DIANA CAMOMILE PECK

PAM GARRISON AT STUDIO CRESCENDOH

 

 CALIFORNIA 2014

North Broadway Street

Santa Ana, California

 

Studio Crescendo - Jenny Doh

http://www.crescendoh.com/studio_crescendoh/

 

 

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North Broadway Street

 

  

 

Can I tell you how amazing it is to walk into a studio and there on the table are stacks and stacks of Pam Garrison's handmade art journals!!!  (I wish I took a picture of them) It is like you are in a candy store and don't know where to begin.  

 

It kind of takes your breath away!  And the best part is... she lets you touch them - and hold them - and look through them - and admire them - and even take pictures of pages if you want - like seriously - who does that? 

 

Part of me didn't want to even work on my journal when I was in class with her because I knew that when it was over I wouldn't be able to see her journals again.  I wanted to relish the moment!!

 

Not to mention the wealth of knowledge Pam so generously shares like what her favorite pens, markers and paints are, what colors she loves, what paper she uses, how to bind a journal, how she fills a page, her process and on and on.  

 

There has been rumor that she will be offering an online class in the near future.  I highly recommend you follow her everywhere you possibly can.  You will not be disappointed!!

 

http://www.pamgarrison.com/ 

 

 

 Pam Garrison

 

 Pam Garrison art journal page

 

Pam Garrison 

 

 Pam's handwriting is so beautiful I couldn't resist asking her if she would write my name for me on the art journal I was making.  

 

 

 

The following are pages from my finished art journal.

 

 There is no doubt the inspiration came from spending so much time admiring Pam's journals. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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My heart skipped a beat when I saw this hand painted bag for sale that Pam had painted.  I kind of snatched it real fast and kept it close to my side.  

  

 

hand painted by Pam Garrison

 

hand painted by Pam Garrison

 

 

xo<3

I AM HERE...ART JOURNAL

 

I AM HERE...

art journal 

 

front cover of journal

 

 

THE ART OF BECOMING CLEAR MINDED

"In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." Isaiah

 

Clear minded - getting rid of useless thoughts

 

 

ECCENTRIC

"No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity"

Andre Maurois

 

  

 Do something unexpected!

 

 

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

"Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go."

 

 

"I choose to listen to my inner voice, not the random opinion of others"

 

 

DO WHAT YOU LOVE - LOVE WHAT YOU DO

"It is good to love many things, for therein lies strength and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done with love is well done."

Vincent Van Gogh

 

"Where ever you go, go with all your heart."

Confucius

 

 

BALANCE

"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony."

 

Let's get spiritual

 

MINDFUL 

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

"Be happy in the moment, that's enough.  Each moment is all we need, not more." 

Mother Teresa

 

 

 EVERY HEART

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

 

Listen to the whispers of your heart.

 

 

EMBRACE BEING VULNERABLE

"To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength."

 

"He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg"

- Chinese Proverb

 

 

WHAT FUELS ME

"There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge." 

-Nietzsche

 

 

I am here...

 

 

DO NOT FAIL...

"Whatever your occupation may be, and however crowded your hours with affairs, do not fail to secure at least a few minutes every day for refreshment of our inner life with a bit of poetry."

 

inside cover

 

 

LET GO OF YOURSELF

"You are where you need to be. Just take a deep breath."

 

 

 

If not now, when?

 

 

DON'T LOOK BACK

"the only time you should look back is to see how far you've come."

 

TO DO

 

XO<3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE - AND REVEL IN IT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is time I listen to my own words!  I have been putting off many ideas for quite awhile.  I like to make excuses for myself.  I am a procrastinator.  My mind keeps me awake and drives me a bit wild with ideas and thoughts and projects.  I have had blogs before, deleted them.  I have been on other peoples blogs, no longer active.  It is time - for me to have confidence in myself - to believe in myself.  To  have faith in myself.  I want to "accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."  And delight in the quote..."once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiousity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." 

The time is now.  I can no longer just think about things.  This is the beginning of me sharing with you some of my delicious journeys.  I have taken numerous online classes that involve either mixed media, soldering, art journaling, sculpting or painting.  I am obessesed with learning.  I can't really take much credit for the ideas that I will share with you.  However, I will share with you the things that I  love, that I have learned from so many others.  My version of their version if you will. 

I am not a photographer.  I am not a blogger per say.  This is really a venue for me to share some of the wonderful things that I have learned from so many others.  Cheers to a New Year  - "i am here...." and the subject is confidence. 

The picture above is one from an art journal that I made while taking the online class Open Studio by Misty Mawn.  She is talented beyond anything I can comprehend. 

 

 mistymawn.typepad.com/

I am super excited to see she is offering a new online mixed media class.  Pretty sure that will be my next investment.  Her classes are full of detailed instruction, wonderful videos, great quotes, amazing ideas, access to her class for over a year online so you don't feel stressed to get things done too quickly and appropriate for all levels of ability.

I will post more pics of the above journal I have made.  Ta Ta for now.  Diana