Sunday, January 29, 2012

Project 52: Week 5

















$3.00 USD


Project 52: Week 5 Digital Papers include:
  • 3 digital papers: 1 Journal Background and ! Two Page Calendar
  • PDF format
  • 8.5 x 11 inches
  • High resolution - 300dpi

You are purchasing a digital file only. No printed materials will be shipped.  At the end of your purchase you will be sent to a page where you can download the file.Watermarks will not appear in purchased file.

This file is for personal use only or a small business where you create crafts, cards or invitations for others. It may not to be used for commercial purposes. You may not copy, share, sell or distribute the file in any form.



Click here to see all Project 52 Digital Papers

Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Red Dragonfly home page gets a new look ...


















I'm so excited! I just redesigned the home page for The Red Dragonfly.com.  I love it. It reflects the kind of journal pages I've been creating these days. I am in love with printing on pages with bubble wrap (the dots you see). It's so fun to collect things and use them in journaling for unexpected results. I have had so much fun this weekend creating pages, scanning sections and using them on my website. If you have attended any of my classes I often slip a few digital journal pages in to your welcome packets. 

I hope you enjoy the new home page and for those of you attending the Juicy Soul Retreat...I look forward to seeing you this coming weekend.

~ Julie

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Project 52: Week 4

















$2.00 USD


Project 52: Week 4 Digital Papers include:
  • 2 digital papers: 2 Journal Backgrounds
  • PDF format
  • 8.5 x 11 inches
  • High resolution - 300dpi

You are purchasing a digital file only. No printed materials will be shipped.  At the end of your purchase you will be sent to a page where you can download the file.Watermarks will not appear in purchased file.

This file is for personal use only or a small business where you create crafts, cards or invitations for others. It may not to be used for commercial purposes. You may not copy, share, sell or distribute the file in any form.



Click here to see all Project 52 Digital Papers
 

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Juicy Soul Retreat Video!


Here's what you can expect to see at our Juicy Soul Retreats. You'll see everyone develops their own style and everyone discovers their favorite techniques. We introduce new techniques and new variations on old techniques at each retreat. There is always the opportunity to learn and try things in new ways. We hope you'll join us for our next retreat. 

~ List of Juicy Soul Retreats

Friday, January 20, 2012

Journaling on a Rainy Day
















It's the weekend again. We are expecting storming cold and rainy weather this weekend. Time for hot coco, fuzzy sweaters and blankets.  I love staying indoors when it's cold outside. This has always been a great time to creating in my journal. When its gloomy outside I like to write in my journal. First its a few fun phrases. Then maybe an observation or three from my day.  From time to time I tell the story of a long lost memory.  It's good to write and tell stories in the pages of our journals. It's particularly good to write on pages covered in random color and texture. Each page calls for its own story.  I use the entire page and sometimes the entire two page spread to tell my stories. I use a lot of words or just a few...but I always enjoy visiting those stories in my journal.


Monday, January 16, 2012

Project 52: Week 3

















$2.00 USD


Project 52: Week 3 Digital Papers include:
  • 2 digital papers: 2 Journal Backgrounds
  • PDF format
  • 8.5 x 11 inches
  • High resolution - 300dpi

You are purchasing a digital file only. No printed materials will be shipped.  At the end of your purchase you will be sent to a page where you can download the file.Watermarks will not appear in purchased file.

This file is for personal use only or a small business where you create crafts, cards or invitations for others. It may not to be used for commercial purposes. You may not copy, share, sell or distribute the file in any form.



Click here to see all Project 52 Digital Papers
 

Monday, January 9, 2012

Project 52 in Action



Using some of our Project 52 Digital Papers to create a Gratitude Calendar.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Project 52: Week 2

















$2.00 USD


Project 52: Week 2 Digital Papers include:

  • 2 digital papers: 1 Journal Background and 1 Page of Letter Boxes (Boxes approximately 1.5in)
  • PDF format
  • 8.5 x 11 inches
  • High resolution - 300dpi


You are purchasing a digital file only. No printed materials will be shipped.  At the end of your purchase you will be sent to a page where you can download the file.Watermarks will not appear in purchased file.



This file is for personal use only or a small business where you create crafts, cards or invitations for others. It may not to be used for commercial purposes. You may not copy, share, sell or distribute the file in any form.


Click here to see all Project 52 Digital Papers


Monday, January 2, 2012

A Year in Review: Good Bye 2011 ... Hello 2012

A Year in Review

Before I reflect on 2011, I want to say THANK YOU for organizing your lives to attend our classes, reading the blog, subscribing, inviting friends and overall participating in expanding creativity in the world. Thank you for bringing your smiling faces, personal stories, flowers from your garden and  well wishes. I appreciate your generosity and love. It has been a joy to be with you at various stages of your creative journey to play in color, draw outside the lines and make a beautifully creative mess together. Thank you for awakening to your own creative muse and continuing to inspire creative play.

I look forward to my workshops with you and my time on the blog writing and reading your responses. Thank you!


Here are a few more bright spots from 2011....

















We spent 2011 at a beautiful hotel in Monterey, California by the ocean at a fire pit, sipping cocktails and watching fireworks. I love the ocean so every chance I get to sit by the ocean is pure joy. These little luxuries really feed my creativity.
















My good friend Andrea challenged me to start a big art journal. She gave me this HUGE 800+ page journal to work in for the year. In 12 months, I am halfway through the book with images, words and color. It has been sooo much fun and I now use it to demonstrate my favorite techniques in class. Got to love friends like that!
















I got a new car this year and now road trips are a major joy. We visited Nevada City and the Apple Festival to shop and hang out with friends. We enjoyed the old history of each town. In Nevada City we stayed in a 100 year old victorian farm house. It was beautiful. I loved the town so much I would like to have a vacation cottage there. It would be so cute to have a little art studio there to escape to for a long weekend.  (I think I have something new for my vision board.)















 I went naturally curly in 2011. After flat ironing my hair for years, I was turned on to naturallycurly.com where I learned how to care for my hair. So now I am rock'n the natural curls God gave me. This is kind of a big deal since I never knew I had curly hair. Most of the curl memory is back (Did you know curls have memory? Until they are treated right they won't curl all the way.)















Road trip to LA to see Mr Big at the House of Blues. We hung out in LA and did some sight seeing. I have family in LA but I've never done the tourist thing. We did it and it was so much fun. I recommend it! We also sat in on a taping of the Price is Right. We were on TV! You have to look really closely but we are in the audience screaming our heads off...it was so fun.
















Road trip to LA to for my cousin's wedding. It was beautiful and it was great to see the family at such a happy occasion.
 















Finally jazzed up my home studio and got a little organized. Creating is alot more fun when you can find things. 






















Vision board and Juicy Soul Retreats where a blast. Lots of great new friends and we were sold out for most classes. A few ladies got the BIG Journals to work in. I can't wait to hear how everyone is doing in their journals.


Looking forward to 2012 ...

The mantra for 2012 is to keep doing what's working and look for fun ways to expand. We made some great strides with classes and our community this year. I want more of you to participate in our classes and creative challenges. I want to hear from you when you create things that make you happy. I want to hear more from those of you that can't make it to classes.


Peace and Bliss,

Julie

Project 52




Andrea and I will feature a set of art backgrounds created using the collage and journaling techniques we teach in our Juicy Soul Retreats and practice in our own journals. These backgrounds will be available for purchase as a digital download on Etsy for you to use in your own creative projects.

As a bonus we will periodically create items using each others backgrounds to feature on our website. We also welcome your participation...if you use one of our digital papers in one of your projects reply to this post and let us know. We would love to see what you create.