More Gelli Time

Before getting into the gelli printing the OT ladies had lots of catching up to do.

Elizabeth shared her journal which has grown so much she had to rebind it. Her commitment is impressive and her pages even more so.....

We had a peeping Tom (or maybe Tomasina) spying on us through the front door....

Elizabeth couldn't stay for the gelli printing but Jackie, Belinda and I refreshed our memories on printing. It has been a while since we'd pulled the paints out. In fact when I couldn't find my gelli pad I finally found it still packed up in the bag from our last printing get together at Belinda's, back in March. Oh we had missed our gelli pads .... we even talked about which of the new sizes we're likely to order.

 Jackie's oleander prints and a couple from Gina....

 Coffee filters for background journal pages....

 Belinda's gelli printed hands....

Origami Boxes and Book folding

Much, much sharing takes place during our bi-monthly gatherings! As our shared project we  tasked ourselves with exploring origami box folding from papers we've created in the past. And some of us tried folded book forms.

Separately we've all been decluttering and minimizing our stashes - and friends' stashes of stuff.

We share - plants, fabrics, jewelry bits, magazines, books,   - some to use, some to sell, some to pass along again!

And we share - stories and tales of technology woes, travel hopes, family, pets, books, films, and shows.

And always - good company and nibbles galore!

Elizabeth here - I am participating in the Documented Life Project that is the brain child of five artists who blog at http://www.arttothe5th.com/.  Every week we are encouraged to document our lives using the offered prompt and if we choose - to share those on the Facebook page. Here are two of my journal pages that I shared with our Odd Tuesday tribe.

The prompt was inspiration from your favorite artist. I tried to create in the  style of Ingrid Dijkers with photos of my father and my grandson.

We were prompted to add a flap to a flap for this page. I had happily purged some of my husband's very old and bad wine so using the label and a journaling card, I added a playing card. "It's a good thing."

The Documented Life Project Facebook group has 5600+ members with so much information, inspiration and encouragement that I'm finding it a wonderful experience. Check it out!

first art journal pages

here's my first art journaling ever

enjoying the class at BAM with Belinda