Saturday, April 30, 2011

ink blots

lesson 0- teachers pet
 If you take a peek at my sidebar, you will find a link to the new journal class I just signed up for, called ink blots.  It starts tomorrow & I'm sooo excited.  I'm so ready to start journaling again.  It's so therapeutic.  Just the very act of picking up a marker/pencil/pen/paint brush & putting it to paper makes me happy.  I bought washi tape online (for the first time ever! eep!!), ordered a few hand carved stamps (will do a separate supplies post), and got a new moleskine sketchbook.  It's nice to have a place to go to talk to other crafty girls, to get inspired, and have daily prompts.  The first assignment, "Lesson 0: Teacher's Pet", is the one you see above.  We were to journal what we hoped to get out of this class.  I think the best part about taking a class like this, if not meeting/interacting with great girls, is the positivity.  The online creative community has a way of making you feel excited about the littlest things, which is so nice in this negative world we live in.  After a rough day, we can come home & soothe the mind/spirit with colors, and happy imagery.  There are no rules & no one to please but yourself.  The nicest & most supportive group of girls live online (well part time anyway!  ;) .....and I can't wait to get messy & make something pretty with them!

4 comments:

Teddi said...

Omg i totally luv what u've done in ur journal so far!

wickedsnicket said...

Your journal is awesome! I so wanted to take this class, looks like it's going to be amazing!

Nicole Coffin. said...

thanks girls. i'm pretty sure you can still sign up wicked,....wouldn't be too hard to catch up.
:)

Jamie said...

"The online creative community has a way of making you feel excited about the littlest things, which is so nice in this negative world we live in." I 1 billion % agree with this!! I first experienced just postiveness from Craftster and now in the blog world, it's amazing how supportive and encouraging fellow creative minds can be!!