For the Love of Lists

April 11, 2013 | Leave a comment

Sometimes journaling is hard. We may want to scrap a certain photo, or share a story, but the words might not come easily. Sometimes, you fall in love with a kit and don’t even have a photo that might work with it. Sometimes you want to make a page and not clutter it up with a bunch of words or a full story. And maybe, just maybe… you end up with a mental block and can’t even think of a direction to go with a page. Chances are, you have a ton of hidden material tucked inside just waiting to come out.

Lists are a great tool for those times when you just feel stuck or don’t know what to say. You don’t have to use a lot of words. You don’t have to tell a full story. You don’t even need a picture. And you can find the idea for lists just about anywhere and everywhere. You could even scrap your to-do lists or shopping lists.

Lists work if you are scrapping traditional pages, art journal pages or even Project Life pages. Total versatility.

I just purchased Listography Journal: Your Life in Lists by Lisa Nola.

It is a fun book that you can fill out, and it has a lot of great illustrations.

There is a whole series of these books: Music, Movies, Friends, Love, My Future, and Parenthood.

Moorea Seal generates a new list topic every Tuesday (in 2013). She includes a PDF that you can print, fill out and share by #52lists2013. These would be great to scrap/journal.

Here are a few other ideas:

Playlists (from different periods of your life)
Favorite teachers/mentors
Closest relatives
Friends & online buddies (along with the years you were friends)
Exes (you can include your favorite/least favorite thing about them)
Horrible and/or funny dates
Clothing styles/fads you went through
What is currently in your purse/bag
Groups you belong (have belonged) to
Volunteer activities past/present/future
Typical chores throughout the week and who does what (and/or list favorite and least favorite chores)
Interesting co-workers
Strange requests you’ve received
Your accomplishments
Interesting classes you’ve taken

What would you list?

Kimberlee

Stay-at-home Gran, Poet, Teacher, Daydreamer, Idea-maker, Glitterizer, and Storyteller. I live in Washington State and love to spend my time doing anything creative.

Moodling

March 28, 2013 | Leave a comment

Sometimes, I get the feeling that when people hear the term “art journal(ing),” they automatically feel that it is supposed to be pages filled with a lot of emotion, angst, deep thoughts, etc. Sometimes, I think that scares people away from the whole idea of art journaling, and that is really too bad.

Really an art journal is just a visual journal… a representation of whatever you want to share visually. So it doesn’t have to be something serious, something deep, or something super meaningful or private. You can just play around with colors, fun elements, doodles, your sense of humor, or whatever you are feeling the need to record.

Here are a couple of examples of journal pages that might inspire you to think about art journaling a little differently.

by Timboctou at Sodalicious

Jenn Olson (justjenno via snapwidget.com)

Mumkaa

by Julie Kirk

by Andrea Joseph

So there are some great examples of pages that don’t necessarily have some deep save-the-world meaning, but they were a creative expression of the moment. Whatever the mood, you can always create something… happy moodling… bored moodling… excited moodling… the sky-is-the-limit moodling.

Take a chance and just have some fun.

Kimberlee

Stay-at-home Gran, Poet, Teacher, Daydreamer, Idea-maker, Glitterizer, and Storyteller. I live in Washington State and love to spend my time doing anything creative.