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

DECEMBER DAILY 2013

 

What did you love most about Christmas 2013?

 

 

handmade ornament we made with our family

 

For me, my most favorite creative project was discovering Hope Wallace and her blog Besottment by Paper Relics.

 

http://www.besottment.com/

 

For the past couple of years Hope has been creating what she calls "DECEMBER DAILY REVERB"

  A journal which documents memorable events from the past year.  There are 31 days of prompts to write about for the month of December.  

 

http://www.besottment.com/besottment/2012/11/december-daily-reverb-2012-journal-pages.html

 

Hope gives you links where you are able to look back on previous years that she made, which prompts she used and also beautiful pictures of the journal pages she created.  

 

One of the things I loved about creating this type of journal is you are able to save and re-use the beautiful Christmas cards, invitations, wrapping paper, labels, etc. that you just don't want to part with and use them as your journal pages.

 

 

handmade Christmas card

 I adore this picture that my son made in 2004 for our family Christmas cards.  I added the vintage Dennison label and made a number from one of those old labelers.

 

 

I used vintage ledger and folded it in half.  On the outside I wrote the prompt.  Inside of the flap of folded paper is my journal entry.

 

 

   

I loved using vintage Dennison labels whenever I can. Here is a link where you can purchase labels.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/199250036/red-vintage-dennison-gummed-labels

 

 

 

This is the inside of a security envelope

 

 

 

wrapping paper and vintage ledger

 

 

vintage postcard

 

 

Pam Garrison postcard

 

 

Pam Garrison postcard

 

 

Christmas tag

 

I really enjoyed looking back on my year and compiling my memories in one place.  This was a perfect project to do on a cold night that was not too involved or time consuming.  All of the items I used for this journal I had on hand.  It is a great way to recycle.  The last few pages is where I added the Christmas cards with family photos that I didn't want to throw away.  

 

  The only thing I ordered were the covers that Hope used and recommended.  Here is the link where I ordered mine for this year.  I punched the holes for the metal rings with a cropodile. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Gypsies-Binderie-Board-Book-Cover/dp/B00DWNL51A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416419970&sr=8-1&keywords=7+gypsies+book+board+cover