Turkey Tuesday

 

It is again time to prepare for a 

new year of journaling. 

My 2024 Hobonichi has arrived!

It is always a surprise how 

small my A6 Hobonichi English Planner

starts out in the new year...

no wrinkled pages from

watercolor and pen, no

added thickness from tipped-in

pages or collages. You'd think

I would be used to it by now, 

after eight years using this Planner!

Pictured above, just a month and

a half left to go in the 2023 journal.

The 2024 journal, beneath it, has

"new" Tomoe River paper in it.

From what I can piece together from

on-line articles, a new company has

taken over the TR paper, using

new machinery, and a slightly different

method/recipe. Apparently the old

machinery was just worn out.  I'm 

hoping for a similar result with the 

new paper, but we shall see. Paper

quality does affect the ease/results

of art work quite a bit!

Drawing mushrooms this month for

the Hobonichi Challenge (Instagram)

My Instagram is: 

www.instagram.com/dbcarey_2000

Even if you are not on Instagram, I believe you

can still view my posts on your computer

at this address, as my profile is Public.

Just click on the link above, and hopefully

my posts will come up.  (Tech challenged

senior here, trying to keep up!)

Also checking in with some old friends today

for T Tuesday,

 ( https://alteredbooklover.blogspot.com/2023/11/t-stands-for-surprise-and-happy-mail.html?m=1

featuring my mocha coffee in

the photo above. I love this Debbie Mumm

 snowman cup...I use it year-round!

It's a rainy Tuesday here in Ohio today, so

a warm beverage is a plus.

Wishing everyone who celebrates

Thanksgiving this week, a warm

and wonderful day with family

and friends! 

Hobonichi Techo Pages- August 2020

                          

Above, revisiting pages from a previous year...

As I recently read, "the minutes pass slowly, the years

 pass quickly!"

 Here's an attempt to post a video to my blog...please click on the link below to view August 2020 pages in my Hobonichi Techo A6.  

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SXR3SxDoGQEwagCYA

They can also be viewed on Instagram

ww.instagram.com/dbcarey_2000

I've been absent too long from the blog, and have not learned to use the new Blogger layout and controls. It's getting harder to learn new stuff!  

Pages from Fake Journal

We are still doing fine here. Ohio is feeling Fall-like today.  I'm not ready for cold weather! 

Life is moving on.  We are in the time of life for elder care and all the difficult decisions that come with it.  And I am scheduled for Cataract Surgery next month. Not necessarily looking forward to surgery, but am looking forward to better eyesight and less blurriness. I hear that it's pretty routine and usually very successful, so fingers crossed. A friend told me that the anticipation of the surgery is worse than the actual event. So I'm holding onto that!

 I hope you're doing well, staying safe, and staying strong!

 

The Fair Sketchbook

My Fair Sketchbook over the years

(photo heavy post!)

2012 through 2019

Felt-tip pen and watercolor,

each drawn on location.

Transitional page: Zinnias on the left

were at the Ohio State Fair, memorial on 

the right was at the Fulton County Fair.

Drawn in a sketchbook gifted to me

by Roz Stendahl. Thank you Roz

 for inspiring Fake Journals and

drawing at the fair!

I'm pleased that there seems to be

an improvement in the drawings

 over the years. I do so enjoy going

to the fair! And honestly, just as much

to watch the people and see the 

exhibits, as well as the animals.

T is for Toys

Joining the T Gang over at 

Bleubeard and Elizabeth's for T Tuesday-Coffee!

Also joining Art Journal Journey for their theme

"Inspired by,"  which for me is TOYS!

I challenged myself to draw toys

for the month of June in my Hobonichi.

There are lots of little toys in the toybox

from fast-food restaurants...and other

random things.

Donald and Goofy are of course

classic. I have no idea why they are

in these particular costumes. Maybe there

was a movie promotion at the time?

(The butterfly tag on the right is a flap

hiding a bit of journaling. Just the left

pair of wings are glued down)

I had to look up the dog character on the

right, and no idea what that little worm

is from...

Every once in a while, I still see a Care Bear.

Birthday Bear is one of the best.  I think

there's a Grumpy Bear around here

somewhere too...maybe he'll make it 

into the journal this month.

One of my son's favorite toys (and cartoons)

was G.I. Joe. It felt appropriate to draw him on

the day we went to meet a good friend's

veterans Honor Flight returning from D.C.

Several hundred people turned out to greet

the returning vets, and we hope it helped,

in a very small way, make up

 for the homecoming that the 

Viet Nam veterans didn't get originally.

Another toy (on the left) that I looked up on

Google. Bakugan toys and cartoons were a

popular Japanese genre. And who doesn't

love Fozzie Bear?! Corny jokes and all...

What was your favorite

childhood toy?

♥ ♥ ♥

Hobonichi Planner Doodles

Click on any image to enlarge

Have you ever noticed that the planning

for and anticipation of an event is 

half the fun?  I agreed to do a

Doodle Demo at a Planner Event

in Columbus, Ohio

last week. I really had no idea what

to expect...

I made four posters with doodle designs

penciled in, so I could easily see the steps

to go through as I demonstrated. How nervous

would I be? Would anyone even want to try?

So happy that the group was enthusiastic

to try drawing!  I confessed that many of the

designs were straight from Pinterest (though

the Pins don't always give you a step-by-step) 

The coffee icons were fun to do, but most of us

agreed that we make it at home. One person

asked about tea, and I did have a tea bag

drawing example to show! A couple of people

were delighted by the coffee and toast

doodles that I draw from breakfast. Toast 

is pretty easy to draw...

I think the really important part of the 

Toast Doodle is 'dropping down' those little

lines at each rounded corner to create the

 'thickness' of the toast. Add a few 

lines to suggest the crust, a few dots

 to suggest the texture of the bread,

 and add color. It's gonna be 

pretty small in your planner, and it's not a

fine art piece. It's just for fun! I did add a 

couple little shadows in the last step with

gray watercolor. (make sure the shadows on

each item are on the same side)

And I'm ok with wonky and sketchy!

I feel that I need some new purple watercolor.

I'm not a fan of purple to begin with, and 

mixing it with the colors I have seems to

really dull the hue and look muddy. I need a

'bluer' version of purple. I thought the violets

and the lavender just aren't the right color.

But I can live with it.

Above, is what happens when I'm behind

in my daily journaling. I make

 notes on the page about what happened

that day, what got done, what didn't.

 The drawings might come later. 

Doodles may get added in later also-

even weeks later if I spot a blank space

that I think needs filled.

I hope you will try making some coffee

-or tea- doodles today. Thanks for stopping

by. Linking up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth

for our weekly T party. Join us for a

beverage and a chat!

P.S.  I think this might be a new record for the 

number of cups in one post...how many did you see?

♥ ♥ ♥

Hobonichi Highlights from 2017

I thought it might be fun to revisit

some of my journal pages from 2017.

These are all in the Hobonichi Techo Planner,

English A6 size. (About 4" x 6") so the drawings

are pretty small.

It's my place to write about each day,

and add drawings/collage/art.

2017 seems to have been a year for

flowers, fruit and animals...

oh, and pastry.

A lot of cups of coffee..

a lot of steps on the FitBit...

and a lot of fun drawings and quotes.

Hope you've enjoyed the mix!

It's not too late to start your own journal.  Even

if you can't draw, you can enjoy yourself cutting

images out of magazines, using craft supplies,

and documenting your day. How about it?

Make 2018 your year for Creativity!