{doc-u-ment 31}

for the month of July we encourage you to play along with us as we doc-u-ment the next 31 days.  we will be sharing our pages with you as well as techniques, ideas and perhaps a prompt or two to get those creative juices flowing!  we love art journaling and we love challenges and we hope you do too!

your assignment if you choose to participate:

1. make or find a journal

making a journal can be as easy as grabbing paper, junk mail, envelopes, playing cards...whatever!  punch a hole and tie a ribbon or use a binder ring and voila you have a journal!

2. decorate cover if you wish

what colors do you LOVE?  use them!  I pulled out a kit I had and my challenge is to use the items from that kit for my cover and pages.  laurie had an idea of cutting up my iced tea can and using that as a cover.  smart girl!  a flip flop would make a great cover too!  or even using it as a template for your journal

3. take one photo each day

it does not matter so much about the subject, but more so about the documentation of your next 31 days.  I told laurie that even if she wakes up and takes a picture of her alarm clock to document what time she wakes up.  how about a picture of your favorite drink?  breakfast?  painted toes?  sunset?  oodles of things to photograph!

4. write a few words or pick a quote that pertains to that photo

the whole idea is to think about and document why you took the photo and what it means to you.  a great friend of mine  kath has been doing this everyday.  tons of great photos and ideas!

we hope you all play along!

here are our covers to start you off...laurie's cover with book page, splash of paint, stamping, stickers, a tab and a peek-a-boo photo.  love it!

my cover with paper circle, paint smear, scribbles, stickers and film strip tape over top!  so much fun!I gave laurie just one hour to do the cover.  we both started with those fabulous acrylic album covers from diane reeves

they are nice and thick!  we would love to see what you come up with and are going to try and start a flickr group so that you can all post your pics there for all to see.  stay tuned!  meanwhile "happy canada day!"

hey peeps...try this!

-n-

Comments

[Dooreen 'Tiger' Rousseau]

I think that an art journal is just the thing for me to tackle. I'm in!

[Ruth C]

Thanks, I need a different challenge about now. I'm off to create my journal. I wrote down today's thoughts, snapped a picture earlier and will be ready to put it all together and start creating.