Hi all, Jordan here. How are you doing? I hope you’ve reached your Friday in high spirits.
Did you get a chance to read Barb’s Blog yesterday? She put together a fantastic bundle featuring our Fresh-Cut Christmas Rounds Dies, and created some fantastic cards using these and the brand new Christmas & Celebrations Stickers Collection, both available at a phenomenal price. If you’re looking for a little inspiration in your Christmas Card preparations, look no further! Simply click here.
There will be more Christmas at Clarity news tomorrow… but for now I shan’t spoil anything!
Today, I thought we’d look at Journaling. Very popular in the US of A, it’s the art of filling journals with writing, drawings and collage, that express your emotions, map your thoughts, work out new creative ideas, and generally give your mind space to breath over it’s pages. Its about mindfulness in crafting, and about improving your well-being through self expression. In this way, I suppose you could say it’s an extension of the Journal Therapy concept, but with a much more Arty, Crafty and visually expressive approach.
Of course, there are no ‘rules’, per se. It’s more about intuitively working through your creative interests and impulses, in which ever way you see fit, in a nice journal of your choosing. If you commit some time everyday to adding to each page, you end up with a beautiful journal full of the fruits of your creativity, and a road map of your states of thought. You can include more writing or more sketching, inks and stamps, stickers and other embellishments, or anything else you could fit on the pages of a journal.
I think it’s a brilliant Crafting concept; We all need a place and time to express ourselves, and to work through our daily stresses and worries as well as our dreams and aspirations, and this is just such a creative and fulfilling way to do so.
Are any of you Clarity Crafters out there already Journaling? We would love to hear from you if so.
If you’re not, but you’re curious, I’ve put together a small selection of Clarity products which are ideal to start you off on your Journey into Journaling. If you are already Journaling, you might spot something below which could inspire your next few journal pages, too!
Our Mixed Media Journal Stamp set will be featured in our upcoming YouTube Tuesday video, too, so pop back on Tuesday to take a look at that.
There are lots of blogs and websites dedicated to this craft, and many different types of journals can be created. A quick Google search will yield hundreds of articles and videos that could inspire you to start a Journal. As with any craft, it really is up to you how you go about creating your journal, and yours will be as unique as you are 
Click here to take a look at an interesting blog post which talks about reasons to start and maintain an art Journal. I found this to be a really insightful read. I found another informative article here, too, but this one is more focused on the positive effects of writing a journal as therapy, with less focus on Craft. Still a worthwhile read.
I hope you’ve found this an inspiring post; and as I said earlier, if you do a Journal yourself, we’d love to see some pics 
Clarity Matters. It really does.
Until tomorrow, Clarity Crafters!
Jordan x