Well hello there...
here is my last art journal page for our second day together....
As I said in part 4, our friendship got sealed by this moment and it deserves a special art page...
I found an images of girly bedroom and VS models. In the video you'll see the process of fitting girls into background and adding pillows and laptop...
But it wasn't enough in my opinion, so I used few stickers and speech bubbles
to scramble adorable sayings like:
It was so much fun to work on this page: artsy and so memorable....
Off to the next day... well which didn't start till..Hmmm! about noon! xo-xo-xo
Hello there...
Today I will be sharing several pages of my second day trip to Japan.
That was absolutely delightful day that started a bit later (we slept in). After having Russian breakfast that Irina cooked for us: pancakes, coffee so yummy!
The first thing we decided to open GIFTS... but first we couldn't just open the gifts w/o carrying on with our story, and pointing fingers on each other... LOL.
Because this trip was a "sabotage" against Phoebe, so she was the first to receive gifts from Irina.
And because Irina was the hostess she wanted to give her gifts to me as well.
OMG, all these DAISO yumminess... Thank you so much my dear friend!
Now... Phoebe was so anxious to gift back, because she dragged a whole suitcase with her full of supplies and gifts...
wow, a loads of ruffly FUN!
And because I was the last to arrive to our party, I was the lust to give gifts to my dear girls!
And I think we all were very pleased!!!!!!
Ok, I think it will be right time for my art journal page devoted to that moment
this one is before...
and this one is after....
I love the saying that I found:
"They say that every person that comes into your life comes for a reason...
Well, I've got a few questions about that....." I just love the sarcasm of that phrase. The meaning of that phrase carries all the way through the whole day and actually into the night of our second day together and finding the reason of why we all got together and starting our sisterhood bond. Quiet strong feeling...
I knew that this trip will be very special, no I should say especially special and very meaningful even at the beginning: so many signs were showed to me and one of them was this image, that I stumbled upon at the magazine been at home
here three of us: Phoebe, me and Irina, exactly how we look in life... xo-xo-xo!
and next few flips that I added into my journal are as well very much related to our friendship moment
OK, enough of deep subjects, oh though I love meaningful things - makes my life so reacher and with a purpose, all though I already fulfill the call of nature by having a kid (next generation).
Alright moving on...
According my handwritten journal notes and video report, we got sick of sitting at home and went on our CRAFT SHOPPING sperry.
Local craft store was just delightful, more like american Jo-Anns. Lots of different things.
But main point of our trip on that rainy day was visit of DAISO. It was my 1st ever DAISO experience, and I think I did very well.
Well it is getting to be dinner by now... Well Phoebe treated us with a wonderful dinner at Genki Sushi.... Oh what fun it was!!!!!!!!! and sooooo yummy!
that was so much fun to taste all different dishes and of course I did record it.. and now put it into art junk journal
we even finished 26 plates and even had some room for the cake...
Been belly up full we had some time to craft. The easiest and the fastest project that we could come up with was shaker boxes... So we made few of those... Mine when as a gift to someone very special... LOL...
While crafting and chatting we wound up with long night girl to girl conversation which brings me back to the saying: "They say that every person that comes into your life comes for a reason..."
which brings me to the end of that part of my travelogue and opens the door for the next one...
See ya in part 5.
Hey there, are you already back?
I guess you liked what you saw in 1st part of day one of my "Travelogue Art Junk Journal, part 2"
Let's get going...
we finished with that page in previous part: on the left you see page that I was coloring while in the flight and you can see a napkin that was turned into pocket by adhering washi tape all the way on the bottom, where I can stick more pictures or memorabilia.
here I am squeezed into my upgraded sit with the nice view on the wing of the aircraft that was taking me all the way from LA through Vancouver to Tokyo, Japan. I used: airplain tickets, pictures, suitcase travel tag, my journal handwritten travelogue and lots of fun sayings about traveling. Adding travel related stickers and fun colorful gel pen writing, makes this page into adorable journal.
well, screen shots of our aircraft flight path makes this journal into true travelogue art junk journal and custom form on Japanese has story behind it (you are welcome to watch video about it)
handwritten note on original currency exchange form expressing my feelings and first impression of foreign land.
why not to use back of the form for a journaling spot? of course I will and even more... make it interactable using see through and framed picture elements. By attaching brochure that you have picked up along the way, you can mark your departure and arrival time and reciept just making it more precise.
how about little travel saying by Rudyard Kipling and hand written notes on first impressions...
that picture was taken on my arrival to JR Utsunomiya Station where I was stock, while awaiting for girls to pick me up. Yep, after 20 hours and thousands of miles traveling I got stranded in the middle of Japan (there is story about that in the video as well).
my sarcasm about that situation well represented on these pages
But all is well, that ends well and my first day of travelling came to an end: girls picked me up and brought home, fed and put to bed...
I even had a chance to upload my videos....
By the way if you missed my video travelogue "Travelogue First Time in Japan" volume 1, volume 2 & volume 3 - all devoted to the first day of traveling.
Check those out, so much fun!
See you next time....
Hello my friends...
Today I am coming to you with my first art journal page.
In June 2015 my son and I went to Mizzou summer welcome for two days. That is college program for freshmen students and their parents. Lots of information, lots of running around, lots of desisions... Well me made it (not with mistakes though as we found out now).
Well its already August and my son moved into college already and I am heart broken sick missing him teribly...
Can't find place for myself.. I am very happy to know that he is in college, that he has a place to stay, that he is in classes and making new friends and lots of decisions on his own. I am very proud of him and wouldn't change anything, but I am the one who is hurting for unknown reason... Can't explain, but I know that my heart is crying and hurting...
So this page was my first try on mixed media and I have lots of questions to those who does know a little about it...
I took some cut outs from all papers that they gave us during these two days and picture of us together at the shop. I just miss my son so much!
So please let me know what did I do wrong (in techniques)?
My concern is that pages are warped...
Should I use stick glue?
Should I use mod podge or multi medium?
Is Momento inks ok for stamping on such type of pages?
Did I used Soft Pastels Tendres correctly?
Why my Prisma color pencils didn't work of photo?
Ha-ha-ha! I can be asking even more questions..
Today I am coming to you with my first art mixed media painting...
In a million years wouldn't know that I will say that...
wow!
The name of this creation is OUR WORLDS... It is A4 cardstock of white paper with adhered magazine cut outs and some acrylic painting over it.
Originally I saw this on Ustream/YT of Dede Willingham and she named it My World. The point of it create your world, which is basically what is your artistic eye sees.
I wanted to create a gift for someone who introduced me to Dede's art, so that art should have both our interests on it. That's why the name of it os OUR Worlds.
I didn't record a process video because you probably should see the original artist on that. She is amazing, trust me!
So here few pictures of my prank art page
Please check the video, where I am explaining the point of this creation.
Thank you so much for your time. Have a wonderful day!
But it wasn't enough in my opinion, so I used few stickers and speech bubbles
It was so much fun to work on this page: artsy and so memorable....
