Don’t you just love Pam Garrison’s journals? I wish I could take a class with Pam. I’d probably take my daughter too, who is endlessly creative and who would probably learn so much by watching and soaking up the creativity of a journaler. She has dozens of journals we’ve made her and I hope I can inspire her with all the amazing journaling out there: Teesha Moore, LK Ludwig, Pam, Anahata, etc. We gave her a copies of Sabrina Ward Harrison’s first two books and I like to watch her slowly turning the pages…
But back to Pam’s journals, lovely, eh?!
My point of sharing these is to encourage you to jump in and play. Maybe try something uncomfortable. You may not get where you want to, or love the result, but you’ll never come close if you don’t start to play. Just start. Doodle, sketch, color, cut & glue. Playing is the best way to find some new place to go.
This post led me to find not only Pam’s blog, but several others that she linked to…I think this blog thing is becoming an endless, all-consuming
resource!
I had to share this, though. I found this book at the library today ‘Scrapbooks: An American History’ by Jessica Helfand. I think you’ll really appreciate this one. There are videos on Amazon and YouTube and a site just for the book here…http://www.thedailyscrapbook.com/
and her website here…
http://www.winterhouse.com/
Enjoy, and thank you for all the wonderful content that you provide!
Cindy
Comment by Cindy — May 6, 2009 @ 2:06 am
Thanks Cindy, I just checked out Jessica Helfand’s website, what a great find! I love looking at all the old scrapbooks from folks who were saving bits of their lives before it was a fad. They’re so chock full of paper ephemera. I think this would make a nice blog post… Jason
Comment by Jason Thompson — May 6, 2009 @ 8:43 am
You’re very welcome, Jason. I’m glad you liked it. You did a great job on the blog post. I think it was your book (the combined issue) that first introduced me to the whole world of bookbinding and scrapbooks.
I keep going back to it since it contains such a variety of inspiration.
There’s something so special about those old scrapbooks. Just the way each bit of paper held so much meaning. I think that’s what makes them so fascinating! There’s a whole chapter at the end of ‘Scrapbooks’ where the author talks about today’s trends in comparison to yesterday’s. It’s an interesting subject, very thought-provoking.
Cindy
Comment by Cindy — May 6, 2009 @ 5:14 pm
These are exquisite! So personal- can’t wait to check out the rest of her work.
Comment by Becky — May 7, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Hey you CAN take a class with her. Email her, cuz she i always offering them. And she is a great teacher and her classes are really fun. And your daughter WOULD love it!
Comment by Anahata — July 16, 2009 @ 10:13 am