My Altered Journal

I have a daily journal where I write the day to day events, make lists and so on. In June, my second journal of this year got completed.The same time, I got the book," Artist's Journal Workshop: Creating your Life in Words and Pictures"  by Cathy Johnson. It inspired me to come up with this Altered Journal.

 I altered a 2011 Journal and for the last six days I have been enjoying my daily writing/sketching/painting...in here a lot more than before.

Now a look into my journal:
I didn't try for perfection or excellence here.My focus is only in drawing something that is related to my life. It is all about memories that I want to cherish.

A blank page like this was altered in many ways   

A sketch of the skyride that we took at the fair

My son's toy cab. Though it didn't turn out well he was very happy to see it. It is very easy to make the little ones happy:)

A piece of jewelry that I am planning to make

Watercolor background

A new page for tomorrow. On the right doodled flowers in watercolor.

You don't have to pay so much for a journal. If you have an old book, glue a couple of pages together, paint or doodle the backgrounds, or do some collage and journal. I guarantee, you will enjoy it more than using any ready-to-write journals.

Thank you

Susan