Fill Those Pages

The pages I prepared before my trip to Arizona worked out wonderful for recording special times from my trip and helped me to pack lighter as we all know supplies take up a lot of room and can be heavy! My bags were heavy enough as it was, I even bent the metal handle holding one of my heavy bags! I really have to learn to pack a whole lot lighter even still!
One page worked out tremendously as I had prepared it darker than the others and it captured the mood of one of my dreams while I was away rather well! Dark colors can capture moods amazingly, I think this is the reason certain colors are known for provoking certain moods in people (for example red is known to bring out anger...) or is that only in bulls??? lol. Yellow always makes me feel happy and I am sure that's why my bedroom is yellow. It is my safe happy space.
I am going to prepare my journal pages before every trip I take... I found it was so much easier and surprising how the pages worked out so nicely.

Happy Creating Everyone!

Jesus Rap

This page was inspired by Tamara Lowe, a professional speaker. It is called Jesus Rap. I loved it so much that I searched for the words on line and could not find them... then I found a you tube video with caption and wrote down the words from the caption. (I was desperate). What an inspiration this has been to me. I pray that it reaches out around the globe showing people how important it is to accept Jesus into their hearts before it's too late!
I doodled around the rap and then zentangled doodled the bottom. I think I might just frame this one for myself I love it so much.

Happy Creating Everyone!

Prepping Pages For Arizona and New Pages

Wow... much catching up to do. I have been so preoccupied and busy with work and getting ready for my trip to Arizona that I haven't had the opportunity to update my blog with new work. So...
I have created a few pages since my last update. One is from a woman's magazine from the rec centre that I belong to of an artists work that I really love. Another is of a song that I really like and the last page is a venting page! I have many of these in my journal's. They are so therapeutic!
I don't remember if I have ever prepped pages before a trip but I decided to for this trip... I didn't want to lug around all my journal supplies because I usually put my back out with heavy bags... so I'm being smart and very prepared for this trip! I am so excited as the weather has been, let's just say not-so-springlike and the winter was let's just say not-so-much-fun! I am being very nice with my words! LOL. Venting again... oops sorry (leave it for another journal page! LOL.
Happy Creating Everyone!

It's Official - Two Teenage Boys!

It's official - we have two teenagers! Ben is 13!!! Teenage birthdays are SO different from when they were little guys. When they were little they were much more taxing physically and mentally with all the little kidlets... now they seem to be more taxing on the old cheque book! Ben needed a new bike so this was his birthday present this year. For his celebration he had two of his friends sleepover and we went to see "How To Train Your Dragon" at the theatre. It was a calm celebration for the most part, there were no mishaps and no-one got hurt which is a major bonus. I remember having to have a box full of bandaids and icepacks when the kids were little. One party Josh's soccer team dog piled him! Oy vay!

My baby's a teenager!!!!! Happy 13th Benjamin!