Journaling January
Welcome to our on line class. Please see the previous post below for details. Now to get started..
First choose or make your book or album. I’ve made one with greyboard covers and cardstock pages. You can choose your own size but for those who like to follow exactly the dimensions of my book are:
Covers: 14cmx24cm
Pages: alternating sizes 13cmx22cm and 13cmx23cm.
I’ve used book rings to bind my book so that I can take the pages out and work on them flat.
I chose this size as a 10x15cm photo fits on the pages with a small amount of space left for decoration or journaling.
Decorate the front cover and choose a title.
The title of my journal is “During 2010 I..”
You might want to do an introduction on the first page telling people what the journal is about.
Prompt For January
The start of a new year, with new beginnings. What have you done for the first time this month? Did you make any New Year resolutions? What were they and have you managed to continue your resolve to the end of the month? There have been a couple of birthdays of crop members this month ; have you celebrated anything?
Did you manage to grab any photos before the snow melted this month? Journal about the snow this year. Do you have memories of better, or worse, snowy weather you want to record.
For art journals think about the text we use. I hate to look at my own handwriting on a page normally but art journals mix up the font shapes and sizes. The words are uneven and can be written along wiggly lines in different shapes and sizes. Have a little bit of practice on some scrap paper and you will see how effective it looks. I’ll bring some examples of my test pieces to the February crop.
Have fun! Chris
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