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• My week of intensive bookbinding.
• Zentangle inspired 1.
• Zentangle inspired 2.
• Two bonus journals I made at home during my week of intensive bookbinding.
• 3D geometric rainbow column.
• Sparkly Spirograph.
• “Life expands and contracts…”

*crabbily half-asleep* -Chaos

*making happy paws on Chaos* -Mayhem

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• Don’t crumple…
• “…some shelves that need cleaning from basement to ceiling.“
• Contrast is a thing that’s useful, Chris.
• Cactus Fruit Eel 3D geometric doodle.
• Paper towel.
• “…but very few things on their own have changed the world.“
• Recommended journal brands.
• Green and black scribbling.

And here’s a list of bullet journaling tips for the curious.

“Can’t a girl just be melted on the floor without having her picture taken?!” -Mayhem

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Ink mess.

Hands.

“If you are making art…”

Mapped 3D geometric doodle.

Be kind.

Lyric head.

Leather-like.

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Chaos

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• Finished art journal.
• A form is (re)born.
• “There is a crack, a crack in everything…“
• “We all need more kindness in this world.“
• Grape 3D geometric doodle.
• Rainbow scribble doodle over Eastern Europe.
• Before and after 3D geometric doodle.

Not art journal related, but art related: a photo from my (one evening only) screen printing class.

“You aren’t feeding me right now. This is a mistake.” -Chaos

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• Everything’s great, why do you ask?
• Rainbow scribble doodle.
• Doodling.
• Rainbow map head.
• Patina.
• Broken scribble doodle.
• Morning routine.

“Of course I look regal – I’m a panther princess!!!!” -Mayhem

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• Very purple.
• !REGTI.
• Rainbow scribble doodle with stress.
• Unreadable.
• “Every sentence is for the birds“.
• Colorful raven.
• Be kind.

“Hi Mom!!! What are you doing???! Can I see??!” -Mayhem

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• Rainbow rain.
• In just spring…
• Kosher salt to the rescue!
• Breathe. Warm.
• I am at the center.
• Stamped with a flip flop.
• Recipe in blue.

DIY journals.

“My Pollock fish is too art, Mom! Me and the big kitty personalized it by licking and licking and drooling on it until it got a big green spot on it from the ‘nip inside.” -Mayhem

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• Rainbow waves.
• Purple and grey phrenology head.
• Sharpies, stenciling, and watercolor pencils.
• A yawn is a silent scream…
• Book stamps.
• Sharpies and a stencil.
• Watercolor test page.

*basking* -Mayhem, enjoying the sunshine that’s been all too rare lately

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• ARTARTARTARTARTARTARTART…
• “Someone left the cake out in the rain…”
• Look inside…
• It me.
• Artistic journey.
• What am I saying “yes” to in 2016?
• “We took the written word of our philosophers…”
• Thoughts on my creative process, based on a question from Vivian that I answered poorly at the time.

“…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…” -Mayhem

She fell asleep cleaning her face. SO CUTE! *clutches face*

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• Self definition I.
• Self definition II.
• Salty hand.
• Inspire.
• Pattern brain.
• Bad kitty.
• London.
• A poem about rain.
• I believe.

On starting an art journal.

“I love you, sunbeam…” -Mayhem