2021. changes and mixed media journals

phew. here we are almost five months into 2022. 2021 was crazy and phenomenal, all at the same time. we sold our home of eight years in LA and moved to the midwest. my long time dream come true.

i didn't have a lot of time for creative projects, but did manage to make two mixed media journals because i was desperate for art.

i used one to document something memorable, per day, during advent.

the other is still blank, still sitting on my desk waiting for the perfect writing project.

what i'm not doing as far as sewing, quilting and book binding, i'm trying to make up for with photography, chasing birds, pronghorns and baby buffalos. it's not a bad life, at all.

2020. mixed media journals

like a madwoman, i made a lot of mixed media journals in the lockdown months of 2020. i gave some to my niece. these pictured below i made to have in my stash for documenting lists, gratitude, prayers, a sentence a day, travel stories, etc..

i use all kinds of paper to fill my journals...3x4 journal cards for pocket scrapbooking, 6 x 8 papers, index cards. i sometimes print lines on resume paper or cardstock then cut the paper down to fit the journal i am working on.

like my quilting, i tend to use similar patterns and design elements. no two are exactly alike, however.

i played with adding faces this year and used some paper dolls.

i tried a half circle and letter "D" shape design. it was fun, but hard to cut paper for. i'm going to stick to square or rectangular shapes from now on.

half circle and "D" shape...

5" x 8" landscape...

3" x 5" landscape...

4" x 6" landscape...

3" x 4" portrait...

4" x 6" portrait...

i made a few more, but this is a good record of the majority.

oh, and i use the cinch by we r memory keepers for binding.

after making so many at one time earlier this year, i took a long break from book binding. but i've got 6.5" x 9" book boards on my drafting table with gesso drying. i'm planning to use it for a "kindle 2021: a month of gratitude" journal.

it's time to say goodbye to a crazy 2020 and "burn the b*itch down" in 2021.

rock on!