journal junk

"just as it should be", by Nancy Baumiller, yes, indeed!

(photo property of Nancy Baumiller. all rights reserved. 2008) Do not copy without permission.

Dear JournalArtists:

Journal junk went on a bit of a respit this summer. You really can't complain when you had the beautiful and talented Lara greeting you when you came to visit here!
WEll, we hope to resume our regularly scheduled programming so that we can encourage and inspire both beginner and avid journal artists.

A great way to jump back in is to tell you what's "happenin'" in journal world on flickr, in blogland and beyond. For one, 1000 Artist Journal pages was released this summer. Several contributing artists continually and graciously share their work in the journal junk group and other art journal photo sharing groups on flickr.

One of those Artists is a lady that I hold very close to my heart, Nancy Baumiller. She was among my first influences in journal writing, as well as a huge encourager, cheerleader and wondrously talented woman to follow and be inspired by. Several of her journal pages grace the pages of 1000 Artist Journal Page's.

I was SO excited this summer when I heard that Nance was starting a collage challenge group on flickr! yippee! For more information on joining the flickr group and partaking in the weekly challenges and prize drawings, go to the Crowabout Collage Challenge Blog. You can also see more of Nancy's (affectionately known as Nance!) work at her blog Something Two Crow About. You will fall in love with her soulful, colorful and intriguing journal pages and art (which is already collected by many collectors and artist's alike). I'm so thankful for Artist's like Nance that share their knowledge, encouragement and beautiful art with us all!

Happy Journaling! more links coming soon!!!!

The Journal Junk group~

This Week's Pic, "Message to Myself"...

This journal page is from Tricia and you can see more of her work here. She has entitled it, "Message to myself". She includes the following quote:

Live the life you love and love the life you live. ~ Bob Marley

I love this message and the journal page! Well done Tricia!

To see more inspiring journal pages from the Journal junk group, go here!

this week's pic, "guilty pleasure".....

guilty pleasure, originally uploaded by vivian bonder.

Wow, I can relate! lol! This page is made by Vivian, a member of our journaljunk group. You can get directly to her photostream by clicking on her journal photo above.
Look at the beautiful textures, composition, writing. I love how an art journal can be an expression of anything we want...especially when it involves chocolate....

have you visited or joined journaljunk lately?

Have you worked on your journal lately?

come by and visit today!

journal on friends!

xo Lia

This weeks pic~

This journal page entitled, "Letting go gives you wings", was created by Jeannine P., a member of the journaljunk group! Just one example of the inspiring, expressive and unique pages you will see in the journaljunk photo pool.

You can see more of Jeannine's work here and here. Thank you for sharing your work with the group Jeannine!

Have you visited journaljunk today?

This weeks pic~

See more from this Artist here.
Another example of beauty and unique personal expression seen in the journal junk flickr group!

ps. Have you started your journal yet?
Congrats to those who have written me to say that you have gotten started! I am so happy that you are inspired by this group!!

xo Lia

This week's pic: "today i am feeling better"...

today i am feeling better., originally uploaded by killerxkim.

by killerxkim. click on the photo to go directly to her photostream.

I adore this spread! so much energy, beautiful composition.

Have you started your journal yet?

:) Have a great week friends!!

xo lia

This week's pic~

artjournal_3_17_08, originally uploaded by sirens_idyll.

In addition to sharing this beautiful journal page, this journal artist , Jazmin, has a corresponding youtube video on how the page was created. Here is the direct link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi5wFJtF2sw.
To go directly to Jazmin's photostream (user name: sirens_idyll), just click on the photo and it will take you there.

Thank you Jazmin for sharing your beautiful work and prose.

this week's pic...

Calendar2008 B6, originally uploaded by paulateachstm.

Paula is an amazing and avid art journal artist. She has filled many moleskines and journals with lots of color, beautiful words and images. She is now "experimenting" with photoshop...looks like a pro to me! I love what she did with this self-portrait, as well as the way she added words to the page. Thank you for sharing your inspiring pages in the journaljunk photo pool Paula!!!!

You can visit Paula at her livejournal or click on the photo and it will take you directly to her photo pool on flickr.

Happy Journalling everyone!
Have you started your journal yet?
Have you seen the awesome, inspiring pages on journaljunk today??

More to come soon!

This weeks pic...

, originally uploaded by greekmia.

Another member starts her first art journal!

p.s. gotta love the squares....we must be related...:)

More soon!

This weeks pic...

page 2, originally uploaded by dianaisa.

Just one of the amazing journal pages found in the journal junk photo pool. I was thrilled to find out that Diana was inspired to start an art journal from seeing our group. Thank you all for sharing your work! This is her FIRST art journal!! Beginning is half the battle, but the results are oh so gratifying. I look forward to seeing more of your work Diana!