My Vision for 2012: Family Prompt #2
Published May 12, 2012 | 
Family Reunion 101 at Martha Stewart.com / Photo: Francesco Lagnese
Family Reunion 101 at Martha Stewart.com / Photo: Francesco Lagnese
Prompt: Start out by asking yourself what a 25th family reunion might look like in your family? What do you want it to look like? What might others be saying about your family or about each other?
Create an art journal page answering this question, include at least a paragraph of journaling.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
A year ago in May I suggested to my side of the family that we have a family reunion, as it had been a while since I’d seen my cousins and their families. When we were young, we saw my aunts, uncles, and cousins at every holiday. Now that we have families of our own, I see my cousins at weddings, showers, and funerals. Of course, at funerals you always say, “I hope we see each other at a happier time soon.”
One reason that I was inspired to follow through on a family reunion is that my husband’s family has been having family reunions every other year as a time-honored tradition. His father was one of 11 children so there are many, many aunts, uncles and cousins that it would be impossible to keep track of if not for the family reunions.
I’ve certainly learned about the flavor and culture of my husband’s ethnicity through the family reunion…from the food, music, and dancing. A lot of pride and love.
Popular Reasons for Having a Family Reunion
- To take action to show people how much you love them and to show kindness to them, thus teaching children that love you give is the love you get.
- Traditions are very important.
- To strengthen the feeling of belonging.
- To strengthen our identity and in turn, self-esteem. Family heritage instills pride.
- To create real life role models in the family to be admired instead of distant sports figures or imaginary super heroes.
- To grow structure if the family reunion takes place within a cultural festival such as the local Irish, Octoberfest, Mediterrean festival or at a Church festival.
- To celebrate a milestone.
- To pay tribute to someone.
Top Ten Family Reunion Quotes from Familyreunionhelper.com
- “A tree without roots will fall over” -unknown
- “How will our children know who they are if they do not know where they came from.” – unknown
- “Heirlooms we don’t have in our family. But stories we’ve got.” -Rose Cherin
- “I wish I could relate to the people I’m related to.” -Jeff Foxworthy
- “When we die we become ‘stories’ in the minds of other people.” -Unknown
- “This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it’s the family stories that are worth the storage.” -Ellen Goodman
- “If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?” -Stephen Levine
- “The lack of emotional security of our American young people is due, I believe, to their isolation from the larger family unit. No two people – no mere father and mother – as I have often said, are enough to provide emotional security for a child. He needs to feel himself one in a world of kinfolk, persons of variety in age and temperament, and yet allied to himself by an indissoluble bond which he cannot break if he could, for nature has welded him into it before he was born.” - Pearl S. Buck
- “Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.”-Bill Cosby
- “ The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.” -Sam Levenson
Songs about Family from wondershare
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Those Were the Days – Dolly Parton
That’s the Way of the World – Najee
Teach Your Children – CSN
Summertime Thing – Chuck Prophet
Summertime -Dj Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Song for Mama – Boyz to Men
See What Love Can Do – Eric Clapton
Reunited by Peaches and Herb
I’ll Be by Reba McIntyre
Get Here If You Can – Oleta Adams
Family Reunion – The Ojays
MUST READ:
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The Importance of Family Reunions at savethefamilyinstitute.org
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The Family Reunion by Joan Waters
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Throwing a Family Reunion at Martha Stewart.com
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Family Prompt #2
Julie Ann
Credits: Most by Tangie Baxter
Splatter: SG Catch
Hearts: Felicity with JKneipp
Word Art: Tribalations, Ink Corporated, Studio Box Workshop No. 4, AJC Parcel 9, AJC11 Parcel 52, Silhouettes,
Crest: Wizard School
Hat: Flora Finery
Camera: What I Love To Do
Tree: The Chapters of Imagination 21
Cake: Phineas Comes to Tea
Silhouettes: Main Street Silhouettes [altered art]
Border: AJC 2012 Expedition Kit
Other: Date Words by Audrey Neal, wst picnic decrow, Scalloped Spots by Molly Decrow, Sportsmania by Emily Merritt
Berry: Audrey Neal Kitchen, Epoxy: Family Tree by Audrey Neal, Basket: WST Picnic by Valerie Wibbens, Alpha: WST Picnic by Molly Decrow
Now it’s Your Turn! Let’s see what you can do with this prompt.
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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*NEW MAY THEME* My Vision for 2012: FAMILY Prompt #1
Published May 5, 2012 | PROMPT FOR NEW MAY FAMILY THEME: How would we like our family, relatives, and guests to feel when they enter our home?
Source: elledecor.com via Julie on Pinterest
Photographer: Jonn Coolidge Credit: Courtesy of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
About the May Theme: Family
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Happy iNSD! Are you having fun? Let’s first talk about the new theme “Family” before we look at the first prompt for May. I always start with a look at the definition of the theme word, which is “Family”. And then, provide synonyms for your journaling.
fam·i·ly
[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] , plural fam·i·lies, adjective
noun
1. a. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.
About Prompt #1
How would we like our family, relatives, and guests to feel when they enter our home? I like this prompt because I have an interior design background! Yet this prompt is more than just about making your house pretty and/or functional. It’s about making your home your sanctuary, your shelter, your harbor.
