Last year, I came across the idea to cut out magazine pictures to paste into my journal as a backdrop for my musings. As the holiday season arrived, so did many catalogs and I bought some of my favorite magazines at the store.
I stacked them up on my dining room table. Of an evening, I would thumb through the pages ripping out images, ideas for gifts and words. Then another evening or two, I arranged pictures and words, glued them in place onto the blank pages creating a welcoming space to journal and keep track of ideas for Advent and Christmas.
It was like a mini getaway each time I opened to the next page. Sometimes the image and words would prompt me to write on a certain topic. Other pages became my go to place for checking off the gift shopping list or for preparing the menu for Christmas brunch.
This type of journal was a gift to myself, making my experience of the holidays, so much more pleasant.
Here are some photos of the cover and some inside pages.
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| Cover: What You Love (Essential Guide) stamped with “Gloria In Excelsis Deo” |
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| Holiday Gift Ideas |
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| Curl Up with a Book |
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| Inviting Me to Sit At Jesus Feet and then to Go! |
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| Time to be With God |
Now hop on over to the Modern Day Disciple to see how she journals through the holiday season. (Click here)
Also check out her review about The Detailer, a innovative personal organizer.
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Kel–Dawn's idea is so inspired….thanks for sharing this.
Well, Kel, you know my opinion of collage journaling! I LOVE it and am now the posterchild for collaging!…..except maybe that you are. May we be collage twins?! I particularly love what you did here. What a wonderful inhouse retreat to give yourself. May the Lord use your creative work here to inspire you and others (as you are doing now) through Advent!LoveLynni
Lynni- Of course we can be collage twins! You were the one who inspired me to incorporate collage into journaling. I am working towards making a new Advent journal retreat as a gift for myself again this year.
Jody- Isn't it great to share others ideas and enjoy the inspiration?! I ordered books from Kimberlee because of your recent book review post. 🙂
Kel- I never thought of collaging a journal page. Thank you for showing these pages for Advent. And thank you for stopping by my blog, I appreciated your thought.
Thanks for coming over…we are in this journey together…spurring one another on to love and good works!
Kel, what a great idea! I used to collage many, many years ago when I was single. Boy, this brought back memories…collaging and journaling… Dare I give it a try?…hhhmmmm….
Diane-I am cheering for you to jump back in…journaling and collage help me process my thoughts and I often discover things about myself and life that I wasn't expecting…I really believe God uses them as springboards for conversation with Him, too 🙂
What a great idea! I'm a big scrapbooker, so this is right up my alley 🙂
Kel- HEY! I am just getting to see this! My dear you and I are soul sisters! this is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO me! And you too! I love these pages…I have some similar! I love collage. Basically simple paper, scissors , glue! But since scrapping I morphed and am over run by journals and scrap books! Love these. I was updating the blog links and saw this- so glad! You made my night, friend!
i too started making art in my journal and even when i don't have a lot to say, the time i spend making art it time spent meditating and thinking about the bible verse for the day. thanks for sharing!