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I'm not very prone to souvenirs, especially when it's a matter of stuff which will get dusty after a while and end up on the scrapheap. But I love things which I can really use, so I bought this cute and kitschy bed linen. Love it!
...'less ya gots a good dog and a big tool box.
29 august 2006
as summer winds down i find myself launching into spring cleaning. am i late? or should i attempt a little positive-thinking and say i'm early?
as the next book idea swirls through my head and i toy with different plot possibilities, i've cleaned out the garage, sorted through the main-floor closet, and even took stock of my freezers' contents. i cleaned out the office closet, the spare room, and this morning i finally sorted through my tools and organized everything into my new tool box...a tool box that actually fits both my drills.
as long as i gots my dog and my tools, i'm good to go. :)
5/02/09
I signed up for an art journal class online, and it taught me soooo many cool techniques! And this was my first page using the techniques. Look at how different it is from all the other works! I LOVE it!!! :D
Using techniques from Dina Wakely's Art Journaling 101 class
Thanks A-dab-adu for recommending that class! It was really fun!
pages 4 & 5 of my altered book.
Altered Book, black gesso, private photo, acylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink.
Blogged here:
apaperbear.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/spread-102-my-voice-box/
Today, while watching Louise Hay's DVD "You can Heal Your Life," I was struck by the overwhelming feeling that I need to forgive someone who deeply harmed me. He is the one person who I have felt I could never forgive, and had no desire to. But now I feel like I need to figure out how to do that.
Soul Journal Entry
October 28, 2009
XL Moleskine
There is a story behind every page.
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Incredibly bad service in the tourist office from Heringsdorf/Usedom. Robert asked the woman behind the counter: "Please, could you tell me the highlights of Usedom?" Emplyee: "Got to Peenemünde". Robert: "Hm, that's not very interesting for me. Do you have another recommendation?" Employee: "Hm. No." Robert: "You mean, here is nothing to do?" Employee: "No."
Hm, we didn't have expected so much enthusiasm ;-)
On my way to Kempten (Allgäu) via Kassel. I will never understand people's behaviour on motorways (and other streets). Why do they have to use the left lane when there is a limit of maximum width? And why so many drivers drive too close to the car in front? Scratching my head.
I use the Moleskine Pocket diary since 2001. These are all from 2001-2013. 2014 is in use, but it isn't understatement to say that the quality of the the Moleskine's paper is nothing short of catastrophic.
It hasn't been good in any time, but for me it's such a serious fall off in quality that I won't use the Moleskine in the following years in all probability.
Oben rechts, Apotheke:
„Ah, verstehe. Das heißt Heparin, nicht Batarin. Da hat sich beim Arzt wohl verhört in der Aufregung.“
Unten rechts, auf dem Sofa:
„BOAH, alter Schwede! Wie blöd kann man eigentlich sein? Ich brauch’ Batterien für die Fernbedienung, und die Alte schleppt so’ne olle Salbe an!“
Da rannte Ursula sich die Hacken wund, um für ihren Sohn Peter (44) alle Einkäufe zu erledigen. Na gut, mit so einem Gips mitten im Sommer konnte man schonmal schlechte Laune kriegen. Aber sie so anzuraunzen war schon sehr unverschämt. Das hatte sie wirklich nicht verdient.
Peter (44) had a broken leg, so he gave his shopping list to his mother Ursula, so she should do the grocery shopping. Unfortunately he wrote „batteries“ wrong, he wrote a word which sound like an ointment or medicine from the pharmacy. When Ursula came back Peter was very annoyed. He needed the batteries for his controller! (DAMNED!)
Meine neue unmögliche Hose. Sie hört auf den bekloppten Namen Trousers TRS BIO P45.
My new outrageous trousers. Trousers TRS BIO P45.
All rights reserved. Permission required for any use. © Kathrin Jebsen-Marwedel
Ouch! On the parkingplace at the supermarket someone dented my car. ;-)
When I came out and saw my damaged car I was terribly frightened, because I thought he accident was a case of hit-and-run. But the driver has been waiting in his car until I came back. Very fair, I've been really thankful. The driver was really pleasant, and I nearly wished I would drive a very old car and could have said: "Doesn't matter".
Since a few years I had the feeling that the paper's quality of the Moleskine Pocket diary became worse and worse. So I ripped out a sheet of my first pocket diary and made the comparison: Moleskine Pocket diary 2001 and 2014. (Please note: normally this is really really forbidden! Never ripe out a sheet of your sketchbook or diary! Outrage!)
At the first sight the differences don't seem to be very big. But when I look at the details I see: I'm right. The paper's fiber is getting destructed more fast in the newer Moleskine - you can see it in the paper's surface after treating with watercolor. But this is not the most annoying thing. Please have a look at the red watercolor dot above the two lines on the bottom of the spread. On the left side (2001) the borders are rather sharp. On the right side (2014) the borders are blurred, because the color is bleeding. The sme with the blue copic lines (Copic B24): The lines on the 2014 page have got some kind of shadows from the bled color. Colors are creeping inside the paper, so it's more difficult to draw some vibrant pictures with clear borders.
Pity! I really love those Moleskine pocket diaries, because they've got the best calendar design for me. But I wish the paper's quality will be improved one day. Moleskine, please let me know.
I knew it had been a long time since I journaled. I didn't realize that it had been almost a year since I had uploaded any journal pages.
gesso, acrylic paints, scratched messages, washi tape, painted flowers, and doodling because I miss flowers growing!
My hotel room in the Maritim Clubhotel Timmendorf, Bay of Lubeck. I've been there for 5 days and took part in a seminar.
All rights reserved. Permission required for any use. © Kathrin Jebsen-Marwedel
11.5 in x 33 in Moleskine watercolor journal, Golden Paints, Crayola Airbrush pens, Neocolor 1 oil crayons, Sakura Gel Pens, Daniel Smith Watercolors, Crayola crayons, Portfolio pastels, PITT Pens, Colorbox Pigment Pads, various stamp materials, Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink
My colleague told me I would need a very hip hairstyle before we would visit a vernissage. I answered that I was really very untalented to style my hair, and she offered to do it for me. So she twirled my hair and put a srcunchy in it. When I asked her for the next step she said: "You are ready now!". Ah. I looked like Widow Bolte! She couldn't be serius! ;-)
A double page spread on 'Glamping'. Sourced from # Enjoy England.
2. The Pod
3. Retro Camper Vans from O'Connors & Snail Trail
4. Ekpod
5. Tipi & Yurt hire from Hearthworks
6. Cornish Tipi
7. Lakes Yurt
My internal map. From My XL Moleskine Journal 11.5 x 16.5. Vintage papers, paint, gesso, maps, spray paint papers.
blogged here:http://amanwhocrafts.blogspot.com
Spread 135 – The Destination
Vintage, personal and hand-made papers, Nova Color Acrylic paint, Fabre-Castell brush pen.
15 June 2013
blogged here:
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