First: I want to point out THIS POST to you…
We are equally excited to have this girl on board!
Welcome Jennifer!
… and then there’s this…
(are you counting down the days already?)
Only one week to go…
‘Quirky Dutch Summer’ is a series of
inspirational posts in English and Dutch.
Start: June 12. Read all about it here.
Nog één weekje wachten op…
‘Quirky Dutch Summer’, een serie
inspirerende posts in het Engels
én Nederlands. Start: 12 Juni.
Lees meer hier.
I am preparing some whimsical and fun posts for this event. I promise:
you will be overloaded with inspiration and tips and techniques to get
your mojo started and going all Summer! Also, I have been recruiting
some ‘quirky’ bloggers to write guest posts.
I think you’re going to be blown away!
OK, enough about all that, let’s get to the content of this, temporarily last,
‘normal’ Tuesday post!
Did you miss my ‘Chronicles’ already?
I am a little behind showing them on my blog aren’t I?
I have two spreads to show you today
The Chronicles of Marit 2012 – Week 21
(Size: 24,5 x 49 cm – 9.65 x 14.86 inch)
It seems like ages ago that I created this spread (it’s been two-and-a-half-week)
It is a nagging, whining, grumbling spread. I really needed to get some things
of my mind! I blurred the text, ’cause you don’t want to read the words I use
when I’m in such a mood. (I’m not always the nice, polite girl I seem to be –
you’d be surprised! 😉 ) Anyway – writing it all down cleared my mind and my
mood has gone up since then, thank you!
Here’s the week that followed…
The Chronicles of Marit 2012 – Week 22
(Size: 24,5 x 49 cm – 9.65 x 14.86 inch)
Ha! The fighting spirit came back here – no more whining but ‘ready to battle’.
I overdid the feeling a bit but after all, I think it’s a fun spread.
Starting next week, I will be showing my ‘Chronicle’ spreads on Friday –
as Tuesdays are reserved for ‘Quirky posts’ this Summer. I’m as curious
as you are to what mood the next pages will show… that’s one of the fun
and exciting parts of keeping a ‘diary’ like this: moods change all the time
and I, too, never know which feeling the spread will get in the end.
I found this quote, and I think it’s a nice one to finish this post with.
“I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change
my mood like the weather.” ~ Shirley Manson ~
I wish you all a sunshiny week!
Jee, wat een schok zeg, niet altijd beleefd en aardig in je journal, wie had dat gedacht? (hopelijk voel je het sarcasme hier vanaf druipen, haha). Trouwens erg gaaf dat schrijven over die boomstammen in de eerste spread. Mooi gedaan. Stemmingswisselingen zijn menselijk, zonder zouden we robots zijn, toch?
Congrats to Jennifer for joining your team!! That’s awesome!! And loving your pages!! LOVING how you did the journaling on the first one!!
Very cool pages and congrats on the new team!!
I adore the page with the tree, in spite of the mood. But isn’t that the greatest thing about journals? You can spill all your feelings there or lose yourself inthe art making and then find yourself back in the fighting stance ? 😉
Looking forward to a Marit summer wonderful !
Love and light, Amazing One !
Fantastic journaling. I especially love week 21!
erg mooi de journaling geschreven op de boomstammen!
ben erg benieuwd naar je ‘quirky dutch summer’….ik ben volgende week een weekje vrij, dus savonds genoeg tijd om creatief bezig te zijn…hoop ik;)
Beautiful and amazing pages, Marit!
Wow, heb ik even veel bij te lezen en kijken 😉
Wat een geweldige chronicles pages! Zo mooi beeldend!Ben benieuwd naar je quirky summer Marit!
These are fantastic! I love that first one- so introspective! I would love to be considered as a guest writer at Featuring! I will wing by the website and see if there are submission calls- thank you for reminding me! I’ve been meaning to do so for weeks! Congrats to Jennifer- her work is amazing!
Love your honesty, Marit, and the inspiration of your art! I always come away from your blog with a refreshed feeling of YES inside my body.
fun post as always dear Marit
we are each made of many moods … light and dark sometimes too
You prove again and again that Art Heals and helps us breathe
Happy June…sounds like you have lots of fun planned for us 🙂
oxo
Congrats to Jennifer for joining your team and I love your journal pages as always! I think it’s important to put down on paper the good, the bad and the ugly!! This move has kicked my ass and it has felt like soooo long since I’ve been able to create. I’m 3/4 done unpacking my art room so hopefully soon!!!!!
I totally agree with the quote! And your pages are gorgeous!!
Excited for Tuesday and I have an exciting announcement tomorrow afternoon too.
xxD
I forgot to say that I think we need to make those darker posts. We are not always happy or creative. I am trying to get my latest art journal entry up and it is dark. we aren’t always hopeful or upbeat but we are real and real people are dynamic, always changing. keep the real you creating like you are!!
xxD