Create and Share Journal

I am bottomless well of project ideas.  My latest is a "Create and Share Journal."  I chose a 6" by 6" format to make it a standard size.  It seems a good size for a sharing project.  It isn't so big to seem overwhelming to fill, but large enough to communicate something useful.   The project officially starts April 15th on Snagging Stampers.  But, who can wait?

The topics of this journal project are chosen individually by the participants, but all the entries have to have something to do with crafting.  Anything from a "dear diary" type entry where you talk about what you did that day in your craft space to a sample project with a how-to. 

I think everyone that participates is going to have fun.

I will be sharing pages here on the blog as I complete them.  So, even if you aren't officially participating, you can follow along.  Maybe it will inspire you to do something like this for yourself!  Of course, you are always welcome to join us at Snagging Stampers to get in on some shared fun.

Kay

New Passion:  Journaling
I am obsessed with journaling.  I have been enjoying paper crafts for about four years now, but about a year ago, I saw some art journals.  Boy!  Everything just clicked for me.  I have never religiously kept a diary, but I do enjoy writing...letters to friends, emails, and writing just for the sake of writing.  

Journaling seems to be the perfect fit for me.  I feel free to do whatever I please in a journal.  Some pages are jammed with words, some only images, some doodles.  I write about whatever I am inspired about at the time.

With three small tots running about, I seldom have the time to sit down and do anything to completion.  Even a scrapbook page seems a monumental task, taking days to complete.  But, the interruptions of the day don't seem so bothersome when I am in my journal.  I can write for 5 minutes or and hour, whatever time is allowed.  It is portable, so it goes most everywhere with me.  The only accessory it demands is a pen.

When the a glorious stint in the craft room presents itself, I can spend more time being artsy and exploring any artsy inclination I have had.

I find I jump around in my journal:  a diary type entry here, an art journal style page there, a page o'doodles over yonder.  I don't set explicit rules for my journal.  The constriction of a traditional diary of every page being a sequential rehashing of each day's events turned keeping a diary into a chore.

Now, I look forward to time alone with my journal...to express, create, and record.