Calendargirlz journal additions for May...

Hello everybody! This month in the Calendargirlz round robin I worked in Lisa's "Japanese Woodblock" journal. It's such a beautiful journal, with gorgeous artwork created by the group of fabulous women in the round robin. Above are the spreads I've created for Lisa. As always, I am really enjoying this RR!

Comp Jour #2

Hi all! Another at home project I've been working on has been a Comp Jour #2 I am trying to be less rigid with the layout/composition of my pages. It's so hard to break the mold you are so used to! Anyhow, above is a spread I've created. The left page is complete, but I'm still working on the right page.

Entries in Comp Jour #1....

Happy weekend everyone! Above are two entries in my comp jour The top photo is of a spread I created using a personal journal prompt from the Calendargirlz group. The prompt was "A favourite movie". Sigh....Australia....what an absolutely beautiful movie it is! Anyone who hasn't had the chance to see it, must! You will not be disappointed. The bottom photo is of my finished "Night" page. I have only added one single word to it, & do not want to add anything more. I feel that the spread is complete the way it is.

The night....

I am still on a mission, creating backgrounds in my Comp Jour #1. Above is one of my latest backgrounds. I've just about completed it. I was going to journal something in the middle of the whole spread with bright pink ink, but I feel that I may ruin what I have already achieved with this piece so far. I have an idea to add just a little touch of something to it, and forget about the journaling. I'm going to sleep on it for now.

"COMP JOUR"

Over a period of just a few days I have been feverishly working on the beginnings of a composition journal, aka "comp jour". What I've been doing is creating backgrounds on pages to have at the ready for future "spur of the moment" writing. Here are photos of my Comp Jour #1 and the background pages I've done so far. The idea came from a fellow art journaling friend, Toni, in our Calendargirlz group. Toni creates fabulous art journal pages and truly has a beautiful gift for writing.

Simple things on a grey day....

The injury to my left shoulder has been bothering me a lot today, so I have kept things simple. This afternoon I have been sitting on my bed sifting through a bunch of old magazines. I've been cutting out neat patterns, clothing and faces to use for a book I am creating on my fictious "Planet Electra" and its inhabitants. My cat Angel, seeing that I was on my bed decided to join me and have a wee catnap. Getting up to make myself a cup of tea, I noticed that she didn't budge a whisker, so I grabbed my camera and took pictures of her. The above pictures are what I snapped, one right after the other. from top to bottom. As you can see, she is fast asleep in the top pic, then in the middle pic she's got her eyes barely open looking towards me, then in the last photo I took, she's fast asleep again. What a life! lol Angel aka "Madame Pudding" is such a precious, loving cat. Something as simple as seeing her contentedly snoozing warms my heart and puts a soft smile on my face. Well, off I go, back to my Planet Electra and to sit with Angel....

Personal Journal Prompt: Fave childhood story...

Every month in the Calendargirlz a different group member posts weekly personal journal prompts. It's Toni's turn for the month of April. One of her journal prompts is "your favourite childhood story". Being that I was an only child, surrounded by many adults, boy, I lived in Alice's Wonderland! I'm sure that's where my vast imagination got started, and my love of cats! I adored the Cheshire Cat, and have a cat that resembles him. lol Above is a spread I created for this personal journal prompt.