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If you follow me on instgram @theartsysandpiper you might have noticed that my life journal is a smogishboard of things ... its a planner, journal, photobook, smashbook & art journal... I still dont know how to call it lol because it is and isn't any of those things (I would love it if someone gave me ideas for names)- I will be writing a mini e-book of the process but for now I am giving you guys a little overview of the materials
At the moment I am crushing on watercolors!!! they are quick to work with because they dry fast and that is a must when you are a mama with limited time on your hands :)
It wasn't until 2014 that I really started putting pictures into my life journal (im debating if to go back previous years and print those pics out) it is really nice to not only read what happened that day, have memories glued in the page but also pictures. I guess it is slowly turning into a artsy photo album. I use Photo Grid on my phone to do a collage- I finally found that 8 pics is big enough and small enough for the pages size 4x6 and send to print at wallgreens!
Tape is a must! I have found that with glue the pics tend to come loose after a while.
Stickers, random things, cutouts of magazines, greeting cards... anything and everything I want to keep a memory of- instead of filling a memory box with papers, notes, etc I place them on my book (that is why its a smash book ish inspired journal) I used more stickers on the past years and now I have morphed into painting, stamping, and doodling more since well its cheaper lol I still get stickers when I can.
Pen, pencil, markers since I write what we did every day, memories, things that happened and sometimes I hide longer journal entries on pieces of paper and fold them and glue them ... since people love going through my life journals because they are like a little creative crazy messy work of art/ photo book I started hiding the entries or keeping a separate journal just for writing
I use acrylics sometimes, not often, because they tend to stick to each other and takes a longer time to dry...
hope that helps!!!
Lucy :)
enjoy this free coloring page to use as a background for your art journals/life journals :) (right click on the pic and click save image as) and tag your finished page in Instagram as #artsysandpiperpage
