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I am happy to share a new {Art Journaling In Motion} video with you to start off the week.
I know I have missed some weeks but life has been a little out of control as of late.
For this video, I wanted to take you with me when I open my art journal in order to let feelings go. How do I transform them into something more meaningful?
I hope you’ll enjoy this 🙂

Supplies Used*:

• Art Journal
• Stabilo mark-it-all
• Heavy white acrylic paint
• Lindy’s Gang ink sprays
• Acylic Paint
• Dina Wakley’s Collage Words
• Matte fluid medium
• Oil pastels

➣ Note: these links are affiliate links, which means I get a little percentage if you order through them. Thank you for your support ❤️

Welcome to this new Gratitude Friday! Feel free to share with me your (partial or full) gratitude moments in the comments; that way I can hold joy for you ✿ (you know that makes me happy to make you happy).

And here we go: another school year has just started. My daughters are both in a different school from one another, and different schools from last year. I am the Mom of two teens in secondary now (say “whhhhhaaaaat???!”). It’s the first time ever that they are in school and I have a job outside of our home. I am very nervous about the new routine that needs to happen, I won’t lie. I might have cried yesterday morning, telling them I was sorry I won’t be there as usual.

This week, I am thankful for:

• Hot baths and books
• Good food
• The sushi platter my boss made for us for Mae’s birthday
• The good crying sessions that provide some stress relief
• The class idea I am working on
• Lunch breaks
• People finally talking to me at work
• The upcoming long weekend where my work will be close so I will have two days with the family out of the three they will have
• Plans

This week’s soundtrack:

I know… August is well advances already and I think this is the first vlog I am sharing with you this year. However, I started plenty of different ones, though.
I don’t like complaining, nor do I enjoy having pity parties. All the {Scraps Of Life} videos felt like they were focusing too much on the lingering but very deep negativity that I was filled with. That’s why I decided never to publish them.
Thank you to take the time to watch and maybe comment on this video. I appreciate it very much.

Mentioned in this vlog:

Shai’s Wild Creative Journey class
Effy’s Book Of Days 2019 class

(Note: as a guest teacher in both classes, these are affiliate links)

I recently joined a Facebook group created by the talented Tina Walker called “The Fuckin’ Badassery Art Journalers“.
As you might know by now, my Soul Whisper this year is Unapologetic. And if there is something you should get about myself is that I am not afraid of swear words. Because they help release some pressure. Because, I have to admit, sometimes I just want to get it out and they help.
When I was a senior in high school, my best friend and I had this saying “fuck them all”. It sums up our last two years of high school pretty well… but that’s for an other story 😉

Art Journal flip-through:

The journal in images:

I have been working more in my art journals again and I am very happy to share a new {Art Journaling In Motion} video with you today.
I am using my handmade easy journal, as it has a fun size and contains few pages. Do you know the pressure of completing an art journal? I do.

On this page, I wanted colours and texture. I wanted it to feel what Gratitude feels like to me. It might appear to be random, but nothing was.
For example, the crackles represent the fact that we often turn to Gratitude when Life falls apart. As a coping mechanism of some sorts; instead of it being a “normal” daily mindset.

If you were to paint your Gratitude, what would it look like?
I hope you enjoyed this video, and I’d love to know what you’d like to see next on my channel, I am open to suggestions in the comments 😉