“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends.” -Samuel Johnson
If you go from room to room in your home, what feelings emerge in each room? Are they the feelings you wish for your family and friends to feel as well in your home? One of the greatest compliments I received in my apartment that I lived in as a single woman was from a friend – she told me, as we sat in living room, that my place had “a spiritual feel” to it. I felt that as well and it was nice to be validated by her comment. There were no religious symbols or anything of the sort at all in my apartment, it was all achieved through color, design, and my own sense of mind.
Perhaps you do not need to decorate, or change any design of your home, except for the attitudes in your home. The people in your home are more important than the belongings in your home. Perhaps keeping a gratitude journal to be reminded of what is most important and meaningful is one step on that path.
There are plenty of to-do’s on my list for our home. Although our home is “finished” as far as interior decorating, it has been the same for 10 years, so I’m itching for a change. Our backyard is in desperate need of a makeover, deck and all. Our front yard landscaping just rubs me the wrong way. Right now, at this very minute, I personally have clutter in the living room, dining room, office, and my scraproom. Something needs to be addressed, as clutter in a room signals clutter in the brain. I’m one of those people that suffers from “I Can’t Have Anyone Over” syndrome because of the clutter most of the time. I do not want to be one of those people.
Despite all that, I am working hard on my marriage of approximately 8 years, continuing to communicate always. I am working on my gratitude journal. I am working on being pleasant to be with, for my husband, especially since we both work from home and are together 24/7.
Overall, I want our home to be comfortable and for our family and friends to feel welcomed, loved, and happy!
What do you want for your family and friends in your home?
MUST READ:
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Create a Happy Home with Feng Shui
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Martha Beck on Making a Happy House (oprah.com)
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Making Your Home a Haven Challenge (Scroll down for Week 1)
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Family Prompt #1
Heather aka sparklyduck75
Journaling: Wherever we call Home, I pray it is always a place of Hope, Peace, Good cheer, Warmth, Acceptance, Comfort, and Love, not only for us but for all who enter.
CREDITS by Tangie Baxter:
A Door Just Opened; MUSEical Theatre; Thinking of Thee; Field Notes: Fall; and AJC 2011 Parcel 32.
Fonts: Kingsthings Trypewriter 2; Paulinho Pedra Azul.
Julie Ann
Journaling: I want my friends and family to feel welcomed, loved, and also happy!
Word art: welcome to our home/HOME SWEET HOME/ A HOME IS BUILT OF LOVE AND DREAMS
Word art: What I love most about my home is who I share it with
Credits: most by Tangie Baxter
Background: Quickety Split N’ Print by Tangie
Sequins: Paper Ink by Tangie
Birdcage: Sunshine ATC Collection by Tangie
Staple: Valentine ATC Collection by Tangie
Splatter: Splattergraffiti Red Circles by Tangie
Love U Word Art: Silhouettes Collab with Molly Decrow by Tangie
Journal card: Flashioncards by Tangie
Heart, starburst, and bokeh: AJC 12 Parcel 18 Tinkering by Tangie
Other: House: At Home MSA Collab by KWiniecki; What I Love word art: At Home MSA Collab by Cinzia; Heart Bush: At Home MSA Collab by CreateWingsDesigns; Additional word art: At Home MSA Collab by Sue Cummings
Now it’s Your Turn!
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My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #4
Published April 28, 2012 | What are the obstacles to overcome, and/or tough questions that you need to ask yourself about your dream(s) for your life?
Create an art journal page answering this question, include at least a paragraph of journaling.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Happy Saturday friends! I‘m excited to see pages in the gallery based on these prompts. I posted a thread in the Art Journal Caravan 2012 forum highlighting your pages, feel free to add your new pages!
Confession Time
I have a confession to make. I am not perfect!
What?!!!! Yes, it’s true. I am not perfect. It’s awful. It’s embarrassing. I have a terrible memory. I’m disorganized. I guess the two go hand-in-hand. It’s very inconvenient and inefficient. I hate it, especially when it interferes with my work here on this blog.
Yes, it’s caused me to even make mistakes on this blog. I have this awesome, wonderful, lovely, friendly, talented, beautiful team that Tangie lets me ask to create pages for my prompts, and for the ones that agree, I have forgotten at least once to post their page.
Rarely it’s a matter of communication, but usually it’s my disorganization, faulty memory, rush, fatigue, etc., – my fault. And yet, they forgive me. I feel so blessed.
The latest survivor is Valentina aka zotova, as I left off her page from last week’s My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3. Valentina went on to post her page in not 1, not 2, not 3 – but 11 galleries! Furthermore, her page was noted in three GSO: Gallery Standouts; GSO at DST; GS at Me So Scrappy. Congrats Valentina!!! You rock!
Here is her page for last week’s My Vision 2012: Dream Prompt #3 What is your #1 passion? Please leave her praise in the comments!
Valentina aka zotova
Journaling (Quote): Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. ~Jesse Lee Bennett~
Credist:
Steampunk Je T’adore {Collab w/ Studio Rebecca} by Tangie
Steampunk Maritime {Collab w/ Studio Rebecca} by Tangie
What I love to Do {Collab w/ Re Kneipp} by Tangie
{The Spark Project} The Greatest Curiosity The ENTIRE COLLECTION by Tangie
Being Me {Collab w/ Studio Rosey Posey} By Tangie
Thinking Of Thee {Construct A Shrine} by Tangie
Fonts:
March Hare [Art Journaling Font] by Tangie
Dinah [Art Journaling Font] by Tangie
What obstacles do you need to overcome to make your dreams come to life?
