Life Book 2018

by Linda | Jan 5, 2018 | my creative journal

As part of my creative spirit intentions for 2018, I want to always learn more and grow in my creativity. I’m a fan of creating for enjoyment as well as for spiritual and well-being. So I really love how the e-course, LifeBook, has a great mix of creative art lessons all with a personal, spiritual or well-being twist – however you might want to call it.

I took the course in 2017 and very much enjoyed participating, so joined up again for 2018. It’s a yearlong e-course with weekly releases, so you can create along with the many amazing teachers.

The art journal page I created above says “Harmony” because it is my word of the year and it’s my warm up page from the lesson with Tam from Willowing Arts this past week.

If you like mixed media and creativity for personal development, then I’m pretty sure LifeBook is your kind of thing. It’s not too late to join the course and add a dose of creativing learning to your weekly practice.

Get 20% off LifeBook 2018, valid until Jan 16th using code LOVEBOMB2018 – don’t miss out!

It’s Not Bullet Journaling, But It Works!

by Linda | Jan 4, 2018 | my creative journal

I’ve blogged about bullet journaling in the past – my first attempts, make your own and my setup and over time I’ve taken what works for me and carried it into using printables for my planning needs. I think of it as a hybrid, my bullet journaling alternative method of planning.

For me, it’s become only about planning for projects and tasks list. It’s not a hybrid book with all sorts of other journaling content. It’s mostly because I already journal a lot and I didn’t really need another book… and bullet journaling was never enough, because it’s pretty difficult to get mixed media art in that kind of practical journal.

So in this video, I share my process of planning for the new year and how I used printables. It’s flexible like the bullet journal, but I don’t have to redraw layouts if they work for me and I don’t need to change things. Plus perpetual calendar pages have always been my jam!

You can download all of the yearly planning printables you see in the video for free, here on my blog.

The perpetual calendar planner printables are also free downloads for subscribers of my newsletter.

I hope that by sharing my process, you’ll see that we all don’t have to jump on the bullet journal bandwagon. Maybe a hybrid approach works for you or maybe you need more journals and you just can’t be a one book girl. What’s truly important is what works practically for you, to get things done and help you feel on top of your goals!

DIY Embellishments | Papercrafting

by Linda | May 17, 2017 | my creative journal

I love creating my own paper embellishments to decorate my notebooks, snail mail and journals. Here’s a peek into my process of making a set of embellishments from scraps I have on hand for an affirmations travelers notebook I will be creating.

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Honeys Slim Pickins Challenge | Art Journal Page

by Linda | Apr 16, 2017 | my creative journal

I’m a fan of watching creative youtube videos and even more so when they actually inspired you to take action! I’ve always been a fan of Ali Brown and decided to join in on her challenge #honeysslimpickins as well.

My son, Christopher, is 4 years old and home for Easter break, so I asked him to pick out 5 items for mama to play with! The idea is to create something with the random supplies chosen by your honey!

It was definitely a fun experience and HUGE props to anyone who does video. It takes an enormous amount of time to record, edit and voiceover! I apologize for the thousand times I say “um” and “so”! Here’s my video:

But I seriously enjoyed the process and like the page that I ended up with – unexpected, but it is what it is! Made me think about how this challenge is so much like real life – you are dealt whatever hand (junky or not) but you have to work with it anyway. There’s a beauty in our thinking and unique choices… so let’s create!

Check out Ali’s original video explaining the whole concept of the challenge here. You can also subscribe to my youtube channel here.

Thanks for watching!