If you want to find my online class about how to make and keep an illustrated journal, the link is here: kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific.com/courses/the-book-of-you-making-and-keeping-a-visual-diary

A close friend visited Italy. She told me that the Italians are physically a beautiful people. Love the journal!

@BookandPaperArts

3 ай бұрын

Debbie, your friend was not mistaken. I mean it is like being surrounded by movie stars and being the only extra on a movie set. Drop dead gorgeous. And really nice, too.

"Creativity is in to inteligente having fun" Albert Einstein, and yours sims to have a lit of it... 💜

I think watching this has changed how I will document our trip from Budapest to Amsterdam this fall 🥰

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi there, Leah. Go for it! You can warm up by making a journal of your day to day if you have time then you can hit the ground running this fall. Bon voyage. (Amsterdam has a great flea market.)

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you! 2 years ago, I took a trip to Portugal for a few weeks. I brought back every piece of paper that crossed my path and now have a huge basket full of memories that I would love to turn into a journal. I know it's after the fact, but I still am feeling compelled to put my memories in one fun journal for a stroll down memory lane. Thank you for the encouragement!🫶💕🙋‍♀️

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Sherelyn. Would a pep talk help? Go ahead and drag out that box and find a good glue stick and get to work, or play. You will not be sorry AND you will get to revisit those memories. Have fun with it and get messy. Keep me posted!

I adore watching the flip-thrus of your journals! They remind me of my travels and inspire me. I also purchased your online class and enjoyed it immensely!💙

@BookandPaperArts

Ай бұрын

Hello Tavane. I am so pleased you like the class. And remember, journals are not just for travel - they are great to keep your everyday life and memories in. Happy making! Kelly

I was so excited to see this flip through after watching the video on you making this journal, looks like a wonderful trip!❤

@BookandPaperArts

16 күн бұрын

Thanks bunches, Megan. It was a sublime trip. We went in January to avoid the crowds and have a better chance of getting close to the beautiful stuff and it worked! Thanks for touching base. Kelly

Wonderful ideas and lots of travel information too. Thanks for bringing us along.

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. A blank book may be the best travelling companion there is. 😺

I'm not a Boticelli-angel boyfriend but I am called Gabriel. Is that good enough?

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

My dear, you are good enough for the likes of me. It's a good thing we are married!

Love your art memory book! Really love the eTag Omi you painted and drew!

@BookandPaperArts

28 күн бұрын

Thanks bunches, Kathy Jean. It is truly nice to hear this. 🌷🌻🌼

What a great book, Kelly! I loved the beautiful rice paper angel and the water color and the stenciling and mark making best of all.

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi hi, Denise. Thanks for this. It is funny how we sometimes forget that we can fill up the blank spaces with something that's just fun and pretty because we can and we want to! 😺

Always a pleasure traveling with you😊

Really enjoyed this Kelly - especially your depiction of Badass Theodora 👍 you’ve inspired me to try an art journal. Thank you 💖📖

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Simone. Theodora is quite the presence in Ravenna even now. I would love to have had a drink with her and gossip.

Oh Kelly, how brilliant your flip thru is!! Thank you. I love collecting post cards too!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Roksanna. Thank you so much. This book did turn out good. I like trying a looser style (I am not really a loose kind of creative person so it is a challenge and a good one). Post cards are terrific and some people are a little snobby about them. But all that beauty and memory and inspiration in a little card that is so inexpensive. Yes, please.

Fabulous travel journal combining art and narrative!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks bunches, Jay. When I first started making these they were just doodles and glued in pages and notes. They have evolved but in a lot of ways that is still the idea. 😺

Magnificent! Wish I had done this when I lived abroad in Italy

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

HI Marg. Thanks for touching base. Yeah, I put everything in my book whether it is visiting another country or walking to my local library and drawing the trees. Such a good way of getting our thoughts and memories down.

Fantastic video! Feel like I have taken a small trip to Italy through yiur book. Thank you for sharing your trip and your creative book. Loved thus! 💙💚💙

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Barry. Thanks for checking in. I really needed to get this book finished so I can start a new one for spring.

I love cemeteries. My goal is to visit all of the Magnificent Seven in London. So far I have seen four. Thanks for the video--I always enjoy them!

@BookandPaperArts

3 ай бұрын

Hi Sandra. You know, I don't think I have seen ANY cemeteries in London although there are quite a few small churchyards in the Welsh countryside that could tell some stories.

I love how under Theodora you wrote "She was badass". LOL! Very descriptive! I remember as a young girl thinking Theodora was the most beautiful name I had ever heard. I was determined, at the time, to name a future daughter Theodora. Needless to say, I have 3 daughters, none are named Theodora.

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Ding ding ding and we have a winner of the best comment of the post. Gab is laughing so hard I'm surprised he can still breathe. I know, why don't you and I create alter egos and name them Theodora? I'm in. xxx

@CatherineSunnysideJournals

4 ай бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts Sounds good to me, Theodora!