My confession served a purpose after all, it identified a couple of obstacles that pop up over and over…and I can add a few more stumbling blocks to the list, in addition to faulty memory, distractions, and disorganization – I also suffer procrastination, lack of focus, and fear.
Must Read:
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7 Obstacles to Success
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Identify obstacles: Click on any of the common obstacles, and receive a brief problem-solving recommendation. (Geared toward College Students, interesting for all)
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Identifying The Invisible Obstacles To Success By: R.E. Darby
What does one do now? After you get honest about whatever it is that is standing in the way…such as finances, lack of support among friends and family, education, etc.. then what to do?
Top Ten Tips To Overcome Obstacles to Success
by Jeff at MySuperChargedLife
1. Troubleshoot and diagnose the root cause
The quickest way to solve any problem is to find its root cause. What is at the very source of the issue? It usually takes some time to determine this. Read more…
2. Listen to your gut instinct.
I can’t count the times that I solved problems by simply following my gut. Read more…
3. Research the problem online.
Generally, if you are having a problem, someone else has already encountered it and solved it. Don’t reinvent the wheel, just find out what they did and try it in your situation. Read more…
4. Recruit the assistance of others.
Get your friends, family, and co-workers involved to help think of ways to overcome the obstacle. Read more…
5. Hire an expert.
Sometimes you need to call in the big guns. If the problem is in an area that is outside your expertise and it is particularly nasty, then you should probably bring in an expert. Read more…
6. Change your attitude toward the situation.
Sometimes we are the problem. Evaluate your attitudes and see if a change in the way you are looking at the situation might help to overcome the obstacle. Read more…
7. Use trial and error.
When all else fails or when your situation is unique, you may need to experiment. Read more…
8. Sleep on it.
I have had numerous stubborn problems where I spent hours trying to solve it with no success. Then I gave up, went to bed, and awoke the next morning with a new idea that fixed the situation almost immediately. Read more…
9. Never give up.
Don’t quit! I am reminded of the quote from Vince Lombardi, “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” This is so true! Read more…
10. Start over.
When all else fails, start over at the beginning. Maybe one of your foundational assumptions about the obstacle is wrong. Read more…
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #4 Obstacles
Cheryl aka gonewiththewind
Journaling: My dreams are often buried in my comfort with my life. The life I know is infinitely safe than the dreams I dream and the drive I have to make something better of myself and my life. So while I want to make the changes necessary for my dreams to become reality, the powerful thoughts in my mind that keep me stuck in my same place are a daily challenge that I must overcome.
CREDITS: Apothecary Set One by Studio Tangie; As If By Magic by Studio Tangie; Arsenic and Old Lace by Studio Tangie; She Found Her Bliss by Studio Tangie; Haute Soiree by Studio Tangie; Dream Spilling by Studio Tangie; fonts are Mad Hatter by Studio Tangie and The Last Something That Meant Anything
Julie Ann
Journaling: I need to overcome fear, disorganization, procrastination, distractions.
Word art: I am always doing things I can’t do. That’s how I get to do them. Pablo Picasso
Word art: Thinking will not overcome fear but ACTION will. W. Clement Stone
Word art: perspiration, brainpower, hard work
Word art: trying to find balance, fine line to find balance, moving forward
Word art: Don’t stress or overthink
Word art: I want my life to be BIG
Credits: Splatters: Verve Story Remnants, Verve Letter Art, AJC Parcel 12 (recolored); Frame: Verve Splatter Graffiti; Flowers: AJC11 Parcel 1; Banner: AJC12 Parcel 10 (recolored); Tape: AJC12 Parcel 13; Word Art: Steampunk Lab, That’s What She Said No. 1, Deconstructed No. 4, Art Journal Printables, Studio Box Workshop No. 4; Background: Studio Box Workshop No. 1 Buildable Art Journals; Feet: Ultimate Art Doll Collab with sherriejd
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Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3
Published April 21, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3
“My life’s #1 purpose and passion is….” Create an art journal page finishing this sentence, include at least a paragraph of journaling.
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
The prompt this week can be inspired from our work last week, digging a bit deeper into our #1 purpose and passion. If you made a list of your top five passions, which of those holds the most meaning for you? Not only that, which one can be a lifelong, worthy purpose that will never have a completion date?
For me, my #1 purpose and passion is my marriage. Sure, I could have said, “Outside my marriage, my #1 passion is my art,” or something similar, however that would not be giving my marriage the respect that I feel it deserves. Since I am unable to be a mother, being a wife is the most important job I have, and we all know marriage isn’t easy. For right now, I believe my marriage is my #1 purpose. It kind of surprised me to come to this conclusion, as I did think art or something else ambitious would top the list…yet I do put a lot of time into making this relationship work. It’s a little scary to admit that my marriage is my #1 purpose, not sure why, maybe because I haven’t heard it very often in my corner of the world. Yet I was really thrilled to make a page with my marriage as my focus, and excited to show my spouse when it was finished.
The Easiest Way to Define Your Life’s Purpose
Read:
- Life Purpose: The Easiest and Best Way to Define Your Purpose by Jeff at mysuperchargedlife.com
According to Jeff at mysuperchargedlife.com, there are three main ways to define your life’s purpose.
