Yes I admit it, I made this at a time when I wasn't having one of my better days! What the heck, for me journalling is about recording the highs and the lows, the positives and the negatives. I'm sure you've been there - those times when you wonder why you even bother trying because you're never going to get anywhere? Ah, I knew you'd understand ....
So anyway, I'd started off with a light blue painted page, with the colour at the edges deepened with some Neocolour II crayon. Just collaged a few bits from magazines, a blue star from a sheet of wrapping paper, and a bit of washi tape. I honestly didn't know where it was going at this point and part of me wasn't sure I cared.
So then I got some stuff off my chest by writing it down, before painting over it. I know its there but nobody else needs to read my darker musings, right? So when I found the word blue in my collage box that pretty much led to the whole theme, and I added a bit more stuff.
And this is what it led to in the end - and actually I journalled myself out of the worst of my mood, just by admitting that I felt bad and there wasn't much I could do about it! All the dotty doodling and drawing seemed to have cheered me up.
Anyway, hope I haven't made you feel all blue and gloomy, and by way of contrast I thought you might like to see my (messy) desk in the lovely cheerful room I work in? On my table is the junk journal I've just finished making (my first ever, but not my last!) and that I'm now working in on and off. The room is basically white with rather a lot of pink - its my cheerful, happy colour for blue days like the above!
At the back of the desk is where I keep all my pens and markers, and you can just see the nice view of our garage. Fortunately that doesn't bother me because my head is usually bent over whatever I'm doing. The "create wonder, share joy" sign was begged from our local Starbucks, where I spend way too much time catching up with friends and putting the world to rights. That's when I'm not nagging that the company pays its taxes!!
2 comments:
Well, one of the ways of getting through such days is by having lots of pink on your desk, and lovely spotted curtains at the window!
As always, thanks for sharing, Rosie!
Just heard about junk journals at a scrapping retreat. I am going to investigate further.
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