Author: Jennie Moraitis
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Happy Journal for Kids — A Gratitude Journal for Children
A gratitude journal plus an art journal makes a happy journal! And this happy journal for kids is a great (and easy) way to teach your child about finding the good in life! Earlier this year, I started happy journaling with my daughter for our homeschool. We usually start the day with this—she doodles in…
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Be Brave In Your Life, Creativity, and Art Journal!
How can you be brave in your life AND your art journal? I’m glad you asked! We are currently in the middle of an art journaling challenge where we are diving deep into a prompt for two weeks at a time. It’s been a fun journey to use these prompts to draw, collage, paint, and…
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The Art Journaling Gift Guide
Whether you’re looking for ideas for a birthday, Christmas, or just a fun gift for yourself, you’ll find something you’ll love in this art journaling gift guide. Art journal and happy journal supplies are the best! Keeping an art journal is a great way to express your creativity and de-stress. It’s also a great activity…
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How to Make a Fall Watercolor Leaf Card
Learn how to make a fall watercolor leaf card using watercolor pencils. This is a simple project to do and will brighten a friend’s day when they receive it in the mail! When I was visiting my parents recently, I had the chance to read through my mom’s stack of magazines and new-to-me cookbooks. You…
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Those Eyes! Drawing Eyes in Your Art Journal
We are on our third prompt for the Simple Art Journaling Challenge (learn more about it here), and our prompt for the next two weeks is going to be Drawing Eyes. Oh my goodness, I don’t know what it is about eyes, but they are so much fun to draw. And easier than you might…
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Four Fun Ways to Fill up Your Blank Art Journal
Do you have a brand-new (or not-so-new) blank art journal that needs some love? Looking for some art journal ideas for beginners? I know how intimidating it can be to start a new journal from scratch. Even though I’ve been art journaling and regular journaling for YEARS, I still stop short with a new journal.…
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Nature-Inspired Art Journal Fairy Princess
Today I’m going to show you how to make your own nature-inspired art journal fairy princess! This is such a fun way to incorporate nature walks into the pages of your journal. When I walk through our various forest paths in the summer, what with the wildflowers in full bloom and the dappled light on…
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Transfer Nature Walk Inspiration Into Your Art Journal
There is nothing like a nature walk to fill my creative spirit with inspiration. I’m sure it’s the same for you. Whether you live near a forest like I do or in a suburban neighborhood, you can find delightful surprises that can act as prompts and inspiration for your art journal. For the next couple…
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How to Fail in Three Easy Steps (And Why You Need To)
Considering failure is one of the Big Fears many of us creatives face, writing a post on how to fail might seem a bit . . . well, strange. But how are we going to ever push past this fear if we keep on giving it teeth? You know how it is: when you feed…
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Three Ways to Make Time for Creativity
Ah, the time factor. Have you ever wanted to jump into a creative project and then talked yourself out of it because of the time involved? Maybe you imagined hauling out all the fabric and sorting it. Or searching through your closet or drawers for the knitting needles. Or driving over to the store to…