#30/100 Jim's pocket notebook (Journal #6)

This tiny journal 2.5" x 3" is one I made for Jim.  He always carries index cards in his pocket to write down things he thinks of and doesn't want to forget.

Recently, he came home and said that he wished he had a small notebook to write some of the interesting information people tell him while he is acting as a docent at WAAAM (Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum) in Hood River, Oregon.

Since I am very much into making journals of all sorts and sizes, I decided to make a tiny one that would fit in his pocket.  I printed out a photograph of his 172 sitting in the snow the first winter he bought it.  The front half of the plane is on the front cover, the back half of the plane is on the back cover.  Both covers were made of sturdy cardboard, so he could write without having to find a surface to put the notebook on.

He was very excited when I presented it to him.  A few days later, he went to his regular Saturday morning breakfast with his pilot friends and showed it off.  I believe some of them were actually jealous of that adorable little notebook with Jim's very own plane on the cover.  Don't really know; but I guess they were.

#29/100 Clifford's Journal - Complete (Journal #5)

Remember Clifford's Journal (#18/100)?  I took the empty journal and decided to use it to record my art since I completed my Zentangle training, last April 2016.

Inside, I mixed blank art paper with some of the original pages from the story book and printed and pasted pictures of where zentangle has taken me.  Here you see some of my wearable art.  Some of the first zentangle inspired art I did: a pair of keds and a baseball cap decorated with zentangle.

The 15" x 15" mosaic tile piece I made was from a zentangle design I originally did in a smaller version on a 3.5" x 3.5" zentangle paper tile.

Inside the cover, I stamped the date, "2016," and "Art by Jinx," along with some decorative stamping.

Now I have a pretty complete record of all the art I have done up to the #100DayChallenge.

"Cats" Journal #28/100 #100DayChallenge (Journal #4)

I took a Little Golden Book and cut the covers and pages away from the binding.  Then I inserted sketch paper, cut to size (4 pieces), between each page.  Last, I punched the covers and pages and bound it all with a spiral wire.

These are shots of two interior pages.  On one side is a blank sketch/writing page and the other one of the original pages from the book.

This little journal will fun to fill up.

Cosmos #27/100 #100DayChallenge

I'm getting behind on posting.  So, today I'll be posting 4 projects, starting with:
 "Cosmos."  11' x 14".  Done in acrylic on a wood panel.  The patterns were made with stencils I made from hot glue.  Reminded me of the cosmos, hence the name.

#26/100 #100DayChallenge Curio Tin

This little tin has been repurposed as a treasure trove for some old curios.  It's decorated front, back and inside the lid with old newspaper ads from the 1930's.  In the main compartment is an old photo of a couple sitting on the stoop in front of a house, a house key, a pendant with the initials WW, and an old button and some flowers.  The top of the lid has a button for the knob that is used to open the tin.  It's just a tiny curiosity containing a story that each person will tell differently upon opening the tin and studying the contents.  It would be a great writing prompt.

25/100 #100DayChallenge Mini Love Journal (Journal #3)

This little cutie is barely 2" x  4" and has 18 blank pages for anything the artist or writer wants to put in it...poetry?  words of love?  recipes?
The front and back are covered with some of my original art (except the stamp) I thought the stamp might inspire ideas for the contents.

24/100 #100DayChallenge "It's All I Have"

I'm sorry my picture taking skills are so iffy.  And the glass reflects the light.  But here is #24/100, a mixed media work that doesn't show up very good at all - with 2 lines from an Emily Dickenson poem:
      "It's all I have to bring today -
      This, and my heart beside."
I'm loving poetry these days.

23/100 #100DayProject

"The Storm"

Acrylic on wood.  

The last stanza of Robert Frost's A Line-Storm Song - Poem is included as part of the art:

"Oh, never this whelming east wind swells
But it seems like the sea’s return
To the ancient lands where it left the shells
Before the age of the fern;
And it seems like the time when after doubt
Our love came back amain.
Oh, come forth into the storm and rout
And be my love in the rain." 

22/100 #100DayChallenge "The Raven"

"The Raven"

Ever since I did the mixed media piece entitled, "The Lady of Shallot," I've been fascinated with the concept of the art of literature.  This morning I completed a dark and mysterious piece entitled, "The Raven."  In mixed media with some new techniques used for the background and the first stanza of EAP's famous poem written over the face of the man, himself, and a couple of ravens, one perched above a chamber door.  I love the way EAP seems to be staring at the viewer through the words of his poem.

What do you think?

21/100 #100DayChallenge "Hope Springs"

Tissue paper collage with bird.

20/100 #100DayChallenge Zentangle Class in The Dalles

Two Zentangles, one from my student, Marsha Morrison (on the right) who did a beautiful job on her first Zentangle, and the other from me (on the left).  After doing the Zentangles above, Marsha began a Valentine heart similar to the two I did a couple of days ago.  Though we ran out of time to finish, Marsha was able to take the project home to complete it.  I really enjoy the small class situation.  It is a great way to get to know each other while we work on our art together.

Two other ladies were signed up for the class but had an emergency and couldn't make it as planned.  Maybe another time.

18/100 & 19/100 Personal Art and Writing Journals (Journal #2 & 3) Clifford

 I started out to make a journal for myself that I could draw or write in.  One that started as a children's book, with a cute cover, that concealed the journal inside.  I found several kid's books at the thrift store that I liked and selected this one (Clifford's Kitten) as my first.  It is bright and fun.

8.5" X 9" Journal

Small 3.5" X 4"Sketch Journal

I used paper from an art pad to use with pen and marker.  I cut the pages to the exact dimensions that matched the size of the front and back covers.  

Next I inserted 2 sheets of art paper between each of the story pages that I had cut out of the book and when that was done I punched the pages to accept the spiral that was going to hold it all together.  

Then, after removing the binding edge from the front and back covers, I punched them for my new journal covers.  I was doing pretty good until I realized I had punched one too many holes in the front cover.  You can see that in the picture on the left.  Oh, well, too late to change that.  

After assembling the book, I ended up with an art journal disguised as a kid's book.  The pages flip out of the way when I start drawing, and the covers are solid, so I can put the book on my knee to draw or write at any time, and it will support my work.  

After I had cut the art paper to size for the Clifford's Kitty journal, I had 3.5" strips left that were 8' long.  I cut them to 4" each and punched and assembled them for a pocket-sized art journal.  

I made the covers from the sturdy cardboard that had backed the original art pad and put it all together with a short piece of spiral wire.  I decorated the top cover with some Zentangle designs and voila! a tiny journal that I'm already using to keep notes on the Zentangle classes I teach.