Category: Creative Journaling
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55+ Free Art Journal Prompts
I love using free art journal prompts because they encourage me to create things in my journals that I normally wouldn’t make. Rather than painting or collaging the same old, same old, I get to play and imagine and try something completely new. Personally, I use art journaling prompts in several different ways, so I…
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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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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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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…
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How to Draw Cute Stick Figures
Today I’m going to teach you how to draw cute stick figures for your happy journal or planner. We’re going to unlock our playful side and see that we don’t have to go to art school to learn to draw. To start, let’s take a deep breath and remind ourselves that drawing is for ourselves.…