(click photos to enlarge)It was a beautiful Saturday morning! What better time to walk over to my neighborhood art supply store for some goodies? I had me a journal to wreck and some artistic experimentation to do! I always feel like a kid when I walk into art supply stores. The increasing garbage on our streets couldn't even deflate my exhilaration!
I got glitter glue, water color paint, and water color pens... I also got me a coffee! This is how my WTJ Art picnic for one began!
Ready for the results? teehee!
I poked a hole in the cover where I scratched a heart on it and sewed the heart on the cover. I painted the heart red of course! I embellished it with a smiley face button and made this bead bookmark which I have had to reinforce since. It was a big thrill just popping a hole in the cover of a book. Intentionally!
And since I was poking holes, I grabbed the first few pages and drilled holes in them, then laced an amber necklace I made through them.
Then I colored! I got the watercolors to work! I just splattered color with abandon, with no real intention then painted patterns. I added some stars that I give students and rocked the coloring page! :)
I moved onto the sticky page, dripping honey and sticking gum on it. I added some glitter glue for effect! Then I started throwing random things on there like tissue paper and string. To my delight, a lady formed with the instruction bubble for her head wearing a dress with a train, a bustle and a bouquet. See her?
I went back to the thick/thin line page! I am finding I don't like blank pages any more. LOL! So I reinforced the lines and added a little Picasso-esque scribble. Then I splattered one side with color. I will be painting both sides! :)
Before Father's Day, I found this in the newspaper and cut it out as a homage to my daddy. So I added some watercolor to the page. I kind of like the effect. :)
I wrote and drew with my left hand...
The writing was harder than the drawing for some reason.
I tossed cherries at the target! The squishy ones I didn't want to eat!
I got out the markers and scribbled wildly!
Then I got my nail polish out! Dun dun dun!
Drip! Drip! Drip! (I was so excited the pic is blurry! hehe)
SMOOSH! :)I love the shiny effect. :)
And what's an artistic picnic without some sewing materials? I had some mending to do, so why not? Whoop!
So I added some tassels and beads! And tried my hand again with my water color pens!
Last but not least I sent off my swap page to Kara aka Mother Henna
WHOOP!
I will be posting it next week when hopefully Kara has received it! :)
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This whole experience has popped open so many areas in my life.
I decided to strip my coffee table and repaint it. It's all blotchy and scratched. Instead of getting rid of it, I decided to revamp it. Why not?
I'm totally overhauling my garden. Chopping, unearthing, simplifying.
And that, my friends, is just the beginning!
For more Adventures in Wrecking, please visit Jamie Ridler's Next Chapter !
Last but not least I sent off my swap page to Kara aka Mother Henna
WHOOP!
I will be posting it next week when hopefully Kara has received it! :)
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This whole experience has popped open so many areas in my life.
I decided to strip my coffee table and repaint it. It's all blotchy and scratched. Instead of getting rid of it, I decided to revamp it. Why not?
I'm totally overhauling my garden. Chopping, unearthing, simplifying.
And that, my friends, is just the beginning!
For more Adventures in Wrecking, please visit Jamie Ridler's Next Chapter !
40 comments:
Too cool.Your wrecking is inspired - and so creative - and pretty.
Destroy to create. Where do you get all this energy?
Wow, Genie, you've been busy! I'm definitely inspired now to catch up with my wrecking. I love how you're using so many different materials and color and just wrecking with abandon! Well done, my friend!
Thank you for visiting my blog yesterday. It's good to be back. :)
Yay !!!! Your play is so excited and infectious ! I love that you got to that real, child-like, just go for it level in your play - beautiful !
Summer joy for my friend Genie ! That is a very good thing !
Such wonderful and inspiring wreckage. I love what you are doing. So free and daring.
Wow! Someone is having a very good time! I love all the color and embellishments, the tassles, the beads. You've got that baby all gussied up darlin'!
What a great start to your summer!!
you are doing a fantastic job! I like how I can go to other people's posts and get some great ideas too! I love the painting over those photos or newspaper print of photos? It really set it off. You have many colorful pages I really like!
