I'm looking for advice on how to organize quotes/words clippings. I have them
all in one bin now but when I go to create a page, it's almost impossible to dig
through the box to find ones that 'feel' right. Do you store by category? If so,
what are some that you use? Any ideas would be great! Thanks.

Hi Linda,

It's good to see your name (and your journal pages) again.  My
messages are coming through just fine but I've had that happen in
other circumstances in the past, usually when something has been
forwarded a bazillion times.  Some of my messages come through in one
very long horizontal line that requires scrolling across what seems
like it would be several feet long if printed.

Donna C.

I say yes, what you create qualifies as an art journal.

"An art diary, art journal or visual journal is a daily journal kept by artists,
often containing both words and sketches, and occasionally including Mixed media
elements such as collages. Such books will frequently contain rough workings, in
cartoon form, of ideas later to appear in finished works, as well as acting as a
normal diary, by allowing the artist to record their day-to-day activities and
emotions."

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_diary

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I think this is certainly and art journal...your spreads are great and I love
the cover

Super Inspirational. I must try this sometime. Added it to my "to try" list.

Jeanine

--- In CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com, Felicia borges
<feliciaborges@...> wrote:
>
> I have been super busy this summer and haven't had much time for anything art
related (including any ability to keep up with e-groups, etc.).  However, life
is back to normal (or as normal as it can be for me) and I have recently added a
blog post regarding my latest experiment:  ART in the DARK!
> If you are interested in a little experimentation of your own, the previous
blog post has a little more detail on how I achieved this look.
> Thanks for looking.
> ;-> Felicia
> The Journal Junkie
> Blog: http://feliciathejournaljunkie.blogspot.com/
> Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/feliciaborges
> Sketchbook Projects: http://www.arthousecoop.com/users/feliciaborges
>

Hi all, joined the group to get a little mojo back. I was diagnosed with Breast
Cancer the end of Jan 2012 and had a double mastectomy by the end of
April....sad thing is (other then cancer) is the fact I havent picked up my
journal since Feb 2012.....Kinda sad to see the Messages are very limited this
year, but I have LOTS I can look back on from previous years. Thanks all for
what I am sure will get me MOVING...looking forward to looking at all the posts
and photos from the very beginning. Keep up the great work.

Stormygrl, I too am a cancer survivor. Feel free to contact me if you want to
talk. It was almost a year after the cancer before I journaled. I did scribble
with black crayon and cry a lot! Actually It was almost a year and a half. You
have just been through your own private hell. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Your muse will return.

Jeanine







--- In CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com, "stormygrl0804"
<stormygrl0804@...> wrote:
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> Hi all, joined the group to get a little mojo back. I was diagnosed with
Breast Cancer the end of Jan 2012 and had a double mastectomy by the end of
April....sad thing is (other then cancer) is the fact I havent picked up my
journal since Feb 2012.....Kinda sad to see the Messages are very limited this
year, but I have LOTS I can look back on from previous years. Thanks all for
what I am sure will get me MOVING...looking forward to looking at all the posts
and photos from the very beginning. Keep up the great work.
>

Has anyone ever done a Journal Swap?. How was it done?. Does anyone know of a
Journal swap going on?. I am not even sure how its done, but saw a short article
on it in a craft magazine, but it did little to explain it. I think the idea
sounds fun, just wondered your input.

I've been in a few calendar journal swaps, but they are more like round robins.
Here's what happens:

Twelve participants are assembled and all commit to finishing out the year. Near
the end of the calendar year, each artist select his/her own calendar
journal...the kind that have a week per page spread that you get in the calendar
section of barnes and noble or your favorite bookstore. The person running the
swap makes a mailing list order and each person starts her book as much or as
little as she likes and then sends it to their person by a certain date in
December. That artist then has most of January to work in the January section of
the book. She then sends it on to the next person, and so on.

This way, each of the 12 artists gets to work in the book and each artist gets
her own book back for December.

There's also lots of photo sharing and communication throughout the year. It's
fun!

Hope that helps a little,
Tracey

On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:41 AM, stormygrl0804 wrote:

> Has anyone ever done a Journal Swap?. How was it done?. Does anyone know of a
Journal swap going on?. I am not even sure how its done, but saw a short article
on it in a craft magazine, but it did little to explain it. I think the idea
sounds fun, just wondered your input.
>

Hello,

I just finished up a journal swap with another group. There were four of us in
the swap. (Although I have been in swaps with more people) We kept the book 3
weeks and then moved it on to the next person. It took us about four months to
make the round. I enjoy these swaps. The only down side can be the cost of
mailing! Postage isn't as cheap as it was when I started swapping.

Some swaps are shorter. Some of more people. I've even done a one on one swap.
Some are themed some not. Like I said I enjoy swapping journals.

Jeanine



--- In CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com, "stormygrl0804"
<stormygrl0804@...> wrote:
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> Has anyone ever done a Journal Swap?. How was it done?. Does anyone know of a
Journal swap going on?. I am not even sure how its done, but saw a short article
on it in a craft magazine, but it did little to explain it. I think the idea
sounds fun, just wondered your input.
>

I've never had any luck with Journal swaps, at least with ones I've sent out. Of
three I only got one back and it had only 3-4 pages done.
I have participated in a couple of journal swaps started by other people and
most of them got their book back, but a number just faded into the ether. I
guess someone just wanted to keep them themselves. A shame because the art in
them was great. Felt bad for the owner.
Have had more success with page journals were you have say 6 people in your
group and each person makes 6 pages and sends one to the other members so you
get at least 5 pages to add to your book. Sort of like a tip-in trade.

Another trade we did was a group of members got together and traded pages of
backgrounds and you got to put what you wanted on them after you recieved them.
With the page trades you have to pick page size and whether it is portrait or
landscape style so when you bind them they all flip correctly.
You also have to state which side you are going to bind them so they don't put
something metal or something on that side.

I haven't done a swap in ages simply because of bad swappers and the price of
postage. I'm in Canada and most of the people in my egroups  are in the US.
Costs a little over a dollar to send just a letter to the States.
One egroup I was with we did a lot os page swapping but that group no longer
exists. Was fun though.

Penny D



--- In CompositionArtJournals@yahoogroups.com, "stormygrl0804"
<stormygrl0804@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever done a Journal Swap?. How was it done?. Does anyone know of a
Journal swap going on?. I am not even sure how its done, but saw a short article
on it in a craft magazine, but it did little to explain it. I think the idea
sounds fun, just wondered your input.
>

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