Author: Dina

I thought of another benefit to visual journaling…while you wait for your layers to dry, you can whip up a 5-minute scrapbook page:

I’m taking July as my “visual journaling” month…so the following pages are created for the process, not for the end product. I am just practicing layering, experimenting, and having fun. Click on a picture to see it bigger.

Do you need inspiration to create?

Do you want a push to create?

Do you want to enjoy a visual feast?

Then run, do not walk, run and buy What It Is by Lynda Barry…

It’s hard to describe What It Is…it’s unique and fascinating. It’s part comic book, part collage art, part autobiography, and part journaling/writing workbook. Its principles are applicable to any kind of creating (writing, visual journaling, even scrapbooking). I can’t recommend this book highly enough…it’s fabulous. Treat yourself.

The challenge this month was to tear up the pictures and use something red….the “red” I used was red paint.

Cropped today with the fabulous Julie and Debbie and Krista…sorry for the cruddy pics, I reallllly need a new camera lens. Mine is shot.

Got the trip pictures uploaded here.

Spent the past week galavanting around in Illinois…enjoyed Chicago and the wonderful, spiritual Nauvoo.

Boys in front of Lake Michigan:

Boys & the Chicago Bean:

Our family in front of the moving and wonderful Carthage Jail. One of our ancestors, Stephen Markham, accompanied Joseph Smith to this jail and spent some time with him here. He was sent away on an errand before the martyrdom.

The gorgeous Nauvoo Temple: 

The Mississippi river, flooded over its banks:

A gorgeous sunset over the Mississippi. Can you see the heron? It's on the log near the bottom left of the picture:

We also saw a huge beaver in the river, swimming upstream. The boys had a blast with the fireflies, too. My kids had never seen fireflies, and there were so many of them flashing in the fields near the river. We had a wonderful trip. Now it's back to real life…

Here it is!! I got going on this kit & couldn't stop….heh. Click on the layouts to see a better quality picture.