1. Pick 3 or 4 values that really resonate with you.
“Look over a list of values and pick out three or four that are the most important to you. “ Read more…
Some of my values on my list included:Abundance
Acceptance
Adventure
Affection
Appreciation
Art
Assertiveness
Assurance
Balance
Beauty
Belonging
Bliss
Comfort
Contentment
Creativity
Desire
Devotion
Enjoyment
Family
Gratitude
Health
Honesty
Intelligence
Intuition
Joy
Kindness
Knowledge
Learning
Love
Marriage
Meaning
Mindfulness
Motivation
Pleasure
Privacy
Relaxation
Resolution
Respect
Rest
Self-respect
Sharing
Sincerity
Solitude
Support
Trust
Understanding
2. Unpack the words that you selected.
“Take some time and write out what the three or four values you selected mean to you. ” Read more…
2. Use your selected values to formulate your life purpose.
“A good life purpose is a simple statement that has strong meaning for you.
Jeff prefers something like this sentence (insert your values):
I want to spend my life pursuing ___________, ____________ and _____________.
For example, I want to spend my life pursuing wisdom, patience and peace. Of course, you can word it any way that you like, but for Jeff this sentence really helped him clarify his life purpose.” Read more…
MUST READ:
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The 5 Percent Trick: Finding Passion and Purpose in Life
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How to Open Yourself to Your Life’s Purpose at Oprah.com
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A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose Posted by Donald Latumahina
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Dream Prompt #3
Julie Ann
I am sharing a hybrid page with you this week! The main image was cut from a magazine, and my husband even thought it was a photo of us from when we went horse-back riding once…hahaha! Not quite.
Journaling: My No. 1 purpose, lifelong and worthy, is marriage. I value love, companionship, support, honesty, & faithfulness.
Credits:
House, Rainbow, Flowers, Hearts, Grass, Butterfly, Journaling Lines: Collage Mania 2011 by Studio Tangie
Border, I Heart Him: Collage Mania by Studio Tangie
Background: Wild Things and Papers by CrowAbout Studio B
Border: Mega Art Journaling, Bits Borders & Parts both by CrowAbout StudioB
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My Vision for 2012: Dream – Prompt #2
Published April 14, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Dream – Prompt #2
Create an art journal page based on the quotation, “Live the life you’ve imagined” – include at least a paragraph of journaling.
Upload the page to your favorite gallery and link up the url here in the comments!
Scroll down to see my Inspiration Page!
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
I love this quotation. I like it because it says “Wake up! Get off that sofa! Turn off that T.V. Get away from the computer, Ipad, or Iphone! Just do it!” It acknowledges that I’ve been a dreamer, and now is the time to make good. It says, “Yes, believe in yourself. Why not?” Isn’t that so awesome?
Just what have I been imagining for myself? I wrote down my top 12 dreams for my have-it-all, quintessential existence. (I narrowed down the top 5 for my page below.) These fantasies evolved around what would my lifestyle look like if it were tailored made for me, and included: enjoying creating the most beautiful digital, hybrid, and handmade scrapbooks; having fun adventures as a world traveler; enjoying the journey of art journaling; enjoying excellent health with lots of energy, vitality, stamina; enjoying a loving, committed, solid, fun marriage; living in a gorgeous, well-designed home with gardens; having lots of free time to be; enjoying life with abundance; knowing peace and joyfulness; practicing mediation and yoga consistently; being the most loving, involved Aunt; & being charismatic, well-liked, and respected for being me. (The top 5 are in bold.)
For as long as I remember, I have had the goal of self-actualization. To self-actualize is to fulfill one’s potential. Actually, in all honesty, somehow I left a huge goal, perhaps my #1 goal of all-time off this list for some reason. Oh, I know why…because it’s a goal, and not a lifestyle choice. My #1 goal is to write and publish a book. I don’t have the wish to live the way of life of book tours, public speaking engagements, and travel obligations that some authors live though. That would interfere with my desire to have as much free time as possible. So I left my goals off my list for this week….goals are for another list…as they don’t quite fit this quotation – Live the life you’ve imagined. The full quote is from Walden by Henry David Thoreau,
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
How do you want to live your life? Do you understand the difference between achievements and style of living? You can infuse both your ambitions and habits with purpose, if it gives more meaning to the process. You may also have a goal that is influenced by a talent you’ve developed. However, do not confuse talent with Purpose, as was recently spoken by T.D. Jakes, a famous preacher, on Oprah’s Lifeclass The Tour Interactive Event.
Ivana Kvesic writes for The Christian Post, “Half the battle is not spending your life to be what you aren’t,” he said, before sharing with the audience that the key to fulfilling their purpose is to find passion.
“It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do,” Jakes said.” Read more about this at Bishop TD Jakes Talks ‘Living With Purpose’ on ‘Oprah’s Lifeclass‘. Visit Oprah’s Lifeclass online.
Must Read
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What Is The Life You’ve Imagined? by the Redhead Riter
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Endeavor to Live the Life You’ve Imagined by Amberzade
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Dream – Prompt #2
Julie Ann
I love the result of this page. To know more about it, please read the paragraphs above!
Credits: by Tangie Baxter unless noted otherwise
Butterfly: Curious Adventures Curious Elements Lot 79c
Papers: Up Up Away, Enchanted Art Box Stripes, Quickety Split N’ Print Vol. 3, Unconventional Wisdom
Graffiti: Verve Graffiti
Word Art: QuotesPaint, Quotes Borders
Dot,Painted Border: AJC12 Parcel 15
Splatter: Wishing Waiting
Font: Tangie AJFbreadbutter, TangieAJFtweedledeeALT
Style: Paperworn Art Journaling Style by Tangie
Template: A Little Altered Art by Studio Jen D
Alpha: Markerific by CD Murkosky
Now it’s Your Turn!!!
