Magazine Hunt

I went on a magazine hunt this weekend. I needed some additional material for the art journaling I do. One of the women in my group suggested that I try Half Price Books. Not that I wanted to pay even half price for magazines that I knew I would cut up but that was better than full price. So I hit a couple this weekend. I gotta say, that was a great idea. I am not really a magazine girl. Most of what I read is either via Internet or newspaper. But I found the issues that were roughly a year old to only be $1. A great bargain for me.

So $15 later I had some great selections. My favorite was National Geographic because it had some great backgrounds on almost every page. I only bought 2 but those will probably last me over a month. I also grabbed a think Vogue because I love shoes and clothing. An Architectural Digest and a few Garden Digest issues. The Oprah ones I already had from a couple of days ago. What I also found were some great clearance books that had life's sayings as well as some poetry that I think would really describe me. The name of the book was "angry girls". Need I say more? My son thought I was crazy by getting old magazines but now that he is seeing what I did I think he might actually try it himself. As long as he doesn't resort to cutting up textbooks, I don't really care. )

I am posting one of the entries I completed this weekend. I have to remember to date them.

Until later BloggerLand...

Some great ideas...

I wanted to share some magazines that I have found incredible for getting landscape and background pictures for art journaling (or gluebooking). My favorite is now Nationa Geographic. The great full page layouts that you can overlay a great picture or word art is definitely the way to go. Some of the ladies in my group are fans of Oprah magazine. Which I will say has some great wording. I also love comic books but be very particular about what you get. Graphic novels might work better but you would have to find them at a discount.

Stamping the background is pretty cool as well. I did that in on of my journal entries. It looks like one of the most simplistic entries but to stamp in multicolor takes a minutes.

Today is a pretty lazy day. It's hot and so am I. My cat is clearly nocturnal. He is sleeping all through the day for at least 8 to 10 hours. And then again at night. He is also not eating. It looks like it is off to the vet tomorrow for me. We will check to see what is going on with him. I have brought him in permanently now. We found that a racoon likes his food being outside. So to keep him safe and my side deck, free of predators, Bones and the food comes in.

Until later my blogger family...