Thank you to my cousin who sent this link along today. A timely reminder and one I thought was worth sharing.
If you like what she is saying, follow it up on youtube where there are more chapters, or find out more at Story of Stuff. I don't mean to be preachy, I am surrounded by stuff as I type (that reminds me, I was tidying when I got distracted by the internet - ooops!), but when I see something that makes sense to me and makes me think, I like to share it with you!
I love art journaling. It changed my life, no joke. I started in 2005 and quickly realised it was essential to my well-being, my sanity. During periods that I am not actively journaling, I am thinking about journaling and that is nearly as good. I am sharing this video of Suzi Blu because I believe in what she is doing and she is a fantastic and passionate art journal guru. Her work is so beautiful too.
I finally bound this last night and the third hole I punched was out of line with the others. I nearly exploded or imploded or something drastic! I just froze and stared at it fixedly, thinking "this book has nearly 30 pages. It took ages to choose the dictionary pages that would work with the structure and content of the book. They are original pages, covered with original drawings. They took ages to plan and prepare." You'll notice I was being careful not to go down my old path of (wailing) "It's all ruined!" A few deep breaths and a life time later, I started thinking about how I could patch that hole and carry on. I am delighted with the final book, and proud of myself for not melting down and throwing it across the room, probably wrecking it further in the process. I'll show you the cover later, but here are the first and last pages (I have them all scanned to use in future projects.) Dictionary Fauna from 
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