I love watching you wreck your journal! Your joy shines through each time. :)
I agree with Tabitha! I love seeing these posts...what fun you are having! Wreck away girl!!
Bwahahaha! You threw cherries at your bullseye!!! LOVE IT!!!
You're hilarious and this post is fantastic. You are inspiring me to be more crazy with the journal wreckage - thank you!
OH, and I can't draw that well with my BEST hand - you are so talented! It's all so great!
Genie you are one busy wrecking machine! What gorgeous pages. Funny, this week I used my nail polish too! :)
That is so awesome that you are taking a writing retreat. I can't wait to hear more.
Thanks to you, I finally know what to do with that nail polish I always think is such a good idea and then I never use after one try at keeping my nails nice! You are a divine mess! You and your journal!
Lucky Kara/Mother Henna! lol
What good times you're obviously having! Gonna show the refinished coffee table to us?????? I have a side table that's electric blue now and I want to see the real wood underneath - wanna come over? I have a spare room.
Wow, how colorfull! And I like all these chains in it!
Happy wrecking!
Magical, joyful, rich with color and texture. Every page is a delight!!
WOW! How creative. It appears you are having a great time wrecking your journal. I look forward to seeing more.
Wow! Genie, your creative soul has been unleashed.
So much fun!!!
One of my favourites is the left hand writing page.
Great wrecking! From the cover through all the pages - lots of great art being done. Love the Picasso figure!
Take care.
wow! that is some of the most serious wrecking i've seen! Coolness to the nth degree!
That was wonderful! I know what you mean by wanting to do something else where. I was think of my kitchen window. Happy wrecking. See ya next week.
You have been a busy busy lady!! How exciting--even through the screen I can feel you just Ooozing with Muse-y energy!! Though I haven't had much time to post in the past week, I love keeping track of what all you gorgeous souls are up to. :)
Much Joy & Many Blissings~*
Molly
Such glamourous journal, love it! :)
You made writing with your left hand look easy! Goodness, I had a terrible time. I love all of the color you've infused into the pages - love the watercolor newspaper page especially.
Some very beautiful pages there! I love the scribble wildly...
Wooo Hooo Baby!!! Love it!!!!
Yeah! Way to wreck it!!!!
fantastic! I can feel the fun you are having!
I might do something like this with my grandsons oneday...
You have been busy! Nice wrecking! I love your newspaper page.
Wow--this is so beautiful, so colorful, so CREATIVE! Excellent wrecking!
Holy smokes, you have done so much wrecking! I love seeing all the awesome colourful destruction. Great job!
Your journal is truly turning into a work of art!
I think what I'm noticing through this process is that the line between creation and destruction is blurring.
We're "destroying" this book, but the result is actually a creation!
talk about wrecking with abandon.. you are a superstar. your journal must be 8 or 9 inches thick! loving those sexy tassels
Wow! You have had another great week! I might just have to get my daughters to drip their fingernail polish in my journal - we just went shopping to accessorize their outfits for an upcoming wedding - the purchase included three new nail polish colors! Love your arty wrecking!
Wow- that's a lot of great wrecking! Your left hand page came out very nicely.
your journal is definitely going to get an A+, no doubt! you really are doing a bang up job on this project and it seems to be cathartic...I admit to having lost interest quite soon on the project but am loving watching yours. I think the nail polish experiment was fabulous! and who doesn't love a good tassle or two!! ;) I have been flinging paint but it has been at paper on board rather than the journal so we can give me a C- for that effort...
xoxo
I love the energy of your journal! Also the "art picnic" sounds like so much fun - I'm going to have to have one of those!!
I enjoyed seeing your wrecked journal so much. Isn't it fun to experiment?! Thanks for sharing it with us. :)
These pages are really freaking cool. I love the tassels..and the whole painting of it all. Fab!
Peace & Love.
Gorgeous, fantastic pages!!!! Keep it up :))
Genie, you are totally rocking it out. Or should I say wrecking it out! The colours are sublime. The tribute to your dad, priceless. Lots of creative yumminess oozing on each page and beyond!
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