JO REIMER: Travel Journal

Friday, October 01, 2010

Travel Journal - October 2010

Cover

8x10

I'm building a new journal for an upcoming trip back to my old stompin' grounds. I used Teesha Moore's directions for her 16 page journal which is constructed from 2 sheets of Fabriano Artistico 140# watercolor paper, torn in thirds and sewn together.
The size of the journal is just right for my carry-on luggage and the format allows me to work however I want, though I have no definite plans. I've created some borders on most of the pages, added a few pictures to make it personal and I'm ready to go. Once I've completed this journal I intend to make a short video of it to show you how it looks completed.
Here are a couple of the ready-to-go pages:

The yellow flap folds back to give me blue pages to work on. I'll probably add more colors to this spread before I leave.

I've added pictures of my grandkids in the book so I can show off to family and friends along the way. This is Amy when she was 6 or 7, half her liftime ago.

6 comments:

Rita A.12:33 PM PDT
What a wonderful journal. You are going to have so much fun with it.
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Bren Graham Thebeau3:16 PM PDT
What a great idea, looking forward to see those finished pages. Bright and joyful, enjoy the journey back in time
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jgr4:47 PM PDT
I love your new journal! Bright colors and what a good idea to include pics of your Gkids. Very cool! I hope you have a fabulous trip!
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Jo Reimer1:02 PM PDT
I'm glad you like the journal. I've found that if I make an attractive to me cover I'm more apt to use the journal. And the more that's in it there's more that I want to respond to, hence the pictures.
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Mary5:00 AM PDT
Jo, this looks great! Love the colors, and yes if the cover is appealing it makes using the journal more fun I think!! Looking forward to seeing the video!!
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Marjorie1:01 PM PDT
Just had to say how much I enjoyed your blog-found by way of Catherine St. H and my collage teacher, Laura!
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Art Tip: brush cleaning

As I work with acrylic medium for glue or with acrylic paints I stand my brushes in a bucket of water on my work table and give them a soap and water cleanup every day or so. But eventually my brushes get gunky and sometimes I forget to clean them. That's when I clean them with Murphy's Oil Soap. I keep an inch of MOS mixed 1:1 with water in a tall plastic tub (Feta from Costco) and put caked brushes in that solution overnight. By the next day the soap has softened the brush and with a bit of elbow grease I can get the brushes back to useable. This also works for brushes used with oil paint. I gave up using oils but wanted to save those good brushes and Murphy's Oil Soap came to the rescue. Get it at the grocery store.