Altered book junk..."Faces in the window..Paris"

I finished up a spread in my altered book yesterday. I started it a while back. To see a larger size, click on the picture. LK

B.O.D. ~"Be a STAR"

*Be a Star*

don't quit until you get it....

--This is one of my first attempts at doing the crayon/color pencil technique that nancy baumiller describes on her blog, (see my sidebar). I know it's a
Teesha Moore phenom, boy, is she ever amazing, and the tutorial on her site is the bomb, she is so cool. I just love all these cool artists, they make arting so much fun! you have to have the skills though to put all the stuff down first and then color. I'm too impatient for that...LOL....and I don't quite do the pencil thing right. I scribble too much, I'm not methodical, I'm like the 40 year old who always colored in the lines because I was told too, but had the scribble mind with a zillion other things I wanted to glue down and add it...lol... I prefer paint markers, but not the smell, so I'm trying to use them less often or in good venilation since I'm sensitive to that kind of stuff. Anyhow, this is in my book of dreams. my goal in this book is to be free flow and try all the techniques I've been wanting to...now, if I could find more images I like...still workin' on that. sometimes I get bored with the same one's...comment if you have any suggestions and happy arting. I just love arting around!!!! Have a great weekend all!!!!

journal junk~My illustrated to do list....

A Day in the Life of Artjunkgrl.....Gotta go. See you all later! I love doing my art journal. It kind of kicks off the day on an artful note!! I was also inspired to do this from the Inspire Me Thursday challenge to see art in the "everyday". LK :)

Book of Dreams~Pocket Page

Wow. I'm having fun with this. I haven't made a pocket in a journal or book before and always wanted to know how. ArtsyMama showed us 3 or 4 variations on her website for this week's tutorial on our "book of dreams" altered book project. For more info, check ...

ArtsyMama's Blog. She is providing lots of inspiration and excellent links. I picked this one as I found it to be the easiest (lol) and figured I could punch a few brads in and I'd be done. Then I could get to the fun part: painting and covering my pockets!!! I used some things today from my collage pack that I bought from Lynnette April' "Over the Moon Art". Check out her link on my sidebar. (both the quote and paper are from the pack). Then I painted the other side with one of my new acrylic paints. I went and got some new colors b/c I was getting bored with my art journal pages. I picked some way out there one's I wouldn't normally use, but I love this turquoise color. I like the folk art paints. Good for my budget too. lol. Anyhow, I decided to slip in a few tags that my daughters made for me a few months ago. I had them saved up in box. That is why I chose the little girls. Anyway, off I go. Gotta get back to "reality", but I can't wait to come back to my book of dreams! Your comments/questions are always welcome.LK :)
P.S. I am using a small flip photo album book with black pages. I picked these up at dollar tree a while back. I like the size, weight of the pages and the fact that it's something I can play with and not be "afraid" of...

Inspire Me Thursday: "The sign of happiness"

My children are often my greatest inspiration. Here is what happened while painting this.

JJ: "mommy, what are you painting?"

me: "I'm painting flowers, it's the only thing I paint..."

JJ: "Mommy, that is the sign of happiness. You paint flowers because you are happy."

me: "Thanks JJ. I think you are right". :)LK

Photobooth Pic for Self Portrait Tues. funny faces. circa 1985

Last Tuesday I put up my recent photobooth pic from Spring break. When we got back from the beach, I searched for the "original" that we did in 1985 (the year we married). So, here it is, going back in time...me an my honey. wow, I feel old....look at those chunky cheeks and the BIG glasses on Bruno! This was before the lasiks, 4 babies, etc, etc..... LK

p.s. my inspiration for digging up my photobooth shots (and subsequent obsession with getting family photobooth shots..vintage, which I don't have yet) is from hulaseventy's blog. She posts them every friday. She has some great one's so check it out!!!!

My book of dreams~"Beautiful dreamer" by artjunkgrl

I love to dream, this is a great idea for an altered book! I made this today in my "book of dreams". For more info, check LK

Artsy Mama's Blog. LK

M ARiLyN! by artjunkgrl, "Book of Dreams"

I'm working on a "free flow" book of dreams for a blog meme. I've decided to just put images that inspire me in it. One's that I've collected...I am trying to not think to much and just enjoy this process...something that I really need to do lately! The inspiration for this meme is one of my favorite flickr contacts, "Citrus Faire." I like how she described her process in doing her first book of dreams on www.artsymama.blogspot.com and make sure to check Citrus Faire's photo's on flickr, www.flickr.com/people/citrusfaire.
LK

A "Book of Dreams" Journey~

Please check Artsy Mama's Blog for more info on participating. She will be posting links, tutorials and encouragement on making your own "book of dreams". This came at a great time for me as I have not done much in the way of "altered" books lately. I really enjoy it so and I've been procrastinating! Anyhow, you can read about the artist who inspired this as well as lots of other interesting info by visiting Artsy Mama's blog.

I made my cover tonight and decided I would focus on a "free flow" book where I can just experiment with altered techniques and not worry about "how it's going to look" or "making it perfect". To me, that IS a dream~to create freely without worrying about all that!

I also wanted to add that I received an amazing package of goodies from Lynnette April Over the Moon Art this weekend. This is again, perfect timing as I will use some of these fun things in my book of dreams. I ordered the collage pack. I am still going through everything and I know I will be for a long time to come. I also ordered an assemblage box (my first one) called "Angels in Paris". It is absolutely beautiful and already displayed in my home. I love visiting her picturetrail for inspiration! She is pretty amazing! You must check it out!

I also traveled along blogging row this weekend and found a great tutorial on doing art journalling pages from a mixed media artist who's work I adore, Nancy Baumiller. I used her technique in my book already! She is awesome. Check out her blog as well for more info on that.

Well, I think I've done lots of art this weekend and I'll post more soon on my book of dreams. I hope you will join too! :)LK

More little canvas junk....I'm getting a little obsessed..

Painted these 3 little canvases tonight along side my daughter. She was doing a painting on a lunch bag...like mother, like daughter....she's so much fun.
I've been down again with fatigue and body aches from weather/time change. my daughter and I layed down plastic and the paints in the family room and had fun while watching tv. I need to get more of these now. I told you I could only do flowers. but, that's ok, I just love mixing the colors and painting. I also worked on my art journal today. I'll post soon when I feel a little better. have a great weekend all and hope you find some time to art! LK