Daily Creative Sessions - Take Ten

Recently, I set myself a goal  -  daily 10 minute creative sessions. 

and this is what my 10 minutes turned into the other day.

Okay - this took me way more than 10 minutes to create, 

but that is how it started.  

The pages in this little book are pockets....

and inside the pockets are mini blank books.

At the moment only the pockets are decorated

..... eventually the mini books in the pockets will have something on them as well.  

During my next 10 minute creative session I thought 

I should make these at the visual journaling group I host on Tuesday nights.

So I created a less time consuming version to share if they are interested.  

If you haven't anything to do on Tuesday night 

and are in my neighbourhood  

- feel free to join us in the art room of the local school.... :-)

Refillable Notebooks - Take 2

Here are two more refillable notebooks that I recently completed. 

The covers on these are much more complex than the last ones I posted about. 

These covers have layers of paper, fabric, collage, paint and wax

- that in the end makes a supple yet sturdy cover. 

Inside are a variety of pages - some decorated, some from old books and some plain. 

The pages can be removed from the book, and new pages inserted whenever needed.  

These books each hold 2 signatures of pages, so are thicker than the previous ones I made. 

The cover has a small flap on the right hand side 

that folds over the pages when the book is closed.  

Here you can see the entire cover - the front, the back and the flap  

 - now time for the pages. 

All ready to be written, drawn or glued into!

More Christmas Decorations

Making Christmas decorations has taken up lots of my time lately. 

There are some with trees....

and some with bicycles...

and some with branches.

And now I better get busy with getting a tree to hang these on...

and finish the shopping...

and wrap some presents .....

and do some baking ....

and clean the house.......

Trees...Trees....Trees...

I continue to play with trees 

mixed with a variety of mediums....

acrylic paint, pastels, charcoal, graphite, ink, collage,

and whatever else is laying around on my desk. 

It is my favourite way to create.... or at least at the moment.

I then mounted them onto small wooden cradled panels.

Collage, Scribble, Paint, Draw.... Repeat

I found some blocks of wood laying around my messy studio,

and played with bits of collage, paint, pencil, charcoal 

and anything else that was within reach.  

Creative Play

There hasn't been too much creative playing happening 

in my neck of the woods lately. 

But I have added a few creations in my journal

'For the Love of Play'

This was the first addition of the year.... 

I was planning to fill all of the pages in this book 

by the end of 2016. 

At the rate I am going that won't happen.

But the real goal of this book

was creative play - create just for fun. 

No expectations. 

And that goal has happened 

on each of these pages.  

I hope you are fitting a bit of creative play into your days!