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My Value Board

I am working with a local life coach (he is amazing and works remotely if you are looking for a coach - check out his site HERE - or his books HERE) and for my homework this week he tasked me with making a Value Board. Not a Vision Board. A Value Board that has a photo of me in the center, and using words that describe my good traits and values. He told me once I create it, I can use it to meditate on a few minutes a day to help keep me on the right path, boost my confidence and keep me focused on my values.

I took a stack of magazines and started snipping out words that I felt reflected me. I also found some good images to use as my background base. I used an image of waves, since the sea holds special meaning to me and it's where I feel most alive, and I used a strip of dark with light shinning on it, to remind me of me of one of the guiding quotes I love so much: Turn the lens of your life to catch more of the light.

Then I placed my photo in the center, and started placing the words I found around.

Some words I hand lettered (like "full" seen above), but I kept that to a minimum for this project. I outlined the words with china markers to make them stand out from the background.

I am pleased with how it came out, and plan to hang it on my fridge to see it daily! I plan to make a classic Vision Board soon to hang next to it.

 

 

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My 2015 Agenda Journal

I have started my 2015 agenda journal and as I have the last few years, I already love flipping through past weeks.

Here are some peeks into it:

Above you can see I used, along with my own writing, a snip from the wrapping of a gift from a dear friend, part of a business card from a restaurant I went to, a printed instagram photo, a movie ticket stub and part of an envelope with cute holiday cancellation marks on it.

Above, I got a sweet package of goodies from Michelle, so this is the start of documenting, I since have added color.

Above is a quick sketch of a fun part of my week - fruit tarts!

 

 

You can learn more about my agenda journals from THIS post back from 2012, and you can see my instagram posts about it under the hashtag #agendajournal

 

 

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Souvenir Journal: Port Costa Creative Retreat

I made the exception for Wendy Addison's Creative Retreat at the Theatre of Dreams - and made the event its own journal rather than add to my 2014 souvenir journal.

On the cover I used a tag I purchased from Wendy's shop (The Theatre of Dreams) - I punched a hole in the cover of my journal (made from an old book) and used a piece of indigo dyed fabric (from one of the classes) to attach it.

All photos in this journal are from my iPhone that I printed at home (using this printer).

We got a lot of fun ephemera in our welcome back that I used throughout the journal.

Kaari Meng taught an indigo dying class, I used a snip of fabric in the journal.

And I wrote underneath it You know I love a good flap!

The food for the entire long weekend was AMAZING.

We had a full day of letterpress instruction and play...

Above and below are the two projects I made that day.

Close up:

Wendy taught an evening class - making a wax flower crown, it was another great class.

Molly Meng taught her book box class - which I loved. The other half of the day we had a antique paper theatre class....

and a book binding class.

The last page I made a pocket for the schedule, with a reflection photo of me in Wendy's house:

Wendy posted an instagram of all of us - so I had to add that as well:

It was an amazing trip! This journal will always hold a special place in my heart!

behold filofax art journal part four: Sleeves & Pockets

My final post about the filofax art journal I made for Michelle is all about sleeves and pockets.

I found several styles of sleeves (new and vintage) that fit this size filofax. And I filled them all up with fun bits of things Michelle loves and collects.

I had so much fun filling all the slots!

The last page I added a card signed with my name, and made with love!

But wait... there is more! A back pocket where I stashed more goods:

And a small zippered pocket where I stashed a envelope filled with old stamps:

And that's the end! I hope you enjoyed looking at it as much as I enjoyed making it. One of my favourite projects so far this year for sure!

You can see all posts about this swap under my filofax category - which is located HERE.

be.prompted - september 2014 journaling spread

Here is my finished spread for the September 2014 be.prompted journaling prompt! I decided to use just one page of a spread for this prompt - so it is the first page in my #beprompted journal (since it was blank).

Some words are ones that people use to describe me, some I use to describe myself, and some , mostly on the right are things I wish/strive/work to be. I added some hand-written commentary around the words, and some color using copic markers.

 

Stay tuned for our next monthly prompt - I will be posting it next week

 

I strongly encourage you to look at other people's spreads to inspire and encourage you! You can see them in some of the following places:

• In the the flickr be.prompted group

• Posted on twitter and instagram using the hashtag #beprompted

• on Pinterest under the tag beprompted.

behold filofax art journal part three: Photos & Airmail

This is the third of four posts about the Filofax art journal I made for Michelle. The photos section is one of my favourite parts!

I came across some vintage filofax pages that fold out, and used it to make a time line of photos of the two of us. Some of the photos are very, very unflattering of me, but they hold memories I didn't want to pass up!

There is room on the back for more...

and a little private joke that will make her chuckle:

A small divider I made by covering a small tab with old paper and punching holes in it:

Michelle LOVES vintage airmail stuff... so it had to be a section:

I punched holes in various airmail envelopes to make them pages...

Then tucked treasures into each envelope:

 

I had lots of fun making these sections! Next up is my final post - Sleeves & Pockets.

You can see all posts about this swap under my filofax category - which is located HERE.

Sewn Journaling Pages Part V

These spreads from my sewn journal (see more HERE) are some of most beloved. I used some pages about the solar system from a 1800's primer on the right. (I have another that I plan to scan and post as a free download in the near future!)

I always love a good sub-page (above).

Some old sheet music mixed with my lettering.

I shared this above page before - I think then it had only one frame filled, and now it has three. I still need to add to it, but I love it.

Here is a close up!

This spread (above) is on I mentioned on instagram that I love the colors on it. I am not sure I can write in it!

Above and below are the last page and back cover. This is the end of the journal, but I will be adding to quite a few of the pages overtime, so you may still see this journal pop up in a post again!

Feel free to leave comments with any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

behold filofax art journal part two: Miscellany & To Do

The next sections I created in the filofax art journal for Michelle (beholdfilo) are Miscellany and To Do. For the Miscellany tab I covered a card stock tab with old paper, a glassine envelope and used some red, white and blue paper ribbon around an old clip holder.

 

The inside has more pockets...

This one (above), storing sundry bits (below) was made from a gift card holder covered in old paper:

I made some fun pages to add to this section- like this "you are a star" page:

And this page I made fun the bar menu/place mat from a favourite local french restaurant:

I used an old flash card to honor her cat:

And cut down some slide page protectors to make some more pockets:

Moving on to the To Do section...

I added some modern day To Do pages:

And a card of string for her to use to tie around her finger for helping remember important tasks:

Some more pockets and pages:

My next post will be about the Photos and Airmail sections!

You can see all posts about this swap under my filofax category - which is located HERE.