a good sturdy BIG book.

[meleen]

robin,

i love your journal!! and thank you....i received one of your packets in the springtime ephemera exchange!!! i posted some photos!!

happy spring!!
meleen

[natalea]

ahhh! just love big fat journals! they make me so happy! xo

[Karla Nathan]

I really wish I had started one of those years ago. I can remember things I've seen in magazines and just loved, even thought the pages were thrown out years and years ago. It would be fun to have them in a book.

[Joyce]

Love it!

[Bettsi]

Robin, these are all great, but I really love your home journal. So personal and pretty!

[Lori]

Robin, LOVE your home journal...what a fabulous way to use the pictures you love from your favorite magazines...without having magazines piles all over the place!!!