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post. Join our fun.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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New Theme for April -My Vision for 2012: Dreams – Prompt #1
Published April 7, 2012 | New Theme for April -My Vision for 2012: Dreams – Prompt #1
What is your payback for dreaming? How does the energy of dreaming make you feel?
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
What are your dreams and your passions? Let’s take a look at these during the month of April.
There are two main kinds of dreams: those when you are sleeping, and those when you are awake. Sometimes, if one is lucky, when one is sleeping, a dream will occur that will be inspiration for a real life project or idea. My husband, a musician and song-writer, often will dream of a song, wake up, remember the song, and immediately write down the lyrics or record the music as he knows he will never ever remember it if he goes back to sleep. I tend to think of this prompt, though, as dealing with our awake dreams and/or daydreams, however feel free to interpret it however you like. If the topic of “sleeping dreams” is your thing, go for it!
New Theme for April Introduction
dream
[dreem] noun, verb, dreamed or dreamt, dream·ing, adjective
noun
1. a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
2. the sleeping state in which this occurs.
3. an object seen in a dream.
4. an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
5. a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
6. an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
7. a wild or vain fancy.
8. something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
9. to have a dream.
10. to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
11. to think or conceive of something in a very remote way (usually followed by of ): I wouldn’t dream of asking them.
12. most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
Verb phrase
13. dream up, to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan.
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Synonyms for Journaling
Inspiring Quotations for Pages
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman
All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence
You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one. Henry D. Thoreau
The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success. Hamilton Wright Mabie
Must Read
- Magic of Dreaming Big
- Three Benefits of God-sized Dreams
- The Dream Challenge
- How To Make Your Dreams Come True by Maria Niles
HOW TO PUT AWESOME POWER INTO YOUR LIFE.
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Craig Lock
“Information and Inspiration distributor”
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15 DYNAMIC PRINCIPLES TO MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE
1. Discover the Awesome Power of a Dream.
A vision for the future, that will capture your entire heart
and at the deepest level, your spirit and soul (are they the
same thing, by the way?). Read more...
2. Your dream must be backed by ACTION. Read more...
3. Develop a ‘God Consciousness’
TRUST, really trust God, the Spirit of the Universe for
the successful outcome to your endeavours. Read more...
4. DEVELOP YOUR DESIRE to see the dream come to fruition.
Work on your motivation daily. Allow your Dream to be
at the fore-front of your life, the “core of your being”.
It will motivate, inspire and energise you by giving you a
SENSE OF PURPOSE – essential. Read more...
5. Develop a Success Consciousness, that you will achieve
your dream one day.It’s a positive pattern of thinking, a great attitude/mind-set
to have, which will propel you down the road to success. Read more...
6. Don’t surrender to negative assumptions.
Eg.”I’m too old, a woman, have no money, no resources,
no contacts”. Challenge them. Read more...
7. KNOW that there is a God, a Supreme Being
KNOW that there is a God, a Supreme Being (call Him/Her/It what you will) and that there is is a unique plan
for your life. Listen to God, Spirit, The Ultimate Source
(my favourite term to understand the concept commonly known as God), or Ground of our Being and it’s just up to YOU to
discover it, then declare it – to the world, should you
want. Read more...
8. Have a dynamic positive attitude to life.CHOOSE it. That things will somehow work out for you.
Be flexible in your thinking.Read more...
9. Really BELIEVE that things will work out for you.
Believe in yourself with honesty and humility….and not
arrogance. Read more...
10. PERSIST
Look at all the options and check them each day. Read more...
11. Be patient.
Like a good wine, a great dream usually takes many
years to mature and then blossom. Read more...
12. Be open and flexible in your strategies to achieve your
goals, your dream(s).
There are many ways to skin a cat (sorry, SPCA).
If one road on the path to achieving your
dream gets blocked, go round the back way. Read more...
13. Review your strategy and progress from time to time.
Evaluate your strategies and tactics. How effectively
are you progressing down your chosen path? Read more...
14. Listen to others, really listen, instead of thinking
what you are going to say next (work on that one, Craig).Think how can I best help the next person. As Zig Zigler wisely said, “You get what you want, by
helping other people get what they want.” Read more...
15. Never Give Up on the Core of your Dream. Never! Read more...
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM?
DECIDE IT, DECLARE IT, SHARE IT
Then be happy as you travel along the journey of life,
the stair-case to your great dreams…Craig Lock
Inspiration for April – My Vision for 2012: Dreams – Prompt #1
Julie Ann
Journaling: The payback for dreaming for me is knowing myself. Clarity. Being fully aware of knowing I’m on the right path to my authentic self is what I get out of knowing what I really want out of life. There is a synery and electricity from dreaming that is fresh and life-affirming.
Credits:
Tam aka tamhanley
What is your payback for dreaming? How does the energy of dreaming make you feel?
My different hobbies, art journaling and scrapbooking, crocheting, quilting – they are all me, daydreaming out loud. I don’t think daydreaming is pointless or a waste of time. I think it is a great way to pull my mind out of the constant madness of trying to solve what sometimes seem like unsolvable problems. On the surface, it’s a nice break for my aching head, and I might come out of it with something tangible, like a new page to display or a few more rows on my Dr. Who scarf. But it also flips on that extra light bulb, allowing me to approach the issue afresh (and it’s so much different, approaching a problem rather than having it chase you down and beat you senseless!). I can be creative, even ridiculous, as I try to come up with — yes, imagine! — a solution.
