slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Journalfest
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Both were inspired by a spectacular sunrise seen from a bluff at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington, on Oct. 25, 2009, the morning I left the first Journalfest. Don’t believe the colors? Look here. Cotton warp, mostly silk weft – some handspun and hand dyed – hanging in wooden shadowboxes. Each tapestry…
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I finally finished my Journalfest journal yesterday while waiting at the doctor’s office. I’m posting some of the pages here in case you think that art journaling is hard or requires special talent or something like that. An art journal is just for you, and it contains a combination of art and writing, or maybe…
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Journalfest was, as expected, another awesome experience. I flew to Seattle and took a shuttle bus over to Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Washington. The town itself is beautiful and if I did nothing but walk its beaches and explore its shops and restaurants for a week, I’m sure that I would have…
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I took two classes from L.K. Ludwig because I love her book Mixed Media Nature Journals so much and I couldn’t decide which class I wanted to take. She is teaching a monthly online photo journaling class – it’s not too late to sign up because it begins November 1! Take a look at her…
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Dan Essig’s “The Exquisite Corpse Mica Book” class L.K. Ludwig’s “Painted, Knotted, Sewn” class L.K. Ludwig’s “Outside Inside” class
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I’ve uploaded photos to Flickr but will be editing and writing descriptions over the next week. It will be difficult to choose the ones to show here on the blog. This is a teaser. I finally just picked one at random from the Sunday sunrise photos, the sunrise that put the sun in Sunday. I’ve…
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In case you didn’t get the news, this is where I’m heading at 6:30 a.m. I should be there at 4 p.m. their time. I’ll be in the little green area just above the words Port Townsend. Seattle and Tacoma are just to the south of the map. Now I’m going to turn off the…
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Oh, have I been looking forward to this morning. No real plans, other than to study for my exam on Monday and to get materials ready for this week’s trip to Journalfest in Port Townsend, Washington. Guido is galloping around the house like a racehorse. He is 13 years old and still a kitten. Lucy…