Juicy Soul Retreat - Aug 29-30

Saturday, Aug 29-30, 2020

A Work of Heart, San Jose, California

Join artist Andrea Chebeleu and I, as we immerse ourselves in paint and ink and marks to refresh our weary souls over a delight filled Saturday evening and Sunday.  You will come away revitalized with painty hands and happy hearts.

Specially curated supply kits will excite your creative spirit and inspire new levels of creative expression.  Julie and Andrea have extensive practice not only with the tools and materials of Mixed Media art journaling but with the techniques and instruction as well.

The Juicy Soul Retreat was born in 2012 and has made a re-appearance as an on-line retreat in 2020.  

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What we will explore: 

Juicy Journaling Techniques

Big inspiration and wonderful art supplies...What could be more fun! You will learn some amazing techniques to turn flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams.

Living in Your Journals:

Spilling open and celebrating your life through journaling

In this part of the retreat you will discover the wonderful world of fonts, journal page frames, images and story windows. You will be guided through the journaling process to begin to design a focus for your journal. You will explore the variety of tools available to you to support you in journaling your ideas, dreams, victories, stories, experiences when the creative muse appears in your path. We will explore the variety of fonts, letters and methods of capturing words on a page. We will also give you a chance to  journal with the assistance of journaling prompts and ideas for topics to explore in your pages.

Juicy Journaling Studio

Self Guided time to experiment and play

In this part of the retreat you will have all the basic techniques and you will be ready to combine and layer techniques to express yourself creatively. We will act as muses for your creative process by supporting you in your creativity. You'll spend time in community continuing to turn your flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams. This is your time to use all the techniques you've learned to create your journal, experiment with colors and try different supplies.

Zoom Retreats:

We will be hosting this retreat via Zoom Meetings. You will need to have a space where you can spread out to create for a few hours. We will have scheduled sessions to cover specific techniques and curated time to play independently. If you miss a session, no worries they will all be recorded and will be available to you after the retreat. 

Supply List: 
We will be sending you a bundle of supplies for the day, but you are welcome to bring out your own supplies. 

• Journal  
• Favorite Art Supplies and Images

Dates & Times:
Registration deadline is August 20th.

• Saturday, August 28 - 5pm-8pm Pacific Time Zone 
• Sunday, August 29 8am-4pm Pacific Time Zone

All of the live sessions will be recorded so if you need to miss part of the retreat you will be able to watch the recording after the live event.

Registration:

Registration: $169

Inspiring Poetry

Won't You Celebrate with Me

won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into

a kind of life? i had no model.

born in babylon

both nonwhite and woman.

what did i see to be except myself?

i made it up

here on this bridge between

starshine and clay

my one hand holding tight

my other hand; come celebrate

with me that everyday

something had tried to kill me 

and has failed.

~ Lucille Clifton

Vision Board Workshop - February 12, 2017

Sunday, February 12, 2017

11am - 1:30pm 
A Work of Heart, San Jose, California 

This workshop will provide a peaceful space to create your vision board for the year. We will explore the role of vision boards in goal setting and discuss how journaling can support you in the process! I will guide you through a series of steps that I have learned over years of creating vision boards of my own.  You will be given time to select images and create a vision board of your own.

I will also give you the opportunity to practice a valuable journaling process to help you capture any inspired ideas that might lead you to your goal. I call this process "Idea catching" and I will share with you the process of capturing your inspired actions in an idea journal.  This journal is unique in that it holds every wild idea, clue, phone number, map, and quote that will lead you to your goal. These journals have been extremely powerful in capturing inspired actions that result from focusing on my vision boards and has lead me to solutions and surprising results. 

With your Vision Board and Idea Catcher, you will have everything you need to creative fabulous year!

  

Workshop Schedule:

Choosing Images for your Vision Board

In this portion of the workshop we will look at the best ways to collect and use images for your vision board. You will have time to pull images that inspire you. Feel free to bring images you have collected before the workshop. The goal will be to find images that represent the essence of what you want to experience this year.

Arranging Images  on your Board

Over the years I've noticed that there are several ways to arrange images on your board to inspire maximum inspiration. We will explore some ways to arrange your images on your vision board based on your fundamental desires. 

Keeping your vision board active

Keeping the visions on the vision board active and present for you, will help you to make key choices to bring them to fruition. 

