This afternoon while watching the little guy on his skateboard I realised we often lose our sense of fearlessness the older we get. My little boy had no trouble hopping on and off his skateboard. He didn’t care when he fell off. In fact, he expressed his achievement every time he took a tumble. Ok, he’s not really going anywhere yet on his skateboard, so there’s little danger. I do need to buy him some safety gear. But he was not scared to try. When was the last time you felt scared to do something? Did you still do this new thing, or even something you’ve done before? Have you been able to embrace a sense of fearlessness in your own life? Spend some time writing in your journal about how it feels to be fearless. Do... [Read more]

Lisa Vollrath, Ten Two Studios and Go Make Something have teamed up yet again for another holiday countdown giveaway for you. This one is for St Patrick’s Day, so you will find loads of cute green things to download and print out for your St Patrick’s Day inspired visual journal entries. These are free for you to use in your personal journals & visual art journals so long as you leave a link on your blog. So, go help yourself. There’s a new printable each day until St Patrick’s Day. Heather Image used with permission from stock.xchng [Read more]

The older I get the more I tend to worry, just a little, about keeping my memory. Perhaps that is one reason I keep a journal. I read an article yesterday how doodling can help memory. All the time I thought the doodling I often engaged in was showing how distracted I really was. All this time it’s been an aid to remembering the details of all those boring phone calls. I tended to doodle instead of taking proper notes in school, too. I always wondered why I still managed to have such good recall later about those same notes. I tend to doodle on the corners of pages, even in my regular journal. Do you doodle? Do you doodle in your journal? Do you keep a doodle journal? Will you make an effort to doodle while note taking or while on the... [Read more]

Here are some more artsy links to keep you creating this week: Annual Woven Narrow Scarf Challenge from Tottie Talks Crafts. Making Monoprint Background Papers from Layers Upon Layers. Pin or Bias Tape Weaving Patterns from The Artful Blogger. Round Robin Time Again for the Fiber Divas from Quilting & Patchwork. Sew your own tutus from Tangled Thread. And I’ve shared the Collage a Day prompts. Heather Photo used with permission from Pixelperfectdigital [Read more]

Today is Friday and that means it’s Freaky Friday. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry. With all the prompts about collage I felt another for Freaky Friday might be good. Here are some suggestions. You could reread your journal looking for Freaky Friday prompts you have previously responded to and make a collage about them. Or respond to any of them using collage only. You could create a collage journal entry with no words at all. You could decide what FRIDAY means as an acrostic and find an image for each letter. Those are just some ideas I made up just now. I hope you enjoy this journal writing challenge. The purpose of the Freaky Friday challenges is to see your life... [Read more]