art journaling calvin style

 
i have finally begun an art journal!  hooray!  it is very tiny.  i'm doing it in a jbs 4x4 inch chipboard mini-album.  i was already feeling waaaaaaaaay behind last night on day one of the great race.  i only had one layout and thus one point to my name while celeste had already racked up 14 points and paula had 6.  oy.  i decided i would just journal one little page to get a half point.  it was really rather daunting to sit in front of a blank canvas with just a few minutes before bedtime and wonder where to begin.  i finally decided to write down a few words i was feeling.  we are having hard times with the reading again and i am feeling frustrated and mad that i get frustrated with him, so i wrote, "i am a teacher.  i love him so.  why do i have so much more patience with other children? less with my own."  i added a few bits from the mess in front of me and was happy that i'd documented my emotions and begun a new creative journey.  i then decided to throw together a little tag to make it an even 2 points.  you see in calvinball a layout gets a full point, but a mini-album is only a half point.  we didn't really set points for tags, but it's calvinball and i can make up the rules.  tags get a half point.  there.  so i made my little tag while in the same mood and with the same stuff in front of me.  this afternoon i made the realization that it could be the facing page for my journaling.  i love it.  so there you go.  in february my art journal every day will be a few words and a tag in this little mini.  it's a great place to get my feet wet and then maybe next month i'll find the time and energy to go bigger and messier.

Comments

[Jill Sprott]

Woo hoo! You're off to an awesome start! I'm on your heels -- I have two points as of a moment ago. As for Celeste, um, I think she lapped us about forty times already.

[Doris Sander]

celeste padded her totals w her kids vday treat bags.  its a ploy she uses every yr.  paula and i have to pace ourselves early on or celeste will get manic.

[PaulaSG]

LOL at your comment D! LOVE your artjournal. Might try that later on in the month.

[Staci Taylor]

I so love your art journal idea! Great creative therapy :-). Sorry about the struggles with reading - it really is so hard to step back from the mom role when trying to help them with their difficulties!! I, too, find I have way more patience for the kids I work with - although we are invested in our work kids and want then to succeed, the success of our own children drives us much more emotionally, I think. Hugs, d (and G!)!

[Monika Wright]

i'm art journaling, too, although not every day. i had hoped for once a week, but so far, it's just been once a month. i hope to get better and therefore, do it more often. love all the elements in your journal!