Using letters as the basis for drawings is, of course, not my original idea either, but I haven't figured out a good one for the "M's" in Max & Mila's names, and the "b" was much easier. I'm still sketching for something I like with "M"...
I looked back at one of my old journals yesterday. :) Every one of my journals takes a different format and style. Now, my journal holds mostly "to do" lists. These are pictures from 2002 journal ...
that is such a darling embroidery! I love all the bright colors!
ReplyDeletein the photo it looks like the framing worked out very well....what a wonderfully whimsical piece!
ReplyDeleteit's always fun to see what others do (oodle) in their journals!
Rebekah - Thanks, working on this little piece was fun!
ReplyDeletekimy - It took awhile to get all of it into that frame!
I should practice free motion designs in my journals now; that could be a useful doodling.
Hi Jenclair,
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LOVE that little tea cup pixie! I also like the way you make little figures - like Bryce's embroidery - with their hands on their hips. It's a very appealing pose.
ReplyDeleteViolette - I'll be right over!
ReplyDeleteAcey - I really had not realized how frequently I've done that pose! I'm thumbing through several old journals now, looking for ideas...and noticing the hands on hips!
I think your journal entries are indicative of a very creative mind. I never drew pictographs in mine. Just words.
ReplyDeletethis is adorable-bryce (and mom) will love it!
ReplyDeleterian - Doodling. Moodling. I'm pretty good at that, but unfortunately, that doesn't translate into much. I'm really wanting to begin a larger quilted piece, but have no idea what...
ReplyDeletesuesue - Thanks! Amelia says she likes it. :)
Too cute - I love the stripped legs and what I see as blue-grasshopper arms - it just makes me smile!
ReplyDeleteI do believe 'moodling' is my new favorite word.
Kim - Thanks...a colorful creature, anyway.
ReplyDelete:) I hi-jacked "moodling" from Julie at Me & My Quilts last year when I began that long slow cloth embroidery piece. Julie found the term in a book from the 1930's. Here's the quote: "so you see, imagination needs moodling--long inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering..."
i just finished playig with watercolours in my journal and wow wee your doodles are much more inspiring, as well as the wild hair girl and the embroidery for Bryce...i've done quite a bit of moodling thus far. my mondays seem to be dedicated to this activity.
ReplyDeleteKaroda - This is the kind of thing that covered all my lecture notes in college and grad school. I'd be listening to the professor and decorating my notebook pages at the same time!
ReplyDeleteEven later, at faculty meetings, I'd be looking very efficient, but moodling instead of taking notes.