What to Bring:

• Image of you or something that represents you
• Images that inspire you (optional)
• Magazines (optional)

Registration:

Registration: $88 , After 2/15/2017: $88

Juicy Soul Retreat - October 15, 2017

Sunday, October 15, 2017

11am - 5pm 

A Work of Heart, San Jose, California

We want to encourage you to make a date with yourself to nurture your creative spirit. The Juicy Soul Retreat is an afternoon of pure creative bliss. We will be showing you techniques that will inspire you to create in your journals and express yourself creatively on every glorious page.  You can begin a new journal or you can continue to build in one of your existing journals. The choice is yours. Our intention is that you spend time in your journal, get inspired to create on a regular basis and explore  techniques that will bring out your unique creative expression. Photos on Flickr

This retreat is for beginners and savvy journal artists.

Retreat Schedule:

Juicy Journaling Techniques

Big tables, tons of art supplies...What could be more fun! You will learn some amazing techniques to turn flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams.

Living in Your Journals:

Spilling open and celebrating your life through journaling

In this part of the retreat you will discover the wonderful world of fonts, journal page frames, images and story windows. You will be guided through the journaling process to begin to design a focus for your journal. You will explore the variety of tools available to you to support you in journaling your ideas, dreams, victories, stories, experiences when the creative muse appears in your path. We will explore the variety of fonts, letters and methods of capturing words on a page. We will also give you a chance to  journal with the assistance of journaling prompts and ideas for topics to explore in your pages.

Juicy Journaling Studio

Self Guided time to experiment and play

In this part of the retreat you will have all the basic techniques and you will be ready to combine and layer techniques to express yourself creatively. We will act as muses for your creative process by supporting you in your process. You'll spend time in community continuing to turn your flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams. This is your time to use all the techniques you've learned to create your journal, experiment with colors and try different supplies.

What to Bring:

• Journal  
• Lunch 
• Favorite Art Supplies and Images (optional)

Registration:

Registration: $125, Starting 10/1/2017: $135

Juicy Soul Retreat - June 11, 2017

Sunday, June 11, 2017 

11am - 5pm 

A Work of Heart, San Jose, California

We want to encourage you to make a date with yourself to nurture your creative spirit. The Juicy Soul Retreat is an afternoon of pure creative bliss. We will be showing you techniques that will inspire you to create in your journals and express yourself creatively on every glorious page.  You can begin a new journal or you can continue to build in one of your existing journals. The choice is yours. Our intention is that you spend time in your journal, get inspired to create on a regular basis and explore  techniques that will bring out your unique creative expression. Photos on Flickr

This retreat is for beginners and savvy journal artists.

Retreat Schedule:

Juicy Journaling Techniques

Big tables, tons of art supplies...What could be more fun! You will learn some amazing techniques to turn flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams.

Living in Your Journals:

Spilling open and celebrating your life through journaling

In this part of the retreat you will discover the wonderful world of fonts, journal page frames, images and story windows. You will be guided through the journaling process to begin to design a focus for your journal. You will explore the variety of tools available to you to support you in journaling your ideas, dreams, victories, stories, experiences when the creative muse appears in your path. We will explore the variety of fonts, letters and methods of capturing words on a page. We will also give you a chance to  journal with the assistance of journaling prompts and ideas for topics to explore in your pages.

Juicy Journaling Studio

Self Guided time to experiment and play

In this part of the retreat you will have all the basic techniques and you will be ready to combine and layer techniques to express yourself creatively. We will act as muses for your creative process by supporting you in your process. You'll spend time in community continuing to turn your flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams. This is your time to use all the techniques you've learned to create your journal, experiment with colors and try different supplies.

What to Bring:

• Journal  
• Lunch 
• Favorite Art Supplies and Images (optional)

Juicy Soul Retreat - August 14, 2016

Sunday, August 14, 2016

11am - 5pm 

A Work of Heart, San Jose, California

We want to encourage you to make a date with yourself to nurture your creative spirit. The Juicy Soul Retreat is an afternoon of pure creative bliss. We will be showing you techniques that will inspire you to create in your journals and express yourself creatively on every glorious page.  You can begin a new journal or you can continue to build in one of your existing journals. The choice is yours. Our intention is that you spend time in your journal, get inspired to create on a regular basis and explore  techniques that will bring out your unique creative expression.

This retreat is for beginners and savvy journal artists.

Retreat Schedule:

Juicy Journaling Techniques

Big tables, tons of art supplies...What could be more fun! You will learn some amazing techniques to turn flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams.

