Watch the how-to video of setting up my January 2021 journal including: cover art, January’s calendar, gratitude page, workflow pages and weekly calendar pages. See the bonuses showing my journal set-up for the year which includes a word of the year AND an opportunity to enjoy the plan with me with exclusive videos, pdfs, & private group and live meetings.
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Set up a new journal for the new year - with How-to videos
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This first how-to video shows how to include a word of the year in a planner journal set-up as and create the pages shown in my 2021 planner/word of the year journal. Part 2 will be in a following post.
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Entering the new year comes with a measure of trepidation. I remember one dear and influential man in my life saying, ‘One thing everyone needs is to look forward to something.’ In considering what would help in 2021, I decided to…
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See a sneak peek into my new 2021 Word of the Year planner journal
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Since January of 2020 a specific type of word been highlighted to me, appearing everywhere! Years ago I knew this word would be a word of the year at some point, but also that particular year would be a very different and strange time. The time is now.
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Make monthly calendar pages easy & special with these NEW stencils
These NEW planner stencils will help you make your planner, calendar, cards and art special with banners and 2 styles of lettering planner stencils that include a grid to make drawing the calendar squares a breeze!
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Choosing and living out a Word of the year has been one of my most rewarding personal practices. It gives me a focus and mindset to learn about and grow in. When I combine the word with a journal for the year it gives me a place to focus, explore ideas, pour out my heart, keep a record of the highlights and low points of the year, and helps me know how I am growing. This year has been so strange that as I look over the questions, I expect to approach my word in new ways that will reflect this. I’m also considering ways to help and interact more. Would you answer the following question:
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2020, I’m so ready for this year to be over… so I decided to set up my journal for 2021 early. What I love about setting up a new journal in a blank dotted journal is the versatility to include what is important to each person as an individual.
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The message of the New Moon, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is compelling and significant during the time we’re living in. It came to me in an unexpected way.
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I’ve found combining my creative pursuits with nearby family, and home improvement has brought a joyful diversion during the stressful times of the pandemic lockdown and unrest. The new stencils are large 12x24” and so versatile for decorative applications as well as art-making, journaling and wonderful for gel press printing. I hope you enjoy the video tutorials and inspiration!
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This is more than a season of change, with huge shifts on every front for most of us. Creating a new website is one of those new shifts for me. I really liked my old website, but needed a simpler, more user-friendly platform. I found that…
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Only a week into the new year and decade and I was feeling overwhelmed. Not good. Numerous 'opportunities' were coming my way in addition to the already scheduled commitments and events on my calendar. As I wondered what to do, and not do, confusion started swirling in my head. My thoughts were not linear so I decided to do a mind map. This post shows the process I went through and three easy steps to make your own mind map.
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This post shows my finished journal pages of the A-Z Word of the Year Challenge & links including A-Z of my Mystery and applying it to a word of the year.
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Video and written steps on how to choose a Word of the Year to focus on and live by. Visit my blog for creative ways to journal and live your word this year
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Getting quiet is important in order to hear and discern what to do. Listening prayer is a way to do that. Suggested questions & art reflections on Q-Quiet in the A-Z Challenge included
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Traveling changes you. Keeping an art journal helps me process and remind us of the important memories. Going on our amazing adventure to the UK, France and Greece was wonder full! So much beauty! I'm finding my life and perspectives have expanded through the process of going so many new places and meeting new people that have now become friends. Writing and art journaling the journey is so rewarding.Post includes my goals for travel art journaling, pages from my abstract travel journal made in Mary Beth Shaw's class on our Blue Walk Art tour of Greece, and examples of making it my own by combining abstract techniques in class with realistic images from my trip photos.
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I’ve been reminded to look back in order to move forward. At first it sounded counter-intuitive and non-productive, but after doing it, I see the value of taking a fresh look at what I have, what I’ve done, and stop to look, listen, and be grateful. It was the prompt I needed to Live this moment, to be present without the pressure to perform.
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A key is a small thing that opens a larger, important experience. A question can be a key to the answer you're looking for. A key can unlock a mode of transportation that can take us on a journey to another place. A key can open up a space of a new world. A key can bring us home.
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