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visual blessings: Art Journaling on Fire!

This is the third post dedicated to making everyday things special by finding ‘Art in real life.’ I’ve started the rewarding experience of making a forest meadow journal to chronicle my walks, thoughts, wildlife and nature discoveries. ‘ Art is to make special .’ If that is true, then it is possibl

This summertime journal makes me happy. It was my demo journal in the Art Journaling Weekend Workshop in June .

Congratulations! You have just visited the most popular post on my blog. Since this first post about drawing Celtic knots in 2014, I've continued to grow in skill and enthusiasm for drawing Celtic knots, and to explore Celtic Christianity. Will you join me for this Celtic creative & spiritua

Before I jump into more blog posts about my word of the year, I thought it might be helpful to show some headings of page themes. Once again, what I love about making a calendar journal in a dotted or grid journal is the versatility it offers. Because my focus and interests may change each year, my

Here is the finale of my 100 day project - Days 95-100 and a flip through video of all 100 pages.

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Art journaling the journey has become a fully integrated part of my life, so I decided to start a journal showing a glimpse into my inner journey - a spiritual quest-further into God, seeking and desiring to grow more into who God made me to be. It is a time for entering a new year and a new season

These are more color drop flowers where I start with a basic shape with water (lightly tinted yellow so I can see it) and drop in the color. You are pretty much at the mercy of the watercolor but you can move it around to help form the shape. The green Iris did much better than the purple one. I added a thin black outline to further form the shape. For my inspiration I was looking at a black and white outline of Irises that I had in a Dover coloring book of flowers. It helped me with the…

Evidence of the Great Creator is all around us. The name of God, Elohim, found at the beginning of the Bible begins with the Creator in the act of creating. Bible journaling the creation story in Genesis 1 has helped me connect with God in a deeper way as my Creator. It has also encouraged me as a c

This simple but profound revelation struck me while reading a book I highly recommend, Filming G The revelation is: God loves me so much He wants to doodle with me. God loves you too! Here are the final pages of the IDENTITY journal:

GOOD NEWS!

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