Living in Your Journals:

Spilling open and celebrating your life through journaling

In this part of the retreat you will discover the wonderful world of fonts, journal page frames, images and story windows. You will be guided through the journaling process to begin to design a focus for your journal. You will explore the variety of tools available to you to support you in journaling your ideas, dreams, victories, stories, experiences when the creative muse appears in your path. We will explore the variety of fonts, letters and methods of capturing words on a page. We will also give you a chance to  journal with the assistance of journaling prompts and ideas for topics to explore in your pages.

Juicy Journaling Studio

Self Guided time to experiment and play

In this part of the retreat you will have all the basic techniques and you will be ready to combine and layer techniques to express yourself creatively. We will act as muses for your creative process by supporting you in your process. You'll spend time in community continuing to turn your flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams. This is your time to use all the techniques you've learned to create your journal, experiment with colors and try different supplies.

What to Bring:

• Journal  
• Lunch 
• Favorite Art Supplies and Images (optional)

See what it's like to attend?:

     

More Photos:

Juicy Soul Retreat Photos on Flickr 

Registration:

Registration: $120 , After 8/7/2016: $125

Creativity is my happy place...

My creative process is all about JOY. When  I'm in a low mood, finding my way to paints, pens and ink...lifts my spirit. 
I experience JOY from the moment I begin to prepare for the creative process. 

I start by switching in to clothes that allow me to move and get messy. (It's usually a pair of yoga pants and a tank top so my arms are free to move).  Then I pin up my hair in a bun and remove all jewelry. 

Next, it's time to turn on some music (check out my playlist on Spotify).  I have a few playlists to match my mood, this one is my starting point. Depending on my mood I may switch to another playlist or design a new playlist to match my mood. Music is key for me.

Depending on my mood I may light candles or incense to change the energy of the space. My favorite incense is Nag Champa or Bukhoor. 

Then it's time to pick my supplies by searching through drawers full of inspiration in my studio. 

I begin to create in my art journal by slapping paint on pages until I feel inspired to do the next thing. I usually have a few projects going to I can flow creatively without having to wait for a page to dry fully. I might work in 2 journals or move between journaling, writing this blog and searching for inspiration online. I'm look for a creative spark, a color, a phrase, an image to move me to the next creative action. 

That process continues until I feel expressed, empty ... or something in my life pulls me away from my studio. (like life :)) 

When I can ride that wave...it's bliss. I never want it to end. I'm completely in the zone. I am completely free in my expression. I am the most alive in those moments. 


What is your process for preparing for creativity?

Juicy Soul Retreat - June 26th 2016

Sunday, June 26, 2016

11am - 5pm 

A Work of Heart, San Jose, California

We want to encourage you to make a date with yourself to nurture your creative spirit. The Juicy Soul Retreat is an afternoon of pure creative bliss. We will be showing you techniques that will inspire you to create in your journals and express yourself creatively on every glorious page.  You can begin a new journal or you can continue to build in one of your existing journals. The choice is yours. Our intention is that you spend time in your journal, get inspired to create on a regular basis and explore  techniques that will bring out your unique creative expression.

This retreat is for beginners and savvy journal artists.

   

Retreat Schedule:

Juicy Journaling Techniques

Big tables, tons of art supplies...What could be more fun! You will learn some amazing techniques to turn flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams.

Living in Your Journals:

Spilling open and celebrating your life through journaling

In this part of the retreat you will discover the wonderful world of fonts, journal page frames, images and story windows. You will be guided through the journaling process to begin to design a focus for your journal. You will explore the variety of tools available to you to support you in journaling your ideas, dreams, victories, stories, experiences when the creative muse appears in your path. We will explore the variety of fonts, letters and methods of capturing words on a page. We will also give you a chance to  journal with the assistance of journaling prompts and ideas for topics to explore in your pages.

Juicy Journaling Studio

Self Guided time to experiment and play

In this part of the retreat you will have all the basic techniques and you will be ready to combine and layer techniques to express yourself creatively. We will act as muses for your creative process by supporting you in your process. You'll spend time in community continuing to turn your flat blank journals in to juicy journals for your words, poetry, collage, photos, lists, mantras, ideas, songs, prayers, intentions, stories, notes, and dreams. This is your time to use all the techniques you've learned to create your journal, experiment with colors and try different supplies.

What to Bring:

• Journal  
• Lunch 
• Favorite Art Supplies and Images (optional)

See what it's like to attend?:

     

More Photos:

Juicy Soul Retreat Photos on Flickr 

Registration:

Registration: $120 , After 6/21/2016: $125