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Art journaling & woyww #391

November 30, 2016 By Marit 8 Comments

Hi there sweeties. It’s Wednesday and I was in my atelier pretty early this morning – half past 7 – with the radio on, of course, because this week is “Top 2000 voting week” in the Netherlands (see this post) The radio program is fun, the Top 2000 blogparty-Facebook group is fun ánd my desk is fun… colorful and bright images and paper scraps everywhere: I am creating mail art.
Take a look

WOYWW #391

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Most deskers have all kinds of Christmas stuff laying on their desk but not me, no. I may create a few “New Year cards” for my most loved ones but I will not bother to create a whole bunch of Christmas cards… the postal costs are just too high to send cards to everyone.

Next, I have an art journal spread to show. Week 45 (three weeks ago) was the week in which a lot happened: my son received his degree (bachelor of science, artificial intelligence) Trump got elected and Leonard Cohen died…

The Chronicles of Marit 2016 – Week 45

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The top photo (left) show my son while he was spoken to by a professor of the University. The other photo shows my son with his dad and me… pretty special, ’cause I don’t see his father much (he lives somewhere else.)

A full week, and then I heard that Leonard Cohen had died. So I added an extra page to my journal to create a tribute-page.

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I added a (plastic) pocket to the page for keeping the articles from the newspapers.

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It’s cold outside and I plan to spendmost of the day in my atelier, creating and visit other ‘deskers’ that participate in woyww. What’s On My Work desk Wednesday is a weekly blog hop hosted by Julia Dunnit.  She has the rules and regulations posted on her blog if you would like to hop along with us. We just take a photo of our work space and blog about it and then link to Julia’s blog.  It’s really easy and lots of fun and you can visit with so many wonderful bloggers. There is a lot of talent and inspiration to be found around the world.

Thanks for your visit and have an inspiring week.

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '16, woyww Tagged With: art journaling, chronicles, work desk, woyww#391

Comments

  1. Kathyk says

    November 30, 2016 at 11:05 am

    Fab desk and journal, my neighbour was a big fan of Leonard Cohen too

    Happy WOYWW

    Kathyk
    #21

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  2. Shaz says

    November 30, 2016 at 11:31 am

    Hi Marit, great stuff! Love the pic of your son, and your family. Congrats to him, by the way. Have a lovely week,Hugs,Shaz #10 xxx

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  3. Zsuzsa Karoly-Smith says

    November 30, 2016 at 1:34 pm

    I really like how you chronicle the week’s events – it’s like a visual diary. It will be nice to look back on it in years to come. Lovely tribute to Leonard Cohen – great quote too! I can see it’s frosty in your neck of the woods too. Happy WOYWW! zsuzsa #22

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  4. Monica Smith says

    November 30, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    What a wonderful journal showing that special day. Ask your son if he can send me a slice of intelligence, my intellect seems at times to have been stolen by a drone!

    Hugs Monica 32

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  5. Sharon K says

    November 30, 2016 at 4:41 pm

    Great journal pages. I love how you’ve included current events and lots of colourful pictures and writing. Truly wonderful.

    Have a great week
    Sharon K #33

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  6. Helen says

    November 30, 2016 at 7:39 pm

    what a great journal remembering a wonderful day. Have a good week. Helen #1

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  7. Ginny Maxam says

    December 2, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    What a super desk, right in front of a window!! I love your journal pages too! Have a great week! Ginny#45 WOYWW

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  8. Morti says

    December 5, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    That’s a fab journal. I wish I’d thought of doing something like that this year – we’ve lost so many amazing people.

    Morti @ 35

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