Late autumm: the cozy season Art journaling mini TUTORIAL

When it dauns apon me that summers over and autumm/winter begins, i start crafting in a whole new way.So my wonderful sewing room is fab BUT its in the attic, so its one (no the) coldest room in the house, thats why i do alot of sewing in the summer and less inthe winter months.So what do i do?Well i get into things with yarns such as knitting and crocheting, I cuuddle up with a warm blanket and read books, plan projects, listen to podcasts and plan christmas presents.So one of the things iv done alot over the weekend is listening to podcasts and art journâling.Heres a quick tutorial of how I did it:Ps. photos above

TUTORIAL;ARTJOURNALING N LISTENING

So first grab you art yournal and pick a podcast(http://www.craftypod.com/2009/10/23/craftypod-102-creating-with-food-with-kathy-high/ , was my choice).

1. now take out your paints and pick colours so above i used warm colours such as red and yellow and then let them mix on my page.

2.Gather pretty papers in either similar colours or a contrast what ever you please.

3. Now get a magazine and choose an artical that your intrested in (with pictures, or if not gather or draw your own)

4. Cut out some parts of the artical or all of it

5.Arrange and glue the paper and artical on your page, as you fancy

6.Turn on your podcast and cuddle up somewhere with your art journal , a pen and a warm cup of tea

7. Doodle and write notes about the podcast(this is nive as it ads meaning to your page , ads text and is more fun than just taking notes in a boring notebook)

8.Finish off by adding embelishments such as stamps and glitter

Done!

By the way I highly recommend listening to www.craftypod.com as its always real intresting and full of great ideas.

The magazine:A goldmine for artjournaling

So youve finished reading your magazine.What do you do with it?

a) You throw it away
b)You recycle it
c)You give it tô a friend
d) You keep it and read in a few months again
e)You use it in arty ways

What did you pick?
I always do e) (okay sometimes i do d) first but then i do e))


So you may ask How can i use it in an Artsy way?
Well you have many options, Im sure I dont know them all , so if you wish to ad to the collection leave a comment.

1.Cut out pictures and use them in your art journal, create gluebooks, decorate furniture and whatever else you can think of

2.Think of a theme for example Autum.Now collect all the info and pictures you can out of lots of magazines and create a collage.

3. Cut out words and use them in art

So thats what i do, but now you can use these simple ideas in any way you want.Why not decorate a canvas or piece of furniture?

Some artjournal prompts

These are things iv done and now im sharing with you:

1.Is there a film you wanna see? Yes then create an artjournal page around it and add a pocket for tickets and newspaper reviews

2.Practise mixing coloured pencils and then artjournal it up a bit

3.Write down you feelings

4.experiment with new art supplies

5.paint people and draw their face as practice

6.draw spme still life in colour

7.Try to use your art journal as a way of learing for school, by using info you have to learn in your art.

8.Make a page about things you like

9.Use cartoons out of newspapers in you art

10.PLan partys inside in a creative layout.

11.Rip up magazines and use thwm in diffrent ways

12.Create a page around a quote

13. write lists

14.Doodle

15. write about art gallery visits

Cool pumpkin ideas

Check out this fab video

Getting through Hell

This video really inspired me to just not give a shit, after a BAD day.Even if you dont do any art it will cheer you up.Im not saving i agree with everything shes saying, but i love how much passion she puts into art and not caring about what people think about her.Yes it sounds like Suzi went through SHIT and i dont want to do that and im not saying its good .But now she is great!!!!

"If you're going through HELL keep going" Cant remeber how said this quote but its damm good.
Mini creative challenge:
Take this quote and this video and use it to inspire what ever you do creativly.Your artjournal,your art, your photos, your blog , your knitting, your sewing -WHATEVER just go and DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cozy yarn season:Links

At this time of year I always love to turn to knitting and crocheting as a craft, as it is so warm and cuddly.Im knitting a cute pink and blue beanie and will share the tutorial soon.I will also review a few knitty and crochety books, give you loads of great links, a peak at my stash and much much more.
So to get started here are a few links:

1.Craft had a few articles about yarny buissness:http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/cozy_up_to_yarn/

2.Wanna go travln?http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/07/simple_yarn_project_travel_cas.html

3.Make some cute logcabin washcloths:http://www.purlbee.com/log-cabin-washcloths/

4.Q:How can i use up all my scrap yarn in a project?
A: Make mixnmatch yarn:http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2008/09/how_to_crazy_yarn.html

5.Make an Owl yarn oganizer:http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/01/12/crewel-for-christmas/

6.Acorn storage:http://www.girlontherocks.com/knit/blog/2009/01/12/crewel-for-christmas/

So there`s a small taster.More coming soon!!!

A link

1.

Download a cool coaster pattern here(free):http://www.leethal.net/quickknits/patterns.html