Journal Craft Inspirations

Well, you know how it is the little everyday things that bring back the memories?  Try journaling what you find in your pocket… 

It’s a topic you can re-visit from time to time, as Jerrie has indicated on her page.

From the journal of Jerrie Hall

I love John’s take on this, as he has included himself in the page…

From the Journal of John Payne
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A great way to bring back memories of places you have visited or lived in, is to draw a floorplan - as shown in these two wonderful examples -

Home in Japan - Jerrie Hall

“All of us have special places that we want to remember…I was thinking about our 1st home in Yokuska, Japan…..40 years ago. I really wanted to remember the floor plan and as much of what we had in there…
It was a struggle to pull all of these old memories out of my brain….but on the most part, this was successful.”

Watercolour pencil in Moleskine Sketchbook

From the journal of Jerrie Hall

Childhood Home - John Payne

“I decided to do a spread of our city home before we moved to our final home in the country. It was enjoyable to try to remember all the details. Even talked to my Mom for a little help remembering.”

Watercolour pencil in Moleskine Sketchbook

From the journal of John Payne

 

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Use a favourite poem or quote as the basis of a journal page

“I was inspired by this quote by Tom Stoppard - ‘Every Exit is an Entry somewhere else’. I thought of a person moving from room to room and thought it would make an interesting page if viewed from above. I used the fold of the page to repesent the division betwen rooms”
Soft pastels in a Moleskine sketchbook From the journal of Gill McCowen
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How are you feeling today - happy, sad, tired…?  Use this feeling to create a page.
Let’s say you are feeling sad, what colour resonates with this feeling?
Write about what happened to make you feel that way?
List five other things that make you sad.
What is your best antidote to feeling sad - record this too…

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