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Free Vintage Animal Ephemera for Your Art Journal

I know it’s not always easy to find free vintage ephemera for your art journals. The fact that one of my older blog posts, Where to Get Free Images for…

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Try using Recycled Materials in your Art Journal: like security envelopes! #joyfulartjournaling #artjournalideas

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Using Recycled Materials in Your Art Journal: Security Envelopes

One of the things I love about art journals (and creative exploration in general) is that there are no real rules. You can color, paint, collage, stamp, draw, doodle, write,…

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Do you want to do some creative art journaling? Check out this ultimate list of art journal supplies on JoyfulArtJournaling.com! #artjournalsupplies #joyfulartjournaling

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The Ultimate List of Art Journal Supplies

One of the reasons I love art journaling so much is because art journals are truly a safe space for nearly endless kinds of creative exploration and expression! That being…

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How to start an art journal: for beginners to more experienced art journalers, here are 5 ways to get started with your own art journal. #joyfulartjournaling #howtostartanartjournal

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How to Start An Art Journal

Whether you’re a first time art journaler or you’ve been doing it for years, knowing how to start an art journal can always feel intimidating. But not after today! I’m…

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I've been taking creative classes on Skillshare for years now, but when I took "Visual Journaling: Drawing Your Feelings" last week, I know I had to share it (and my class projects!) with all of you, because I think you'll love taking it, too. (Especially when you learn, below, how you can take it for free!) #artjournalingideas #joyfulartjournaling

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Visual Journaling: Drawing Your Feelings – A Class Review

I’ve been taking creative classes on Skillshare for years now, but when I took “Visual Journaling: Drawing Your Feelings” last week, I know I had to share it (and my…

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Do you ever run out of art journaling ideas? Check out this Art Journal Idea Generator! With 100's of art journal prompts, you'll never run out of ideas again!

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Art Journal Idea Generator

Coming up with art journal prompts isn’t always easy. Which is why I created this simple Art Journal Idea Generator! It’s a handy little tool, with hundreds and hundreds of…

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Check out these joyful, creative 57 Art Journal Prompts on JoyfulArtJournaling.com!

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57 Art Journal Prompts

Sometimes we want to make art in our art journals, but ideas just don’t come to us! The thing is, in reality, ideas are limitless, but that can be hard…

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So many creative art journal ideas here! Art Journal Inspiration Pt. 2: More Inspiring Art Journalers on Instagram #joyfulartjournaling #artjournals #artjournalideas #artjournalinspiration

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Art Journal Inspiration Pt. 2: More Inspiring Art Journalers on Instagram

When I first started this blog I shared a post called “Get Inspired by these 20 Art Journalers on Instagram” and since then it’s become one of my most popular…

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15 Ways to Use Portraits in Your Art Journal (that aren't hard or intimidating!)

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15 Ways to Use Portraits in Your Art Journal

I love drawing portraits! And although mine are not super realistic, I feel like I can generally catch the essence of the person I’m drawing, in my own way. But…

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A simple way to Go From Digital to Analog in Your Art Journal! #joyfulartjournaling

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Digital to Analog in my Art Journal

I will admit, as much as I love art journaling, I also love making art on my iPad Pro! It’s so fun, and it’s easy to travel with and/or make…

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Hi! I’m Jules!
And I help people create JOY through art journaling and creative exploration! I'm a mom, wife, rescue dog owner, artist and creative business coach. But I'm also a lifelong creative explorer, and art journaling allows me to do that every day! It truly brings me joy, & I'd love to share that joy with YOU!
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Hi friends. Don’t worry, I may have ghosted this Hi friends. Don’t worry, I may have ghosted this space for awhile, but I’m still over here art journaling, making art, writing (more about that, soon!) Doing some serious self-care. I really didn’t realize it had been SO long since I’ve posted here. But I’m sure you all understand. Sometimes it can feel like a wild world out there, and we just need to cocoon. 🦋
⁉️ Do you want some (printable) joyful words, ⁉️ Do you want some (printable) joyful words, phrases and quotes for your art journal? Well... I just quietly opened an Etsy shop and this weekend ALL of the printables are 70% off! That makes this one just .30¢! (The discount applies to everything in my Etsy shop only... the shop on my website is full price... for now!) There isn’t a whole lot in there right now: mostly vintage ephemera printables. But I hope you’ll find a thing or two you love, and use! Feel free to DM any questions you have. Find it at: https://JoyfulArtJournaling.etsy.com Or JoyfulArtJournaling.com/etsy Or use the link in my bio! 🥰 Thanks friends!
I was going to add more to this, like text and/or I was going to add more to this, like text and/or collage, but I’ve decided I love it just the way it is. Sometimes a “background” becomes the main event. ;) Happy weekend, friends!!
Do you ever make something that might be considere Do you ever make something that might be considered “ugly” but you find it more beautiful than something you tried to make “pretty”? Yeah, that happened to me today. I love this little ugly spread! 😍In fact, I can’t stop thinking about it!
I took another try at day 2’s class with @jeanne I took another try at day 2’s class with @jeanneoliver and didn’t use a photo reference this time. I kind of combined it with @shelleyklammer’s automatic drawing class instead, and I love the result! The charcoal definitely got smudgy, but it’s just my art journal and I don’t try to get things “just right” in there! (See my actual automatic drawings in my stories today, or in my highlights under SB Revival 2021.)
I spent part of this morning listening to upliftin I spent part of this morning listening to uplifting podcasts and making these papers I’ll eventually use in my collages. Some of these are just first and second layers (I’ll go back and add more on top later), but some are ready to be used! (I used that plate for some toast, but when I was done it was basically perfectly clean. I couldn’t throw it away! So I repurposed it to hold some of my papers while they dried. I just can’t waste something like that! ... which is also probably why I have several bits of small paper to use in collages because I can’t throw them away! 🤣)
Are you doing the #sketchbookrevival this year? Th Are you doing the #sketchbookrevival this year? This is my first go at it, and besides making my own sketchbook/art journal to work in (which is my favorite that I’ve made so far!!) I’m taking it pretty casually. I’m watching almost all of the videos, but I’ll just do the projects that a) call to me and b) I have the supplies on hand for. But this spread is from @jeanneoliver’s session, and it’s my favorite session so far! Thanks @karenabend for putting this together!! It’s lovely!!
I’ve been working in my latest #alteredbook here I’ve been working in my latest #alteredbook here and there. It’s a vintage French poetry book, so some black out poetry seemed appropriate! It reads: Et le périlleux se trouble parmi Les eaux. The pause for breath Liaison is avoided, except in the musical quality of verse It is boundary the end of a line The romantic flexibility of French verse Moveable, aloud, an important part After the verse understood The individual will know at once
What is fussy cutting?. In my last post, @mechelle What is fussy cutting?. In my last post, @mechelle.howard asked "what is fussy cutting?" Thanks for asking, Mechelle! Because it's a great question and not everyone knows! So I decided to make a video to explain it -- with words and well as visuals. I hope this is helpful!
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