Revealed

I love what journaling reveals to me about….me.

Sometimes you just never know, when you first put pen to page, what’s going to emerge.  It’s really very interesting--

Sometimes a thought or two are already in your head—sometimes a thought or two originally penned by a much wiser someone else, but out it comes—committed to paper…and you learn something from it.

I also find it interesting what I choose to put with those words.  The images reveal quite a bit about us, as well, I think…how we are, how we were—how we would like to be…

 

And sometimes what gets revealed is the little girl inside of us, just itching to come out and play with paint and paper…just to see what she looks like.

Wishing you lots of wonderful revelations today…

Julie

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New Things

Trying out some new things this week…I’ve been having the urge to try some new techniques in my journaling.  A little painting seemed like just the thing for me…

Freehand flowers and a big fat heart drawn on my pages.  Some old watercolor crayons that I haven’t touched in ages were brought back up to the table and given a whirl…….

…and I fell deeply, madly in love.

I’ll be  doing much more of this in the future!

Some face cards courtesy of Hope Wallace Karney came out to play, as well.  I love these pieces—so much fun to journal on, around & under…

Some personal journaling blurred for the photo just a bit….

Don’t be afraid to try some new things today—you just might have more fun than you think!

Julie

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Contentment

I hope you’re finding a majority of your days are happy ones…I know they aren’t all happy—but isn’t it a quiet joy to find that most of them really are?

 

It doesn’t take much to find happiness in a day.  Sometimes its’ just looking at the little things that surround us.  Some of them may be very small.  But, they’re there.

I’m grateful for these lazy, summer days…school has just ended for my youngest daughter.  Unbelievable.  On to college not many days from now.  But, for now, she’s all mine.  And I’m content.

My oldest daughter will be home this weekend with two of her roommates—so much fun to anticipate being with them—even if it’s only for a few short days.  My middle daughter home in two weeks for a short time before her next adventure…

And I am content.

I know that not every day will be this way.   I know there will be busier days.  Lonelier days.  But for today, I am grateful, and I am very, very content.

Wishing you all some blissfully contented days…

Julie

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