journal, jan 31: emotions - safe

Here are the pics. Hopefully I can add the words later tonight! For now, it's off to Salem for a birthday party!

Ok, still here enjoying the birthday party, dancing the night away, but stealing a moment to write. [P.S. GREAT b-day party, Deirdra! Good food, gallery hopping to see our work in the Wild Women show! Dancing, games, a movie! :D]

So, I made my journal a la Teesha Moore's directions, and after working on the first signature, I got kind of lazy about how I was pre-painting the pages, and ended up with some stuff like this... The journal sat for months, with me not knowing what the heck to do with it.

Thankfully, I have been learning a thing or two from all of you, and I gave myself permission to experiment and try and decided that if it turns out ugly, it's ok - I am learning.

So first thing, I had to camouflge this page! Covered it with some loverly tissue paper.

Next I added some collage elements here and there.

I took photos of my hands (because I knew what I wanted but I'm not such a great drawer (draughtsman!).

Photo copy, add to collage.

On a separate photocopy of my hands (that printed out strangely because I'm out of black ink), I painted this little figure.

Et voila! The finished page - well, finished for now.

Emotion of the day: With your loving support and encouragement, I feel safe. I want to thank Misty from the bottom of my heart for this wonderful month of art exploration, and to others who have been a part of this journey with me. I want to continue the exploration, maybe by spending some more time with some of the prompts, and certainly by keeping in touch with new blogging friends, seeing what you're up to, being inspired, and continuing to share. This has been the most wonderful way to start off 2009 - thank you!!!