I think I've mentioned that

I enrolled in a ten week Art Journal Summer School with Marieke Blokland -

 OMGoodness, y'all. 

This was SO MUCH FUN!

 

I re-purposed this little Bible Study book that I had completed in early summer 
with Beth @UnskinnyBoppy - 

And I so enjoyed working in a smaller format - 

 I want to share so much of my little book with you!!

Buckle up, Buttercup! 

This is one photo-filled blog post!!

Each week Marieke and others shared different techniques to use - 

She started with having us set some goals and intentions -

We were encouraged to interpret any way we wanted - 

I added in some bucket list type pages - 

 

 

I loved the idea of including maps of places 

we traveled to during summer break -

 

 

And I also included a spread each week of the "mindful moments"

 I started keeping up with after ReSet Camp - 

[Here's just a few - ] 

  This is inspired by the prompt - repeating patterns - lol

This Scotty business IS always on my mind these days - ha

I completed each of the 'lessons' [two each week]  

- But also had pages where I could just do my own thing -

 [Again - I divided the pages before hand so each week 

would have the same number to work with - ]

 Here's some of my everyday goodness spreads --

I was intentional about [art] journaling life events -

like little Joseph's birth - my - birthday - our anniversary...

 

And I used some of the techniques to record things

 that were happening in my life at the time -

Sometimes I prepared a page before the event,, 

so all I had to do was add journaling - 

 

 Other times, I just grabbed my little travel paints and jumped right in and recorded things that were happening that day or week - 

 

  This drawing is based on a a beautiful angel statue we saw while walking in San Juan - 

 Here, I used bits of the wrist band for our beach in San Juan...

 And some pages were just for fun!

These are many more that filled my book and I love most all of them -

[If I'm honest, there a few that I don't love, but I learned from them!]

It's such a treasure to have an art journal that truly represents a specific time in my life - 

If you ever have the opportunity to sign up for an on-line class with Marieke, 

GO FOR IT.

I know I'll be taking another one for sure!!