Flourish Friday - Moleskine Journal

I was nearing the bottom of my inkwell.  As my longtime followers know, I like to use that bottom-of-the-barrel ink in my Moleskine journal or for random pieces.

This time it was destined for my Moleskine.  

This is only the second entry in my Moleskine for 2013; where has this year gone? If you'd like to see the other entries in my Moleskine, you can find them all in one place at my Flickr account: CLICK HERE

Happy Friday Friends.

Go Forth and Flourish!

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Hymns That Last

I started a new journal recently.

My daughter gave me this beautiful journal which she had purchased while studying in Florence. I wanted to do something special with it.

After reading HERE about hymns that endure, I decided to fill the pages with these hymns. This is my title page.

Each writing page of the journal is preceded with a lovely, translucent page.

 The first page I filled with the lyrics of Abide with Me by Henry F. Lyte (1847).

1 down, 26 to go...

You can view the list of 27 hymns by CLICKING HERE.

If you like the background paper, then be sure to read the comments on this post.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

xo

Jane

Calligraphy Flourish Friday - Moleskine Journal

An entry in my Moleskine Journal. Watercolor, pencil, technical pen, walnut ink and a Zebra G nib.  It's been nearly TWO years since my last entry in this journal. (SEE HERE)

Wow.

That is just confirmation that I am on the right track about making some changes in my schedule.

I use to love working in my various journals.

You can see all the other pages in my Moleskine journal by CLICKING HERE.

Have a great weekend.

Go forth and Flourish!

Flourish Friday September 11

Thanks everyone for your kind comments yesterday about the Trust In the Lord piece. I updated the post for those interested in the embossing. Proverbs 3:5-6 is a treasured promise! It's one of many promises I hope to letter. Yesterday, I played and flourished around a bit in my Moleskine journal - The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Happy Flourish Friday!

Flourish Friday June 5th

I had just a bit of time to play in my Moleskine last night.  I don't think the quote and lettering style work well together, but oh well.  I like the flourishy border. I tried playing with the 0s. I'm a calligraphy geek, I guess.  I liked the o in this post by Lori Vliegen of Elvie Studio.  (Which I just now "got" that Elvie is LV for Lori's initials. Obviously, I am not the brightest scribe in the scriptorium.) 

I think this is a great quote.  Before John Wooden was the Wizard of Westwood, he was a Boilermaker! I admire the way he's lived his life, and I believe he's a good role model.  If you click on his name, it will take you to his official site and you can learn more about Coach Wooden.  Happy Flourish Friday everyone!

Moleskine Play

I needed to take a few hours break from wedding work.  I've kept journals off and on since I was in junior high, but only began keeping "art journals" since about 1999.  You can see more of my art journals here.  Every year I list as one of my goals to work more consistently in my various art journals, but it's hard to do when your work space and play space are the SAME space.  It felt good to clear a spot and play this morning, although I see I dated it two days from now. I must be looking forward to the weekend!

I love this poem by Emily Dickinson:

Crumbling is not an instant's Act

A fundamental pause

Dilapidation's processes

Are organized Decays.

'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul

A Cuticle of dust

A Borer in the Axis

An Elemental Rust.

Ruin is formal - Devil's Work

Consecutive and slow -

Fail in an instant, no man did

Slipping - is Crash's law.

It's a good reminder that it's the small, daily choices we make that can lead to our downfall.

Here's to keeping the Cobwebs off our Souls!

(I'm sorry for any duplications - I had to edit this post.)