Aaah…. I know how to keep you in suspense, don’t I?

What am I so anxiously expecting on October 2?
And what’s with that time: 10.50 am?

Well, for one thing…. Sunday is my birthday!
I was born on 10.50 am exactly.

But there is more…

… as you know the last couple of weeks (Months) I worked
on something ‘big’. The time has finally come to reveal it…
and what could be better then revealing it on my birthday?
I might even throw in a give-away, to celebrate.

I hope you all count down with me…

On to the art journal page I made about last week.

The Chronicles of Marit 2011 – Week 38

Teeeeeheeeheee…

Yes, there’s a lot of journaling on the page.
You can not read, or even see one letter of it,
for obvious reasons.
(uhhuh – counting down)

“Do you have something to share that isn’t a secret”
you ask? Oh yes, there’s something I indeed LOVE
to share with you!

Seth hosted an online ‘stack’ project last week (see
this blogpost) and he really started something. I
hopped to several blogs on the ‘stack list’ and that’s
how I ‘met’ Alicia from Altered bits. This lady got
triggered by the stack project, and came up with
another idea…

She puts it like this: “I have stacks on the brain as
of late and this could be a HUGE stack…  introducing:
the tallest handmade book in the world {project}.”

Alicia calls all artists to make pages for the book
that she wants to bind into the tallest handmade book!

I already signed up and I hope you also will hop over to Alicia to find out all
about the project and agree to make a page or two… the tallest handmade book
in the world: you know you want to be in it! Read about it here on Altered Bits.

Back to the clock counting down… besides my birthday and the ‘big reveal’,
it also marks the last day of registration for these workshops…

Click on each image to find out all about these art journal workshops.
There’s still room: be sure to register before Sunday if you want to join!

Although the clock will still be ticking on Friday, I hope to be back then
with another blogpost. Have a lovely week dear ones, see you at the
end of the week (and on Sunday ofcourse!)

With August on the calendar, and light getting shorter in the evenings, it sure
feels like fall now! I decided to turn the ‘bad’ into ‘good’ and made plans for the
upcoming season then!

For me, some great things are in the pipeline – including teaching a long,
luxurious live workshop-weekend  in November – and then there’s also
something fantastic bubbling and growing, which I can’t say anything about
yet…  but it’s starting to come together and getting real!
Eeeckk… I hope to reveal it soon!

All in all, I had no time to also create a new online workshop for this Fall,
so I decided to offer two existing (and popular) online workshops again.

The online workshops that will start in September are:

Let it Loose (September 12 – October 20; 2011)

This workshop will loosen you up and take you
a step further in creating your own, unique art
journal pages. You’ll learn some basic writing
techniques to improve your journaling and you
will get tips and techniques to use your own
handwriting (You dislike your own handwriting?
You might be surprised what you can do with it!)
Furthermore, you will learn art techniques like
working with collages, paint, colours, gesso and
gel medium.

A Creative Art Journey (September 13 – October 21; 2011)

If you love art journaling and are eager to learn some
art history along the way, this is the workshop for you!
In 12 lessons you will be introduced to 12 different art
periods in time. Each lesson concentrates on a specific
art period, handling the characteristics and showing
the artists and highlights. Every lesson comes with
multiple prompts – inspired by the specific period/art –
from which you can choose which one suites you best.
You will learn about Ancient art, Renaissance,
Impressionism, Cubism and others.

And then there are still some places available for live Workshop by the sea

November 4 to 7, 2011 (National / Dutch)
November 11 to 14, 2011 (International / Bilingual:
Dutch-English)

This weekend will take place on the inspiring peninsula
of Walcheren (Province of Zeeland) in the Netherlands.

Besides binding your own book/art journal, working
with different techniques to create backgrounds and
a haiku workshop (provided by the writer/poet
Johanna Kruit), I will also teach you how to create
an ingeniously folded booklet.

Last weekend, I made such a folded booklet to use as an example in the
workshop. Here’s a sneak peek.

All  information about the workshops on the website: Marit’s Paper World

Registration for the online workshops is possible in the  shop.

If you are interested in the live workshop, then let me know
and I will e-mail you with further information about registration.

I’m sure you can guess what more I created last weekend!
Yep, right

The Chronicles of Marit 2011 – Week 31

(30 x 21 cm - 11.8 x 8.3 inch)

The background is gessoed. After that, I added acrylic paint and spray ink.
The ‘bubbles’ are made with paint and a sequin waste (template). The photo
is a cut-out from a magazine. Tiny alphabet stickers (October Afternoon)
used for ‘week’ and ‘month’ and journaling/doodling with sharpies.

I’ll be back on Friday with another art journal page.
Maybe even two 😉

November 4 to 7, 2011 (National/Dutch)
November 11 to 14, 2011 (International/English)

Many of you have already
asked me: “when can we
expect a live workshop?”
Well, now, your wishes
will be granted to your
complete satisfaction!

Not just ‘one workshop in a
small room’, not just a
‘one technique tutorial’,
no, an all-inclusive and
long weekend filled with
workshops and creativity!

This weekend will take place
on the inspiring peninsula
of Walcheren (Province of
Zeeland) in the Netherlands.

The workshop location is within walking distance of the beach.

Sand and waves, wind and water are never far away, so these elements will certainly be reflected in the workshops.

More information can be found here on the website.