Graze Box Recycled Journals

Got sent a graze box a while back which had an array of delightful snacks.

It came through normal post so there was no need to wait in.  After I finished it I decided to see what I could make from the packaging

With the small book you get with your first order I made a mini book with a wrap around clasp and will use this to be a little notebook

With the rest of the materials I made a bigger journal.  The box serves as the cover and I used a range of paper and tissue paper to cover this.  On the inside I used the tray that the boxes sit in as places where you can either put photographs or your favourite sayings, inspiration cards. 

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I used magazine and calender pages which were matt in finish and this made it easier to add paint and collage material for the signature pages. 

 

I will be using the bigger journal to do a series of images.  I will share more as I go along. 

It was great fun making the different items and great to see how we can reuse and repurpose a variety of things for creative purposes

Studio unveiling!

Finally....., drum roll, banners flying, bring on the trumpets and after a couple of weeks of organising, painting the walls laying the flooring, my studio is READY.  I’ve been busy I and still can’t believe its all mine.

I cleared the room and painted the walls.  There is lots of cupboard space which is great.   I also went out and got some flooring for the room, the carpet had been down for 13 years so was well due to be changed - laying it was easier than I thought.

On taking the bed apart and flipping it looked like it could have made some storage and surface space to have the separate work area, but it didn't quite work out so I got 2 smaller desks which as you know for Ikea furniture came flat packed.  Once I had assembled the first one the second was quite easy.  I really enjoyed getting all the parts to fit together and see the end result.

Just being in the space make me excited about all the things I will create.  I have been working through the containers and using the fitted storage cupboards to stack equipment.  The studio is beginning to feel like home and now I’m just doing the final nestling in.  It’s been great to be reunited with materials that were packed away and I’ve been busy experimenting.  

I want my studio to inspire creativity and be a space that I enjoy working in.  There is so much light that comes in the room.....here are some images

 Some of the fitted cupboards, came in real handy for storage

letting the light in!

My desk with some of the paints and brushes

my studio is ready and open for business!.  

There are a couple of tweaks here and there as I get used to where things and see if the work in the space. At some point I will do a mini video tour of the studio, blessings!

365 Days of Colour - Flower for the day - 349 - 355

Memories

We can all think back and remember those good and not so good memories.  What do your memories contain?, as we look back to our lives we need to focus on things that will propel us forward, and make changes for our today.

Day 349

  Reflection

Let yourself get the rest you need 

Quote

An artist is like a prophet. He must lead people and help them get acquainted with what he

sees. ...George Buytendorp

Scripture 

For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.  Psalm 27:5

Day 350

Reflection

What one thing did you do better today than yesterday – celebrate!

Quote 

Every day is a gift- bound out of bed with the enthusiasm of a child....Joye Moon

Scripture 

...if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father; Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1

Day 351

Reflection

You have so much to be thankful for

Quote 

The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. ...Julia Cameron

Scripture 

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary.  Galatians 6:9

Day 352

Reflection

Take time to declutter your life

Quote 

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ...Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Scripture  

He who loves his life loses it; and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal John 12:25

Day 353

Reflection 

There are open doors waiting for you to go through..

Quote 

You are a child of God; your playing small doesn’t serve the world....Nelson Mandela 

Scripture 

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him. Proverbs 30:5

Day 354

Reflection 

Don’t worry about the closed doors! 

Quote 

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ...C.G. Jung 

Scripture 

O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. Psalm 139:1 

Day 355

Reflection 

Think of one thing to be grateful for! 

Quote 

Merely looking at the world around us is immensely different from seeing it. ...Frederick Franck 

Scripture 

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love...John 15:10

365 Days of Colour - Flower for the Day - 342 - 348

Upside down 

Sometimes situations do not present themselves the way we expect and we have to gain a different perspective.  Or you may be called to do things that you think you’re not ready for.  You have to step out of the box, shake things up and look at the situation with fresh eyes to really see what is in front of you..

Day 342

Reflection 
Just because you acknowledge the pain, doesn’t mean you are weak.... 

Quote 

You got to have a dream If you don’t have a dream, How you gonna have a dream come true? ...Rogers and Hammerstein 

Scripture 

Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins. Acts 10:43

Day 343

Reflection 

Hand it over to God, he cares for you. 

Quote 

You’ve made your bed, now go bounce on it....Peter Scott 

Scripture 

...Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Matthew 28:20

Day 344

Reflection 

All will turn out for good.. 

Quote 

The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful. ...George Bellows 

Scripture  

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him.  Mark 11:23

Day 345

Reflection 

Why worry? 

Quote 

The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well or badly, is that it enables one’s soul to grow. ...John Welwood 

Scripture 

For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous....Psalm 1:6

Day 346

Reflection 

God knows the desires of your heart.. 

Quote 

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. ...St. Thomas Aquinas 

Scripture 

As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.  Romans 8:14

Day 347

Reflection 

Your path will be straight 

Quote 

We artists are the first to see the light at the end of the chaotic tunnels we all live in, and we dare to move toward it. ...Eleanor Blair 

Scripture 

I am He who will sustain you.  I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.  Isaiah 46:4

Day 348

Reflection 

Trust...

Quote 

The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do. ...Sequichie Comingdee 

Scripture  

..where the Spirit o the Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17