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moleskine #5 bites the dust.....

moleskine 5 , originally uploaded by artjunkgirl.

Dear Friends~
I'm back from a week long whirlwind which included LOTs of R & R. it's amazing what some rest and time away will do to a person! I am just bouncing with energy...I'm even scaring myself a bit. lol.
Anyhow, while on the road, I filled up the rest of my 5th moleskine journal. I was thinkin' that I may video a flip-through of it on youtube for you all to walk-through. You can also see the photo's collectively on my flickr. My journal is very free-flow (mostly). You will see. I take it with me on trips. I "don't leave home without it!" I actually did leave without it on our beach trip and it felt weird. I hope to share this with you very soon. Journaling is such a wonderful medium for catching ideas, practicing techniques, etc. I love that it's the one place I don't feel any pressure. I paint most of the pages with leftover paint and I keep an envelope of images to cut and paste. Later on, I do the writing. Not all the pages are painted. This particular page is the "before". You will soon see what I wrote on it. Hope you all are having a great weekend! xoxo Lia

Do What You Love~

I've been a itty-bitty bit busy...

itty-bitty's ready to go~, originally uploaded by artjunkgirl.

Dear friends~
I've been workin' on some swaps and mailart this summer. I really love it, especially working on itty-bitty pages for the itty-bitty book club started by my fabulous, fun and fantastic friend MaryAnn!!!! How could I resist joining in on the fun. You all know I have a thing for itty-bitty art. lol. Let me tell you, I changed my mind on the dress 3 times (the theme was vintage prom dresses). I finally painted over one of them in a fave color and then glued over a collage. I used "real" vintage lace to embellish. I had picked this up in one of my antique mall jaunts a year or so ago.
I can't wait to see this book all bound together with everyone's work. Swaps are indeed time consuming, but they are worth the work to participate, learn, share and play! talk soon friends. got some catchin' up to do around these parts. still picking up bits of lace, lol. xo lia

painting on the side~

Noticed this yesterday when picking up daughter from camp... Note to self: Check for paint on body be-fore leaving the house...

collage therapy.

Dear Friends~
Today I wanted to share a few things with you from my evening collage party. For some reason, I end up doing alot of my artwork in the evening as it is a time when I am most relaxed. The other day was particularly stressful, so when I gathered my things to sit and have another drawing "lesson", I decided to get out one of my little collage bins (I have many of them, but we won't go there now). Although I do love many artistic mediums, I find this one the most therapeutic. I think it's because it's multi-sensory. I love the texture of paper, the colors, and assembling something is sort of like doing a puzzle and making random things come together as a whole. I can't explain what it is about it that is so intriguing, but I do love it so. Here is a collage I completed the other night entitled, "the apology". I'll be back tomorrow with some painting I did as well. I have to go right now, but wanted to share this with you all. xo lia