Credits: all by Tangie Baxter unless noted: Compendium of Daydreams, Journal Anthology, Marion the Librarian, blue frame by Sherrie JD from Mehndi Caravan Collab.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Creativity – Prompt #4
Published March 31, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Creativity – Prompt #4 Develop a Creative Mantra for yourself.
Journal your thoughts.
Upload the page to your favorite gallery and link up the url here in the comments!
Scroll down to see my Inspiration Page!
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Jordan Lejuwaan writes at High Existence.com,
“Studies have shown that people who are inspired are happier, nicer, productive and will not stray away from their chosen path if life gets difficult.
So print a quote and tape it to the mirror. Have an inspirational video as your starting page. Use an inspirational mantra for meditation. Get a principle to live by. In short, get your dose of inspiration each day!”
What do I do after I have my mantra?
Peaceful Meditation free creative commons by Pink Sherbert Photography, on Flickr
Besides creating your art journal page, I highly suggest trying out meditation with your new mantra. There are different types of meditation, and Transcendental Meditation – click the link for instructions – “TM is the only meditation method that has over five hundred independent scientific studies shore up its claims. The studies were done at over two hundred independent universities as well as research institutes in thirty three countries regarding different benefits of TM technique; the results were published in over one hundred respected scientific journals,” according to Tony at Natural Healing for All. He continues:
- “A meta-analysis in 1989 that was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology compared one hundred and forty six independent studies on the effect that different relaxation and meditation techniques in lowering trait anxiety.”
- “TM was found to make a larger difference than other types of relaxation and meditation in reducing trait anxiety.”
- “A study that was published in the Japanese Journal of Industrial Health in 1990, done at Sumitomo Heavy Industries by the Japanese Ministry of Labour , researched transcendental meditation as well as its effect on industrial workers and mental health. In this study four hundred and forty employees learned TM. Three hundred twenty one workers served as controls. After five months, the researchers found considerable reductions in anxiety, impulsiveness, major physical complaints and emotional instability in the meditators in comparison to the controls.”
- “These meditators also had considerable decreases in depression, digestive problems, and tendencies towards smoking, insomnia and psychosomatic disease.”
I recently watched Oprah’s Next Chapter where she visits The Most Unusual Town in Iowa. People interested in Transcendental Meditation move to this town in order to have support, and live in a community of like-minded individuals. Oprah practices TM herself, and paid to have her whole staff learn the practice this summer, and she claims that everyone in the office is getting along better, among other benefits. The benefit that I keep hearing about that stands out to me is that people who practice TM no longer experience migraines!!!
Video: Oprah Visits The Most Unusual Town In Iowa
Now create your own Mantra for creativity!
Mantra examples: (click on each one to see a poster example)
Source: theletter4.com via The Letter 4 on Pinterest
Free Printable from the letter 4.com
- Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagine. Henry David Thoreau
- I dwell in possibility. – Emily Dickinson
- To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. – Joseph Chilhon Pearce
Must Read
Cultivating a Mantra & Ministry in Your Creative Life
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Creativity – Prompt #4
Julie Ann
My Mantra: Make Your Life Your Masterpiece
Credits: All by Tangie Baxter unless noted otherwise
Splatter Graffiti Sweetheart
Blue: AJC12 Parcel 8 Collage
Tulle: Dance Like Everyone is Watching
Cupcake liner: AJC11 Parcel 15
Other – Swirl: Holliewood Stencil; flower.png (yellow): unknown; Sunshine/Freedom/Flower: Elegant Wordart by Bethany; Fonts: Many Weatz, MTF Kim, Pea Aimee
Now it’s Your Turn!!!
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post. Join our fun.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Creativity – Prompt #3
Published March 24, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Creativity Prompt #3
What are your greatest creative strengths? In what ways do you want to expand your creativity in 2012? Journal your thoughts.
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About Our Prompt #3
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Have you ever thought about where your strengths lie in creativity? Are you good at visualizing things or are you good at working with your hands? Are you good with color or are you a natural musician? Do words come easily to you or are you a genius at taking photographs? C’mon, it doesn’t hurt to brag a little, we’re all friends here.
Michael R. Hathaway outlines strong points of Visual, Auditory, Emotional, and Taste/Smell Creativity in his article Developing Your Creative Abilities: Your Creative Strengths. This article could help you identify some of your strengths.
Must Read
- How to Find Your Strengths in Art By Philippa Jones, eHow Contributor
- Identifying Your Artistic Strengths by Miranda Aschenbrenner
- Recognizing and Leveraging Your Strengths as an Artist by Author: Ivan M
Inspiration for My Vision for 2012: Creativity – Prompt #3
Valentina aka zotova
Credits
Kits:
Tangible Plans™ {Starter Kit & Workshop} by Tangie
{The Spark Project} The Greatest Curiosity The ENTIRE COLLECTION by Tangie
Steampunk Je T’adore {Collab W/ Studio Rebecca} by Tangie
Silhouette {Collab W/ DeCrow Designs} by Tangie
Dance Like Everyone is Watching by Tangie
Fonts:
Art Journal Caravan 2011 Provisions {Parcel 44} Apprentice Art Box Edition by Tangie
Art Journal Caravan 2011 Provisions {Parcel 18} Apprentice Art Box Edition by Tangie
Dodo [Art Journaling Font] by Tangie
Dormouse[Art Journaling Font] by Tangie
Julie Ann
Creative Strengths
Journaling:
Creativity: Thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things.
