A few more spreads in the new journal. I am definitely enjoying the process and hope i can keep up with it.

I’ve been trying my hand at daily journaling and so far so good. What I have to do is keep reminding myself that visual journaling is basically my usual collage work plus some sort of written insight. Of course, the writing part is the hardest part for me. I’m trying not to pressure myself too much about it. If I can’t think of something to say, then I’ll just leave it blank.

I’m doing the same with the collage work and turning off the second thoughts.  Whatever is on my table or nearby that speaks to me, I’ll use in the collage.

And, I’m doing more doodling than I’ve ever done.  Bringing inspiration from Zentangles to add pattern and interest to the pages.

Here is my third journal for the Full Tilt Boogie class.  This one started as a funky photo album that i picked up at Goodwill years ago.  I used the hidden binding technique on this one and used a variety of different papers for the book block.  I love the chunky style of this journal.

There are more photos in my Flickr photostream here.

I wish I would have thought to take a picture of the photo album before i turned it into a journal.  I was one of those side bound albums with a stick and twine.  When I took it apart, I found I could refold the spine and make it super thick with out cutting the covers off.  I found this similar journal at Hobby Lobby in the clearance section yesterday.

This is destined to be recreated into a new chunky journal soon.

This is the second journal from my Full Tilt Boogie Class. It started as another old book, an art book in Spanish. When I took off the dust cover, it had beautiful cover and I just had to use it. The inside is full of watercolor paper and some heavy card stock frames from a new “Victorian” photo album that I picked up at Goodwill. Enough with the talk, here are the pictures: