Did I long for sunny weather last week? Oh yes!
My wish was answered – but you know the saying:
“Look out what you wish for, it might come true”.
It’s tropical hot last days.
For Holland, that is… if you live in a hot area you probably laugh
at 35 Celsius / 95 Fahrenheit, but it’s a little too much for me.
Guess what?
The moment I thought ‘this is a bit overly’ the forcast predicts
thunderstorms, heavy showers, hail, rain and wind.
Right.
Let’s get this post in the air as soon as possible then, ’cause when
thunderstorms hit our house we will turn out all the computers.
(We always do – computers are our living and we don’t want them damaged)
Last week was – despite the bad weather – a really good one!
With the article-writing-job done, I had time to create ánd I went to
the Eels concert! The concert was the highlight of the week (year?!)
and ofcourse my weekly page is all about that!
(Remember: click any picture to enlarge for a better view.)
The Chronicles of Marit 2011 – Week 25
(31 x 23 cm - 12.2 x 9.1 inch)
I glued the entree ticket on the page, and the review from the flyer.
The sentence (blue letters) is a title of one of their songs.
In the little plastic bag is a journaling card with a summary of what
I did that week.
Week 25 is also the last weekly page in this journal!
I made this journal to contain half a year in weeks. (if you’re better
at math than I am, you’ll notice that half a year has 26 weeks… you’re right.
I miscalculated and bound pages for only 25 weeks…
Uhm, I’m not that good in maths…)
I had one page left in this journal. I want to use it to ‘look back’ on
the first months of this year. I already glued a photo to the page,
but I’ll wait for my sharpies to arrive to journal on this page (which is
glossy photo paper)
Now that my journal is filled, look at the spine!
Isn’t it great how the paint and spray ink and stuff from all those pages show?
To keep my ‘Chronicles’ going (and ofcourse I want that!) I had to bind me
a new journal for the next half year. (And YES, this has the right amount
of pages. I counted, recounted and counted again… 😉 )
(15 x 21 cm - 5.9 x 8.3 inch)
Brand new. Made with thick watercolour paper.
Fresh, empty pages.
LOVE IT ALREADY!
I had some of the paper left and with that, I made this small book.
It measures
10,5 x 10 cm
(4.1 x 3.9 inch)
and you can
call it a
tiny art journal.
It can also be used
as a notebook – to
keep in your purse
and take notes
or write quotes
on the pages.
Call it whatever you
want but I call it a
GIVEAWAY!
It’s real easy to enter this giveaway.
There are no flaming hoops to jump through or
belly dances to perform.
Just leave a comment on this posts. That’s it!
The winner will be announced on my son’s birthday, Tuesday July 5.
In case you wonder how I bind it, here’s a picture.
(there are 6 signatures, which makes 12 pages = 24 sides)
The ‘Workshop at the Sea’ groups are starting to fill!
Especially the International weekend is popular.
Registration closes on September 30th or when the group
is full, so if you want to be part of it, don’t wait to long!
(Find the info on the website Marit’s Paper World or send me an e-mail)
In my last post, I gave you a link to a Dutch article about me in a newspaper.
A lot of you asked me for a translation, and Annemarie surprised me with that!
Thanks a lot dear!!!
So, for all my English reader: the original article in Dutch can be found here
(see top left of the website) – and here’s the translation:
Art journaling is hot
An art journal can be compared to a visual diary. It is a book in which daily life is documented in words and pictures. They are wonderful illustrated personal diaries. Many people publish them online and they can be found in all styles and sizes. Some ‘art journalers’ make intimate pages, others keep it more general, but it’s always personal!
Marit Barentsen graduated as a teacher in the arts, and has been creating art journals for a few years now. She binds her own books, which she then fills with text and images. She has been active for several years on the Internet, where she keeps her followers informed about her creative process on her blog. On her website, “Marit’s Paper World” she teaches online workshops. Living in Brabant but born and raised in the province of Zeeland, she calls on her roots and returns to this region to teach a live workshop.
In November, there will be two workshop weekends with Marit on “art journaling and mixed media.” During the workshops you can learn all about art journaling. Each participant binds his own book whereupon there will be worked on the pages with various creative techniques. She will be discussing the pages and encourages the students to fill it in a personal way. Also, the poet Johanna Kruit will teach a haiku-workshop. The haikus that are written, will be processed on the pages. It will be a versatile and creative workshop weekend in which the sea and beach will be reflected in the artwork. We highly recommend it.
The sun is still shining.
No thunderstorms (yet…)
I completed this post in time, yay!
Have a nice week, dear ones!
wat een leuk mini journal ik ben gek op boekjes.
en gefeliciteerd voor je zoon.
soo fabulous. I love love love that binding with the details from the pages showing through the back. Beautiful!
Wow Marit, wat moet dat een lekker gevoel geven, zo’n gevuld art journal! Het is mij nog niet gelukt..ik begin telkens een nieuwe voordat de oude vol is…Je kleine art journal ziet er ook weer erg spannend uit! Leuk dat je er een giveaway van gemaakt hebt!
Love love love love the new pages and loving the notebook that you have for the giveaway!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
What a great post! Thanks for the translation – very cool! What a great way to promote art journalling & your weekend workshops!
I love your Week 25 pages – awesome! That little “accomplishment” card is fab – I really like that touch.
I love how you bind your books and I’d be over the moon to win that little book as a prize – gorgeous! Fingers crossed, wishing you also a good week! =)
I just started a new part-time job, so might not be around as much!! ‘o)
xo
Ha..think you sent your wind,rain and thunderstorms over here to london. Yesturday was gorgeous today……as the above! Love your work and that end page is just fantastic. I have missed reading your blog…have you been ok. busy or away? Wuld love to be part of your giv e-away. Would make anm amazing gift( although l would love itx) for part of my present to my son and his wife for their 2nd wedding anniversary.xx Your courses look amazingxx lynda
i really love the look of the sides of your pages, Marit!
Spreuken, gezegden, woorden die je zomaar ergens tegenkomt, zinnen die je leest, ergens komt er op taalgebied iets bij je langs wat je raakt. Maar als je thuiskomt, inderdaad ….. dan ben je ze allemaal weer vergeten. Soms staat er iets op een bonnetje gekrabbeld, of scheur je een stukje papier van een verpakking, maakt niet uit, alles om het te bewaren. Maar wat zou het een goed idee zijn om zo’n prachtig klein boekje mee te nemen waar je het niet alleen in opschrijft, maar ook nog eens heel mooi in bewaart!
Groetjes van Yvon
Great page and wonderful book.
and you’re welcome.
Uhhhh! Marit! That giveaway is GORGEOUS, I’m weak at the knees just looking at it! Love your spine, too, lol. In case you’re wondering, I’m making slow progress on my Smash Book, but I must say that the pages I’ve done so far are too nice and colourful to cover up, lol. I can see it turning into an art journal, while all my bits and pieces stay in their various paper bags and backs-of-books, lol!
Hope you are well, happy birthday to Nout. One of these days I will send him those three nuggets of wisdom I gathered so long ago! 😀 (In fact, looking at my emails I see that I threatened to send you some ATCs as well. Maybe I can combine the two….and maybe I can get going on that tomorrow!) xx
Gorgeous! Thanks for the opportunity! So unique!
I just love your picture of the spray painted pages of your art journal! So beautiful, so perfect.
Outi xxx
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Love your art journaling- it is so beautiful and soulful! I would love to win that gorgeous journal! THanks for the chance!
Ohhh, Marit! I can’t count either!!! It’s a good thing that I married an accountant to keep me straight! LOL! I’m so happy to hear that you’ve met your obligations and have had some time to create! Great pages! Truly enjoyed reading your article too1 Hugs, Terri xoxo
PS Thank you, thank you for your lovely congratulatory comment — you made my day!!! 🙂
It would be awesome to have one of your journals. Thanks you for the opportunity.
oh you are so right – i love the binding!! beautiful. i’ve never made a book yet, but look at yours – wowie. love them. i am sad i will be at the outcamp when your workshop by the sea takes place, because i would sure love to attend!!! i’ll just have to do my own – workshop by the bears… if i win your lovely journal, it would give me just the spot to start! i love visiting you! and i can not imagine it being that HOT outside – yikes.
Beautiful. Count me in. 🙂
quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com
‘t Is allemaal weer prachtig wat ik hier zie!! Maar ik ben heel erg onder de indruk van je nieuwe chronicles album!!! SUPERMOOI!!
De rug van je inmiddels volle album ziet er inderdaad heel fraai uit met al die kleurtjes verf en inkt en met het kleine boekje ga je iemand heel blij maken denk ik zo!!
Had ik deze post maar eerder gelezen….dan had ik de PC uitgeschakeld!
Afgelopen nacht bliksem ingeslagen en onze computer was daar niet blij mee! Doet niks meer, nada, noppes (ik schrijf dit berichtje op de computer van Liv, een ‘oud bakje’ maar doet ‘t nog steeds 🙂
Hi Marit. I love your journal!I’d like to learn to how to bind a book like that and will check out your paper world workshop details.Hope the rest of the year is as good.
Wooooow..love everything here…im subscribing now…I dont always get to my reader but at least Ill have a bookmark…Im new at journaling…about a month now..I always wanted to start and am so glad I finally did…it gives me a new and freer perspective to focus on the process rather than the outcome..I needed that..now I can combine my love of watercolor, ink, digital and mixed media into art journaling…and I love this Art Journaling site that Ive met you and many others on…So Nice to meet you..!
Oh MY!!! such fabulousness in this post!!
Your giveaway is lovely!
Your art journals are awesome!
That artcle on you is double awesome! I love that you translated it for us non dutchies to read!!
Have a wonderful week!
xxD
What a fabulous journal. I love the way you’ve bound it!
well…I feel it’s me who should be doing a giveaway especially for you as a huge huge thank you for all your touching comments on my blog. 🙂
How wonderful! A handmade book that you’re willing to send out into the world – now THAT’S generosity! I know what you mean about the weather; maybe it’s because my family starts in The Netherlands where my father was born and raised (the other side starting in chill, dark England and windy, cold Scotland!), but I find anything over 20C increasingly penitential!! I’m delighted that your working is being recognized and hope your workshops are all you hope!
i am in love with your “looking back” photograph,
stunning!
yes, we are expecting monsoons beginning monday, here in the mountains of arizona we look forward to them each summer with great excitement and relief.
thanks for your visit and this generous give away, good luck to all!
a wonderful post and a giveaway…you are too good to us! i love the looking back photo at the end of your journal…that is brilliant!!!
You know you always fill me with a sense of excitement when I read your posts…your words and artwork flow so beautifully!
Loved reading the article about you! Congrats…you are touching more artists hearts than you’ll ever know dear one!
And a fabulous giveaway too!
Happy Happy Birthday very soon to your precious Nout! (you know our youngest son will be 23 on 9 July…another thing we have in common..July birthday boys!!!)
oxo
p.s. your head is so full of creativity and art who has room for numbers…ask me how I know this 😉
Oh how I wished you lived near me so you could teach me how to bind. But then again I would need some extra time and energy, none of which I have right now!! This working full time really, really gets in the way of art. Sigh. I really love that pic of you and can’t wait until you take the sharpies to it!!
And I thought it was only the UK that experienced storms and sunshine all in one day!
Your finished journal just fills me with goosebumps – nothing better than a journal just oozing with colour & creativity – GORGEOUS.
And that little give away journal is just to die for.
Hoping there is nothing but blue skies for you.
You are so talented. Found your post and blog through Patty and so glad I did. Your journal is stunningly gorgeous. I just started journaling so this would be the very best gift ever. Thanks for allowing all of us to participate in your drawing!
I’ve just found your lovely blog via Patty!
You are a fantastic artist and I love your journals.
I’ve always loved ‘little’ things and can’t resist buying special ones.
Please enter me in your ‘little’ giveaway journal.
Thank you for being so generous.
ps I’m in New Zealand and it’s winter time and freezing!!!!!!!!
My sympathies are with you regarding the weather. We are having similar experiences in the UK. Your journal is lovely and looks like a treasure chest just waiting to be opened. Thank you for the picture of the binding. I should like to be entered into the giveaway for the little journal.
I am a big fan of Patty S’s blog and thought I would stop by to visit. Now I’m so intrigued I plan to stay awhile. You have an awesome blog and write so very well, too.
Please include me in your drawing…the little book looks wonderful!
I´m glad to have found your blog via Patty´s … Love your journal (thanks for the great binding close-up!), and the journal you´re giving away looks fabulous – please count me in for your drawing!
What a wonderful journal and a wonderful give away! Thanks for the chance to win this tiny treasure!
Visiting from Patty’s blog…gorgeous journal pages and lovely handmade book! Congratulations on the article, I enjoyed reading the translation. Please include me in your drawing, very generous of you!
Hi Marit! I have found you and your beautiful work through the lovely Patty! I am so impressed and inspired by what you do! Thank you for this generous opportunity!! Your books are amazing!
Thank you so much from Frankfort, Ky USA all the way to your home. Hope I win your amazing little book. I love your website!
Wat valt er weer veel te lezen! En te kijken en te bewonderen!!
Wat fijn dat je Workshop by the Sea een succes gaat worden! Je verdient het echt!!!
En wat gaaf dat je je mooie boek aan één van ons gaat geven! Ik duim voor mezelf 😉
XXXJenneke
PS.(Alvast) gefeliciteerd met Nout’s verjaardag!!
XXXJenneke