New 12x12 Scrapbook Pages

     A few nights back, Johnny took me to get some art supplies in town and I saw a 3lb pack of random paper and had to have it. I like working with random colors, especially ones I would normally never choose such as purple or orange. I enjoy the challenge. To make these pages, I got the wild hair up my ass to just paint shit out my gut. No thinking, just doing. Puffy paint, glitter, pencil color, acrylic paint and oil pastel. I do not care if the pictures do not go with the artwork, they were added today after all the paint was dried, then journalling in pencil. I picked up each photo and knew exactly what I wanted to write. My goal is to have a nice, thick scrapbook from my travels, past adventures with Danryu, and everyday  hanging out with Johnny. The whole point is to get it all down before I forget.

Here are the pages with accompanying text:

"Me and my '92 Camaro. Easter, 2009. Hecker, LA north of LeBleu, Calcasieu Parish. I took Johnny to look for prairie seeds. I spotted the flowers on a callout when I was a dogcatcher, I got this outfit for 50 cents from CARC and the shoes were of of many from my Doc Marten collection. The "skank chain" was from high school. -Jac 2013 "

" Me and Elizabeth LeBlanc hanging out on the gravel road past Lorrain Bridge in 2010. Went of a road trip down hwy 14 to Hayes and up 101 to i-10."

"Me and Johnny standing in front of the 'Blue Balls' as we call em. Located in New Orleans. 2012 on the way to Wizard World New Orleans. We stop and take pics here every time we go to a convention. -Jac 2013"

CB's Videaux and Pizza Inn Express, Vinton, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 2008

Taken during one of my random road trips in 2008. I believe I ate at the Subway inside. Was full of old 70s/80s wood paneling. Love that stuff. I do not remember if they were still renting videos or not. Would like to go back and take some more pics. Gotta love that spelling LOL

Ged and Lunita, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, 2009, travel journal

Pages from a 2009 Journal 

How I plan trips: posts from my art journals

Thanks to a friend's suggestion, I will be scanning pages from my journals that have documented my travels, or musings about places I want to see/have seen. Some pages will be lists, others will have google maps I have printed and written on, and pages with photos and stories (does anyone print their pictures anymore???). Enjoy!

Hwy 90, Vinton, Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish

Lately, I have been watchin art journaling videos on Youtube. Basically they entail artists flipping through the book. A lot of em are shit, Teesha Moore rip offs. But the ones that are good are really damn good. I especially enjoy the travel journal vids. So here is a spread I did while in the mood and watchin some vids. I got that journal out the dumpster by a local thrift store. Its a teacher's grade book, unused cept for a few pages some kids used for pretend school.

So. Here are some of my art journals. About every other month I lay on my bed with a few of em and flip through them. I love it. They were a bitch to haul, however, when me and my man moved out here. took about three tubs. I also have a collection of mapbooks that I plan on makin into travel journals.