My Current Journaling Process...

 A few posts back, Jackie posed this question:

"How many places do you journal each day? Meaning if you have a variety of art journals do you repeat things in each one, or do you choose a journal, and skip from one to another?"


Right now, I have only two main journals I am working in daily - My daily writing/idea journal, and my Book of Days.

The format for my daily writing/idea journal changes all the time.  I've used regular lined diaries, smashbooks, and handmade books. I love variety. It makes writing more fun! My Big Grid Journal currently serves as my daily writing/idea book.  I usually record the day's events and the weather, right after I wake from my nap.  It helps me warm up for the evening's creative project.  Along with being a daily diary, it also holds any writing assignments/prompts for workshops that I'm taking.  I can work out ideas, and paste photos of things that inspire me in it. Here's an example of a recent spread that I haven't shared yet. 

My Book of Days is my art journal.  It is the one that I paint and get messy in.  The format will change a little bit, but it's always made of sturdy pages that can take paint and other wet media. I work in it most every weekday evening.  I use it for all of my different workshop-inspired pages, as well as just experimenting and playing.   I'm on Volume 4 for 2013. Here's the current one I'm working in...

 Here are the two of them together.  As you can see, the cover on my Book of Days is starting to get deliciously messy!  They are both 9"x12..."

I reserve the weekends for working on Project Life, and other unfinished projects, like travel journals from previous trips.  I find that taking a break from art journaling on the weekends, makes it fresh and fun again come Monday!

I have tried having different journals for every workshop I am taking, and sometimes that is really fun!  Lately however, I most enjoy doing it this way.  It keeps my head from getting jumbled up with too many choices, and I get to see my journals fill up faster when I only have two!

I hope this is helpful!  Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments section and I will do my best to answer them.  The most important thing to remember is to do what works for you!