Appreciating Art: appreciating beauty, excellence, and skilled performance in all domains of life, from nature to art to everyday experience.
Visualization: I visualize in color, in pictures, 2D or 3D. I can see something and visualize a new design for it.
Dance: I feel the emotion and soul of music, especially when I was a dancer. I let the music decide & move me when I was choreographing steps.
“Curious about everything. You are always asking questions, and you find all subjects and topics fascinating. You like exploration and discovery.”
Quote: The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months, or six years down the road. But he has faith that……… it will happen. Carl Ally,executive producer
Accomplishments: Interior Design Degree from Michigan State University, Published nationally and internationally, Teaching
Credits:Following is by Tangie Baxter
Butterfly: Up Up Away
Leaf: Creative Felicity with Juliana Kneipp
Papers, elements, circles, borders: July Grab Bag Deconstructed, Deconstructed No. 2, Deconstructed No. 3, Deconstructed No. 4, Deconstructed Sorbet
Lighting: AJC11 Parcel 33 Lighting Effects
Flowers, Word, Swirls, Penciled Circle, Heart Border, Bird, Cloud: Glorious Vision Collab by Studio Girls
Other: Alpha: Urban Vintage by Traci Reed; Creative: Oscraps Define Yourself; Template: XXThings About Me by ScrappyCath Designs
Fonts: TangieAJFTweedleDeeALT, TangieAJFDormouse, TangieAJFCanary, Pea Beth, Pea Hannah Rocky Road
Now it’s your turn!
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post. Join our fun.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Creativity Prompt #3
Published March 17, 2012 | My Vision for 2012: Creativity Prompt #3
Share a page from your inspiration journal, inspiration board, vision board or pinterest board with us.
Upload the page to your favorite gallery and link up the url here in the comments!
About Our Prompt #3
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
Have you ever made a vision board? How about a vision board related specifically to creativity? A vision board is where you focus on what you want for your life, your goals…and then create any kind of board with symbols and images that represent those goals. The board could be a poster board with images cut from magazines, or it could be a digital board that you create with your photo editing software and your photos, or perhaps on Pinterest.com.
Ideally, it is something that you want to look at daily to give you concentration and clarity for the plan for your life, or in this matter, your creative life.
What areas of creativity need attention and guidance in your life? For instance, besides art journaling and scrapbooking, the artistic subjects that I am interested in include: crocheting, gardening, healthy cooking, fashion, gift-giving, photography, decorating, crafts for my little nephews, etc. I could create a vision board for all or for each of these areas. In fact, I began with gardening…since that is sorely neglected at my home. You can see my page below.
Must Read
- What The Heck’s A Vision Board—and How Can It Change Your Life? By Martha Beck
- Francine Clouden’s Vision Board for 2012
Inspiration from the Studio Tangie Creative Team for Creativity Prompt #3
Heather aka sparklyduck75
Right now we rent a teeny house that’s about >>this big<< and there’s absolutely no space at all for creative work and art supplies (which is a big part of why I’m 100% digital). But we’re looking to buy a home in the next year, so I’m praying there will be a corner where I can spread out and get my hands dirty again. The photos here are from my Pinterest board of Creative Studio Daydreams.
Creative Studio Wish List
* lots of natural light
* multiple, spacious work stations
* shelves of beautiful things as well as supplies and work materials
* great containers to sort and store
* eclectic furniture
* whimsical lighting and a mobile!
* a space to tack up inspiration and ephemera
* wall displays that get my juices flowing
* color on the walls
* a place for paint to live without having to pack it away after every use
* vintage goodies and fabrics
* gobs of pencils and pens
* a really great chair
* a space organized but not too perfect, comfortable but not too cluttered
* the option for peace and quiet.
CREDITS:
Paper from Creative Felicity by Tangie Baxter and Ju Kniepp;
Paint set from AJC 2011 Steamertrunk by Tangie Baxter and Amanda Sexton;
Notebook paper and frames from Studio Remnants Portfolio by Tangie and SherrieJD;
Flower from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Tangie.
Paint splatters, glitter, pencil, sequins, and crayon shaving from Family Night collab by Studio Girls at Scrapbook Graphics.
FONTS: Jellyka Vampire Street; Loved by the King.
Tam aka tamhanley
Credits:http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Cartography-Set-16.html
“Cartography Set 16 Castle Facades”
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Gryphon-Art-Journaling-Font.html
Font “Gryphon”
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/-The-Spark-Project-The-Greatest-Curiosity-the-Kit.html
“Greatest Curiosity”
http://shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Art-Journal-Caravan-Expedition-2011-in-REVIEW.html
Art Journal Caravan Starter Kit
tape – Holliewood “Found Things”
Other fonts: Empty Wrapper by Steph C, Jellyka Nathaniel
Julie Ann
These are my favorite images from my Garden Board on Pinterest. In an ideal world, this is what I would fill my backyard with. Each tag by each image gives credit to the original source of the image.
