Hi everyone. Happy March. It's time to think about spring, right? Or maybe fall if you live south of the equator. Today is the meteorological start of a new season either place. 😀
It's the new month so it's time for a new challenge at Art Journal Journey Before I move onto that, I want to first once again thank Vicki for hosting last month. You did a fabulous job and had a great theme. Thank you everyone who joined in also. There were so many great musical ideas last month. ❤ I really enjoyed the theme and had a lot of fun making pages.
For the new month we have a new theme and a new host. This month I am hosting and my theme is
Home Sweet Home
There are lots of ways you can approach this theme. You can journal about your own home, but there are also many types of homes. You can see a few of them in my first journal spread. You can also think about things inside a home or even what makes a home, any home. And since home is found in words like hometown or a computer home page, you can think bigger for your creations. And don't be afraid to step outside of your home if you have a garden or a patio or porch. The outside is as much of your home as the inside is. Just have your journal page relate somehow to the idea of the word home.
For my first page I wanted to incorporate spring and some other types of homes rather than a building made for human habitation. I'm trying not to buy a lot for new supplies this year, but Dina Wakely came out with these ledger journals, and I thought they were really interesting so I picked one up online. I left the background as it was, but I painted this big old tree. At some point in the past I had picked up a bag of flower shaped sequins, and I decided what better way to show spring but to have the tree in bloom. It did take quite a while to glue down all the sequins though.😏
I also painted in the grass, the bird's nest and the beehive. The bird house is stamped, as are the home quotes and the baby owlets. I also used some printed images like the chipmunk and flowers.
Please just remember the "dreaded rules" which basically means AJJ only accepts journaling. Any kind of journaling works. But please NO cards, tags, ATC's etc. unless they are part of a journal page.
I'm looking forward to your creations and seeing how you interpret my challenge.
20 comments:
I love your interpretation of home. I love the tree house and all those sequin flowers. This is a fabulous first entry using your theme at AJJ.
Happy March, Erika. That page is super cute and sweet.
Thank you for displaying your support for Ukraine. The events in Washington yesterday were a disgrace, an affront to humanity and they signal the end of a world order that has kept us safe for eighty years. The world will never forgive you (collectively, not you personally) for re-electing Trump, with that creep J.D. Vance at his side, and handing them all the levers of power. I shudder even to contemplate what lies ahead. All the best - David
...Erika, I wish you a Marvelous March.
I love your interpretation of "home" in this one. Very sweet and cute.
A lovely home for the birds and animals.
Oh wow what a stunning page Erika! LOVE that wonderful blooming tree with all of the bursting of flowers in the Spring colors! I think we're all looking forward to that! This makes me happy and I thank you for your wonderful theme and inspiration this month my friend! Happy weekend!
Lovely page
A wonderful idea with the Home in the Tree journal page!so sweet!
Hugs Elke
Wishing you a Happy March.
I do like your page... lovely.
All the best Jan
Home, sweet, home even if it's snowing now and not Spring.
Happy March
Happy Sunday
Much♡love
Oh, such a beautiful, happy, Spring-y work! Dark and dull here, sadly. Ingo bought two journals, sadly the pages are super-thin...
Anyways, have a happy rest-weekend and great month od March, hugs - and to Ukraine... I think it is very import and especially that US-bloggers share this heart. I couldn´t believe what I saw in the news.
A fantastic page Erika and new topic. I've had a lovely, but late catch up to read your blog posts, you will have guessed I don't get on the computer as much these days but find it a joy to call in here.
Yvonne
That fabulous page really does shout 'spring!!!' Home is such an interesting idea, I think. When I opened your blog just now, the word 'humanity' leapt out at me from your header.
Such a wonderful theme and page! I love your design with the owl in the tree and all those beautiful blossoms - the perfect home for sure 😊. I hope you like my first project, I've got so many ideas for this one - such fun! Happy March! Hugs, Jo x
Nice page, the flower sequins were worth it! xoxo
I love the home in the tree, Erika! Great page for your challenge at Art Journal Journey.
Hugs,
Mia
Co-administrator for AJJ
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Oh Erika, I love your tree. Cannot believe those flowers are all sequins that you stuck down, must have taken an age - but they look fab! And those cute little owlets sat there in the hollow are so sweet.
Each time I look at your page something catches my eye that I had not seen before, it is a wonderful page to start this theme off.
Hugs, Neet xx
Hi Erika! Can you believe it's March already? I LOVE the theme you picked for March. And I think your AJ pages are absolutely beautiful! So perfect for the theme you picked. I especially like the flowering tree with the owl family! I love everything about your spread! Thank you so much for choosing such a wonderful theme. Hugs, Sharon
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