by Linda | Nov 30, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
I cannot believe that I’m already to the last letter Z. It’s been a great month doing something creative daily with AEDM and journaling from A-Z. It really has helped to have the guideline of A-Z and I understand why folks like prompts and such. Makes the process easier, but of course you can go wild from there as well. For this last page, I chose the word zany. In the dictionary it’s defined as meaning ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish. I especially like the clownish reference because my husband has a tendency to call people a clown when they are being silly – but the word in Italian is a lot cuter and endearing to me, pagliaccio or pagliacciata for a feminine and cuter version. I don’t really take the word as negative or meaning a simpleton… it’s sort of like being cute and unique to me. I’m certainly a bit silly and whimsical when I’m just myself. I think people perhaps don’t see that side of me a lot, but my husband surely does and I love the fact that I can just say it all out loud and ask those silly questions that run through my head. Do a little hop skip and dance with a finishing pose… it’s the freedom when you feel like a kid again. Life should always be like that, right? Being weird without worrying that it’s weird. If that makes sense…
So I’ve really enjoyed this series of posting my art journal pages and participating with AEDM as well. Go check out all the other folks participating and big thanks for Leah from Creative Every Day for starting it all up. I definitely look forward to this month – it’s like collective creative energy together as a group. Thank you to everyone who left encouraging and thoughtful comments, especially this month as I pulled through the series. As the holidays are nearing though, I’m going to try and catch up with a lot of other things… there’s lots of excitement in our household… I will post when I can 🙂 Yeah, I’m keeping y’all in suspense…
by Linda | Nov 29, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
Wow, we are nearing the end of this series and I’m so excited to finish up actually. This month has been so busy…but it’s been great to have this constant creative playtime as well. For the letter Y, I chose the word youthful. I’m thankful to feel this way (most of the time) and people often still think I’m a kid…thank you nature! So I just did a little bit of doodling play today.
by Linda | Nov 26, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
It’s always hard to find a word for the letter X and sometimes you can cheat a little and just settle for a word with X within it or use it to mean the number 10 from the Greek alphabet. Lots of little tricks to represent whatever fits for you personally. In my case, I actually found a word starting with X that fits – xenophile! It means a person attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures. I’m Chinese and my husband is Italian…haha…although I suppose it doesn’t have to be so literal. I’m also a very curious person by nature and I love learning about new things, visiting new places and hearing those stories and experiences. One cannot do it all in their lifetime, so I think it’s to our benefit to absorb from others if we can’t experience it first-hand…makes life fuller I think…more stimulating and interesting. So I just did a bit of a memory jog of the places I’ve been and made a pocket for some postcards I keep for myself…
by Linda | Nov 25, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
For the letter W, I chose the word worrywart… more so to point out that it’s not constructive to be one…
by Linda | Nov 25, 2010 | DIY printables
Happy Thanksgiving to my USA blog friends and a general happy holidays to everyone! I drew up a little Thanksgiving girl, so thought it would be nice to share as a last minute goodie. For some reason I was compelled to draw one of those pilgrim hats 🙂
Download ZIP file of Thanksgiving Girl digistamp
Thank you for following my blog and offering your lovely comments and encouragement. Enjoy the freebie digital stamp and I hope you have a great weekend, ciao ciao!
by Linda | Nov 24, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
For the letter V, I chose the word vulnerable…just playing with paint, fabric, papers and ink…
by Linda | Nov 23, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
For the letter U, I chose the word undecided, because so many things are undecided in life and it reminds me of how we had to chose our majors in college – the stressful thought that you had to decide what to be for the rest of your life! It can be a negative thing if you struggle with indecisiveness…but it can also be such a hopeful thought, to know that life has not yet been written…you make it happen! I’m going with two-pagers now since I have the space in this journal. I’m getting close to the end of this series and it’s so amazing how a little bit a day really adds up. This is such a great experience and helps me to realize through practice that a big project can be broken down into digestible parts…
by Linda | Nov 22, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
For the letter T, I chose the word thankful…especially fitting as Thanksgiving is coming up. However, I think any time of the year is a great time to be thankful for those things you have and enjoy in life…some doodles…
by Linda | Nov 19, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
For the letter S, I chose the word sorry. It’s a bit sad I guess…or maybe just blushing all the time when you do something silly and go “oops!” I feel that I am sorry for so many things at times and not sure if that means I’m just not confident enough about myself. We shouldn’t be apologizing all the time, right? And when we make mistakes, we just have to learn… but it’s hard at times. Sorry for this… sorry for that…bah… it’s a rainy day here (again) so I guess I’m just feeling melancholy…
by Linda | Nov 18, 2010 | my creative journal
A series of art journal pages where I pick a word for each letter of the alphabet and journal about it day by day. To find out more about the beginning of this project, please read the first post here.
For the letter R, I chose the word restless… when the monster wants to come out and wreak havoc, right? 🙂 I didn’t feel like coloring him in, so ended up just creating a frame around him with some watercolor.