Credits: all by Tangie Baxter unless noted otherwise
Paper: Field Notes
Frames: AJC Parcel 5, Ink Incorporated, Art Stomp, Fun Frames, Layla in La La Land, Journal Anthology, Midsummer Night
Bee, Butterfly (altered color): She Journals
Alpha: Alpha Doodle with SherrieJD
Tag: Steampunk Lab
Journaling paper: Garden Graph by Jen Wilson
Watercolor Splatters: Studio Remnants Portfolio Bonus with SherrieJD
Word Art: Compendium of Daydreams
Buttons: AJC11 Parcel 45
Feather: Mehndi Caravan with SherrieJD
Paperclip: AJC 11 Expedition Kit
Fonts: AJF Oyster, AFF Mary Ann
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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My Vision for 2012: Creativity Prompt #2
Published March 9, 2012 |
My Vision for 2012: Creativity
Prompt #2
What does your muse look like?
Journal your thoughts.
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post.
***Scroll down to see inspiration pages by the Studio Tangie Creative Team!!***
by Julie Ann Shahin, Studio Tangie Social Media Team
I was at a paper scrapbooking crop last week when I was talking about art journaling, and the girl at the table in front of me asked, “What is art journaling?” Now, I assume people find this blog and our art journaling posts here who are discovering art journaling for the first time because we are on the World Wide Web, yet here was someone right in front of my nose who had never ever heard of art journaling before. So I explained it to her, and then afterwards, I was thinking…what else could have I have said to her to explain why I art journal in addition to scrapbooking?
Then I saw this quotation by the famous writer May Sarton, “I have written novels to find out what I thought about something, and poems to find out what I felt about something.”
That sums it up for me. I liken art journaling as the poetry of the scrapbooking world. Speaking of poets, one of the definitions for a muse is a poet. Let this be the segway for our Prompt this week…
About Our Prompt #2
Muse (my
z)
n.
2. muse
- There is a great article about how the muse appears in literature and music throughout the world at Love & Longing: The World Of Poets and Muses by Robin Frederick.
- This survey at Writing101 has questions to help you describe your muse, such as Is your muse plain, colorful, with designs? Arms, legs, wings, how many eyes? See more here.
- Blogger Emmie Mears has an entertaining description of her muse here, also quoting how Stephen King describes his muse.
If you are interested in further reading on the muse, you might enjoy the following texts:
The Nine Muses: A Mythological Path to Creativity [Hardcover]
Angeles Arrien (Author)
Prayers to the Muses: A whole-hearted journal of creativity [Paperback]
Inspiration for Prompt #2 -What does your muse look like?
Heather aka sparklyduck75
My muse is in water because she’s beckoning me to be more fluid in following my instincts, and also because water is life and it just feels nourishing to me here. There’s a hint of a jellyfish back there, because when you don’t follow your spiritual and creative instincts, it really stings. I do believe the muse, or instinct, or discernment, is a spiritual quality that we all possess and choose whether or not to follow, in our creativity and in life choices. Sometimes I trust it implicitly, and other times I second-guess it to death, but hopefully I’m learning to swim more often with the current of wisdom and inspiration instead of against it.
“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.” ~Florence Scovel Shinn
CREDITS: All Materials by Tangie Baxter, from: Flora Finery and Seaside Art Doll collections; The Princess with the Sea Green Hair kit; The Briny Deep and The Great Pink Sea kits; and Gesso Messy 5: Borders. Fonts: Oysters and Knave, also by Tangie.
Carolyn aka cfalbro
Journaling: My muse if funny, witty and beautiful. She inspired me to create the most unusual things and through those things her true beauty is explored. She shines through my work like a piece of beach glass reflecting in the sun. She is random and sporadic, she comes and goes as she pleases. She keeps me on my toes and I’m always ready to receive her inspiration.
CREDITS:
by Tangie Baxter
Papers and Elements from
AJC 2011 Parcel 41 (with SherrieJD)
AJC 2012 Parcel 8 Fusion Collage 1
Journal Anthology 6
Journal Anthology 7
Splatter Graffiti Border Cluster {love}
AJC 2012 Parcel 7 Mixed-Media #001
AJC 2011 Parcel 12
Julie Ann
My muse has flowers in her hair, she has wings, and she is beautiful. She is bold, wild, and inspired by life. I was told when I was in elementary school by a teacher that in order to remain creative, that I would have to hold on to my inner child’s creativity…not to ever let it go…so I have the child in the background as well.
CREDITS: ALL BY STUDIO TANGIE UNLESS NOTED
Star: Collage Fodder Stars
Staple: Golden Ocean
Word Art, Stamp,Shine,Box: MUSEical Theatre
Word Art: Dream Spilling
Cloud: AJC Parcel 37
Border: Hey Doll
Stars: Awaiting Dawn
Stitches: Luminensce
Star brad: Studio Remnants Portfolio
Font: AJF Oyster
Wild Word Art: Male Call
Paint: AJC Parcel 1, AJC Parcel 31 with Amanda Sexton
Gesso Lace: AJC12 Parcel 4
Style: Paperworn Art Journal Style
Other: Bold Word Art: More Dirty Words by CrowAbout StudioB; Girl Body: Girl Whimsy by TumbleFish Studio, Head: Glamor Girls by Tumblefish Studio; Zetti Body: Divas by Tumblefish Studio; Wings: Woot by CrowAbout StudioB
Now it’s your turn!
Link up your page here (the url) in the comments section of this post.
Julie Ann Shahin is a New York-based art journaler, scrapbooker, mixed media craftster who specializes in hybrid and altered art techniques. She will be blogging regularly for tangiebaxter.com on Wednesdays and Saturdays. You may contact Julie Ann directly at julieann dot shahin at gmail dot com
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