Ik hou van jouw manier van journaling😊, het heeft veel weg van mijn manier van werken , geweldig ! Dank je wel voor de flip. RINI Boer van der Gugten. Uit Nederland

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Catharina. I would love to see some of your pages! Kelly

I thought your portico painting was very nice. I like that it was a little messy as you say, you even caught the light coming through on the pathway. Beautiful book. Have made my first one in prep for our family vacation this summer. Thanks for the great tips.

@BookandPaperArts

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Lori. And well done making your own. Have fun making pages!

Maybe in the next lifetime!🤣...Love your videos, I'm learning so much... Thank you ❤

@BookandPaperArts

8 күн бұрын

Thank you for this, Sorrel. It truly makes me happy to hear this. And what a lovely name you have! Kelly

You made me laugh. Who wouldn't want a Botticelli angel for a boyfriend! Love your illustrated journal.

@centibastelt2023

4 ай бұрын

Exactly what I thought. But wouldn't someone like that make me feel unbelieveable ugly in comparison? 🤣

@DonnaVintageSnippets

4 ай бұрын

@@centibastelt2023Oh no! An angel would never let you feel anything but beautiful. 🙂

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Ha! Yes, that is the problem. They have the gorgeous hair and perfect mouth. How to compete with that? @@centibastelt2023

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

I don't know, Donna. Some of those androgynous angels look as though they are not to be crossed. They are so lovely and not quite kind. 🤔🤔@@DonnaVintageSnippets

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Donna, this was mainly in my 20s when I was bolder and had no fear but I did have a killer New Romantics wardrobe that could just about stand up to Botticelli angel-dom. And you?

i remember the scarf!😁

@BookandPaperArts

3 ай бұрын

This made me smile, Amanda. I do love an oversize scarf shawl in royal blue. 😺

I loved watching you make this journal, and I loved watching the flip through even more. Looks like a trip to Italy is on the agenda next year 😊🇮🇹❤

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Sandra. What can I say, I remain a francophile but Italy is a great joy. And the people are beautiful, the street fashion is a joy, and the food is out of this world.

Another fabulous video. I'm amazed at how much you were able to put into your one signature book. It is chockful of goodies. Using pockets and envelopes added lot of good space and interest. I'll try to incorporate some of your terrific ideas into my journals. Thanks

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Helene. I think the secret here is that the book doesn't have all that many pages, just enough to do ten days right but then I really filled those pages and it chunked up. I sometimes have "proper" sketchbooks that only get filled 1/3 of the way and I prefer this way. What kind of journals are you using?

I just LOVE your paper-art work, and you explain it so well and patiently. Thank you for that , Love and Light from Amsterdam Holland ✨

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. This is truly lovely to hear. I want to know more about your pages and style, too! Kelly

@Geemeel1

4 ай бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts Well I had a great breakthrough in starting again with your magical words: " if it is overwhelming, draw a square... Anyone can fill a square... et voilà! I am of again. Thanks for that! 🤩

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

@@Geemeel1 I think I should put those words on a t-shirt or coffee cup. 😺

@Geemeel1

4 ай бұрын

@@BookandPaperArts😁

All I can say is STUNNING

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Why thank you, Jennifer. That is what I like to here. I do like making pages, both of travels and of my everyday. If it isn't on a page, it didn't happen. 😺

I enjoy your videos. I appreciate many of the same things when I am traveling. I've not been to Padua or Modena, so I'll add that to my list. Thanks.

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Victoria. Out of the trip Modena was surprisingly full of good stuff. Ravenna did NOT disappoint. Padua had very little except the chapel but that chapel was so extraordinary I could kick myself for not making a second reservation and going back the same day.

What a wonderful and meaningful journal! I’ve recognised your beautiful leaf print on the cover from last autumn! 🤩

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the same leaf. I make a big batch every fall and use them throughout the year. They don't cost much and make anything look mysterious and pretty.

This was a marvelous video. Such a creative journal. I’m heading to Italy in Oct for the first time. This has given me so many great ideas. Grazie!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hello there, deMarie. Italy is gorgeous and the food! Be sure and take a blank book and a glue stick with you and you can save so many memories as you go and when you get home and find you have a stack of papers. Bon voyage !

your travel journal is a work of art, just beautiful!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Why thank you, Sara. I am a journal addict - if it doesn't get on the page then it didn't happen. Thanks for touching base!

Wow, Kelly, such an inspiring book both for travelling and for day to day life, as you said. So many ideas and so easy to actually do them. You have there a wonderful memory of your trip. I visited Italy when I was 21 and still remember many details of the beautiful, beautiful country. I’ve always wanted to return there one day, but it never happened. I went there in an organized trip with a group and a guide, so I took really, really brief notes, because we didn’t have time. Anyway, I am really inspired by this, as I usually am with all your videos. Thanks for sharing such great treasure 🧡🩵💚💛🩷🤎🤍💜💙♥️

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Alexandra. Making pages on a trip is a pleasure but you can also make pages out of your everyday life that are special and fun. You could even add fabric and stitching! Make your own style. I hope you give it a try and let me know how it works.

