Artist: Shayla Perreault Newcomb
http://www.shaylapn.blogspot.com
http://www.hiddenplacestudio.com
The best life advice I ever received was to write a gratitude journal. I didn’t like the idea at all, but after doing it for a year saw many positive changes in myself. The attached photo is part of the cover of my journal which I customized with fun papers, a homemade stamp, ink, and silver dollar petals from the garden.
Happy Creating!

1000 Artist Journal Pages
by Dawn DeVries Sokol
This is a beautiful and inspirational book, full of the most glorious examples of modern artistic journaling you’ll ever see…and it’s got lots of newcomers, not just the same well-known faces. The reviews are unanimous: gorgeous, with large, well-spaced images. The journal entries are actually readable, if they’re meant to be!
Why would anyone need a book on journaling? Well, you don’t really: not anymore than you need art of any type. This book will inspire your own journaling, but even more than that practical reason, it will just fill your soul with beauty …read more

From my old art journal:

Deep calls to deep
Psalm 42:7