Personal journals or diaries are like stories. You use them to tell your own life story, and sometimes to sort through issues and challenges. A journal may be handwritten or typed. You can illustrate it with sketches, photos, or mementos... or allow your words to tell the entire story. An "Art journal" is illustrating your personal journal or diary. You can use sketches, photos, paintings, or coll
age. You can glue in receipts, newspaper headlines, or clippings from your favorite magazine. Anything visual, really.. As a kid, I grew up always having a journal that I illustrated with stickers, little notes, poems, anything that made up my everyday story. As an adult, I still do. And, I've found that people-especially women-find new meaning and insights when they've kept journals throughout different events in their life. What I'd really hope to achieve from a having a shop is to share ideas or even inspire anyone with the journals I create. To help anyone find their own "voice" in this world. My experience:
I'd worked for a company as a leather artisan for 3 years, specializing in high end leather handbags. We made each and every bag from start to finish. So I'd become very comfortable and experienced in leather working. Working with leather led me to learning new and different ideas for leather. So I started experimenting different techniques that eventually made me fall in love with bookbinding. I've been at it for almost a year now. I truly love it !! It's fun trying out new approaches, learning new techniques and having fun coming up with new ideas everyday!