Awesome, Kelly.

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks bunches, Peter.

Good Gravy Kelly, where do I begin?? I just loved this amazing, creative walk thru. A few of the subjects/items that sprang out to me... I really loved the idea of drawing and briefly describing the clothes that you brought with you, your love for walking through very old cemeteries, I'm not sure just why, but it's like you are actually touching time from so very long ago, not to mention, I LOVE the old names on many head stones and the art work. I adored your old, crusty, many layered brick, plastered walls. OOhh la la!! Jeeze that was fascinating to me! Last but certainly NOT least, I swooned over the picture on the brochure of "your old boyfriend" across from the Easter hand written calendar. Holy cow! At very first glance, I thought it was Jim Morrison in his hunky days, of the early Doors! Ok....I guess now I'm the one who needs a vacation! Kelly, thanks so very much for this walk thru. You put all of your heart and soul deeply into this journal. Thank you, thank you.

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Jim Morrison, eh? He did have the hair, that's for sure. Did you know he is buried in Paris and people leave weird stuff on his grave all the time? Those peeling walls were a wonder to me and I'm not even kidding. Maybe I was a stonemason in a former life. As for clothes I usually add more pages than this as I do think it is an integral part of the memory that will slip away. Also, socks. I love socks.

@lynnboyd33

4 ай бұрын

Ohhh gurl, socks, eh? Your just toooo cute!@@BookandPaperArts

Thanks for the inspiration! I have European travel coming up very soon so I must check out your other video too.

@BookandPaperArts

3 ай бұрын

Hi Norma, grab your journal and your stuff. For me, nothing is real until it is on the page. I hope you make fun and gorgeous pages on your travels! Kelly

So good!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks bunches, Leslie. 🌷🌻🌼

Thanks Kelly, lots of inspiration

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Linda. I hope you make great and gorgeous pages. Kelly

@creativestudio5006

4 ай бұрын

I always think about Dylan Thomas' home which we toured a couple of years ago when I think of you

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

@@creativestudio5006 Is that at the boathouse in Laugherne or Cymdomkin Park? I haven't seen the boathouse but yeah, he is quite the local hero and I have been in his local pub a time or two.

Just fabulous. And that pose with the overcoat in the church! Wowzers. I’m gonna do this the next trip to NYC which will be soon. I’m grabbing all the travel brochures and maps and keeping my paper bags! Question - when you draw a location, I assume you’re often standing up? How do you hold your sketchbook? You put it up against the wall? Or find a place to rest it upon? I’m so enjoying all your videos I need to go create

When you turned the page to the pilgrimage portico, I said wow, I want to replicate that. It’s a beautiful page and I’m inspired to draw/watercolor more in my travel journals. Do you do most of the finishing touches when back home? Thanks for sharing!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Sandy, this is truly nice to read especially as I said I wasn't even going to try that thing with all of the arches and stuff. Usually I finish books at home after I get back. I do work a lot on the road but it is too tricky to enjoy the experience and be present and otherwise why go so I do what I can and jot down pencil notes, sometimes make colour swatches of a piece then use photos and notes to finish later. This video explains more, if it helps: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIqHlaR8kpS2YMo.html

Sorry how fo ypu print your photos while traveling? Would you recommend buying a polaroid?

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Hi Shreeve. Usually I print my photos when I return home. It is, however, often possible to print at a photo machine or copy-making place, using Bluetooth or putting the photos on a thumb drive but I am usually running around too much to do this. A Polaroid camera is going to be a lot to carry BUT you can buy a portable mini printer. Try looking them up online, something like "portable mini printer for journal work". Good luck!

@BookandPaperArts

4 ай бұрын

Here is a link to an example: instax.com/mini_link_2/en/

Just fabulous. And that pose with the overcoat in the church! Wowzers. I’m gonna do this the next trip to NYC which will be soon. I’m grabbing all the travel brochures and maps and keeping my paper bags! Question - when you draw a location, I assume you’re often standing up? How do you hold your sketchbook? You put it up against the wall? Or find a place to rest it upon? I’m so enjoying all your videos I need to go create

@BookandPaperArts

8 күн бұрын

Hi Margaret. I can draw standing if I have to but I tend to sit and draw holding my book there or in my lap. This works especially well in churches with all of those pews just waiting! So yeah, usually I am sitting somewhere or other while I draw then add the colour (if I do) later over coffee or what-you-will. Enjoy New York. That sounds like a blast. I would love to see the Cloisters museum. (Or is that in NY state and not NYC? 🤔Kelly