The rest of my pages for my 2009 CJ...

Another year begins with the Calendargirlz!

'Afternoon everybody!
I am beginning another year of my
greatest obsession. Calendar journaling
for the Calendargirlz 2009 round robin. I just
can't seem to get tired of this calendar
journaling! Above are my first five spreads
in my own journal. In a week I will be
sending this journal off out into the world
for nine other calendar journalers to play
in. I am excited for another new year of
sharing with my fellow calendar girlz!

JOANNE: I had to honor your beautiful
digital art card you sent me by putting
it into my own journal. Thank you so
much for the lovely card my friend!

For the past several months I have been working
on my personal "Art Gypsy Journal". The above
pictures are of my first spread for 2009
and my journal fanned out.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!
I've created this spread in honor of all of my art journaling and
altered artist friends. May the warmth and love of the holiday season
be with you all through 2009. With hugs from Vale :)

My latest spread for Art Journal Gypsies...

'Evening all!
For week #16 I created 4 separate categories
from which participants would choose one thing
from each of the 4 lists. The categories were:
1: Theme
2: colour
3: Background
4: An element to use in your spread

For my spread, I went with the word "heart" for
theme. The colours I picked to work with were brown, red
& metallic. For my background I went with the tape, combined
with all of the other background choices I'd listed. Finally,
I decided to use "individual words" from the "elements"
category. Above is the spread I came up with for
this week @ Art Journal Gypsies.

More "Art Journal Gypsies" spreads....

Hi all!
Above are my latest spreads for my
"Art Journal Gypsies" blog. The bottom photo is
what I created for this past weeks exercise, about
experiences with artjournaling....how it made
you feel, whether it's therapeutic for you, or just
plain fun! The top photo is the spread I created
today for the current weeks exercise about the
traditional gypsies. If you're interested, you
can view my "Art Journal Gypsies" blog
using the following link:
http://artjournalgypsies.blogspot.com/
Come join in on the fun if you wish!
Warm hugs for all on this snowy day in
Ontario, Canada! Vale :)

I've had the past 2 days off work, so I took it easy
& played in my art journals. The top photo is of the
spread I created for this week's "Art Journal Gypsies"
exercise. The bottom photo is of the inside cover to
my new "Book of Odd" aka "The Big Book of the 3Bs".
I wish I could stay home for another 2 days & play!