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Blog posts on Artfully Carin may contain affiliate links to products or services I think are awesome. For more information, see my disclosures page..Blog posts on Artfully Carin may contain affiliate links to products or services I think are awesome. For more information, see my disclosures page.. Interview with a 6 year old: Fave colour(s): […]

I sit in my childhood room looking for something to do. I grab a piece of paper and a pencil, then pick up one of the bird ornaments my mum has put in my bedroom and try to draw it. Before I know it several hours have gone by. I have drawn the ornament from […]

I had another post planned for today, but this one begged to go first *** When I started art journaling 2 1/2 years ago, I came across a school of thought that said you shouldn’t use personal photography in art journaling because that makes it scrapbooking. End of discussion. No grey area. That’s just how […]

A quick art journal show and tell for you today. For this page, I collaged book pages all over the background, then white-washed the whole thing with gesso. I put down three shades of blue watersoluble crayon (using lots of water), covered in cling film (plastic wrap) and left to dry. When dry(ish), I peeled […]

Wherever we go, I’m told Aoife is the spit of me. Then someone usually says that Kirby is the spit of Aoife. Poor Alan doesn’t get a look in. I’m used to it. I’ve heard it all my life. Growing up, everyone said how much I looked like my mother. And acted like her. And […]

I don’t usually post step-by-step instructions of how I make my journal pages. Not because I don’t want to, but because I get completely caught up in what I do and forget to take pictures. Yet I remember how much I loved them and needed them when I first started art journaling and was scared […]

Language is the dress of thought- Dr Samuel Johnson I adore language! I love how simple little words strung together can express our deepest thoughts and feelings, and how those same words can take on a completely different meaning depending on what era or part of the country we live in, or what we have […]

Hey lovelies, Thank you so much for your sweet comments on my last post. I’m feeling much better now, even though I still have to take it a bit slow. I’m back art journaling like crazy too, which must mean I’m feeling better. The deep need to write, write, write that had me up at […]

My back has been really bad lately. I have lived with back problems for years and know my limits pretty well by now, so I rarely get so bad that I have to stop everything. But it happens. And when it’s does, it’s one heck of a shock to the system. Right now, my back […]

It was Aoife’s first day back at school today. Year one. And it hit me really hard. Really hard. I had to use every ounce of self-control this morning to keep my voice steady and smile fixed when I dropped her off. Every ounce of self-control not to break down in front of her. I […]