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Muse, born with the pen…

August 12, 2011 By Marit 26 Comments

Don't you just LOVE my title? I'll explain in a minute... Weird things happened this week. Strange vibes were in the air. I didn't really feel it, but when I visited a few blogs after finishing some (art)work I tumbled from one surprise into another! Nothing strange happened with this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Haiku, Misc. 1 (bought journal) Tagged With: alphabet, art journal, art journaling, carving, chess, haiku, handmade stamps, stamps

Summer’s coming to an end

August 9, 2011 By Marit 15 Comments

Hi there friends! How was your weekend? Mine was cold, stormy and rainy (Outside that is. Inside the house I made it comfortable and put all kinds of stuff on the big table... paint, glue, brushes - you get the idea. The result is at the end of this post.) It feels like Summer is coming to an end … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '11, Workshops Tagged With: a creative art journey, art journal, art journaling, chronicles, let it loose, mixed media, mixed media workshop, online art journal workshop, workshop by the sea, workshops

a thief in my garden

August 5, 2011 By Marit 25 Comments

Friday, 'haiku my heart' day! Here's for you, sweet friends! .. merels zijn welkom in mijn tuin, het hele jaar maar niet in juli I welcome blackbirds in my garden all year long but not in July   Haiku my Heart is hosted by Rebecca Brooks. Find the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Haiku Tagged With: blackbird, garden, grapes, haiku

How I built up
my weekly art journal page

August 1, 2011 By Marit 21 Comments

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I am stepping outside the box today, 'cause it's Monday evening and you are used to see me blogging on Tuesdays...  I am facing a busy day tomorrow and I have time on my hands this evening... so that's why. I'm sure you don't mind this early post, do you? So let's get on with it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Year... '11, art, Chronicles '11 Tagged With: art journal, art journaling, building an art journal page, chronicles, weekly

Small (haiku) &
big (art journal page)

July 29, 2011 By Marit 27 Comments

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Good morning lovelies! Is it Friday already? Oh yes, it is... time flies! You all know what to expect on Friday don't you? Haiku my heart! But there's more in this post, I also have an art journal page to show. Enjoy! I based my first haiku (yes, I have two haiku's to share) on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Haiku, Misc. 3 (big journal) Tagged With: Amy Winehouse, art journal, art journal page, art journal workshop, art journaling, haiku, index card, recuerda mi corazon, workshop, workshop by the sea

Broken, repaired
and a little bit of blues…

July 26, 2011 By Marit 16 Comments

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Remember this? It's the unfinished page I made for A Year in the Life of an Art Journal. I wrote in this blogpost how I struggled with the prompt, and in the end I left the page unfinished and moved on... ... to come back to it last weekend! I had some spare time and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Year... '11, art, Art Journals, Chronicles '11, Mail Art Tagged With: art journal, art journaling, AYITLOAAJ, blues, journal, Leonard Chess, mail art, postcard, spray ink, weekly

reruns

July 22, 2011 By Marit 31 Comments

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Summer in the Netherlands. Grey skies and 63 degrees outside. Sweatshirt and thick socks. Endless reruns on television. I go with the flow so today I show you my own 'rerun' of a little book I made for my mum in 2008 (yes, I've been writing haiku's for years...) .. Back then, I didn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Haiku, Mini-album Tagged With: haiku, haiku my heart, handmade book, mini album

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My art can be found in galleries on my website. Unless otherwise stated, all photos, images, thoughts and stories on the website as well as on this blog are my own (Marit Barentsen aka Marit’s Paper World.) If you see something you want to share, please link back to my site to give credit where credit is due. I sometimes use photo’s that are not my own to illustrate my stories. If so, I try to give credit to the original photographer or maker. If you have any reason to complain about the use of an image, contact me and I will remove it without discussion.

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