Warning.... contains bad language, if easily offended - do not read...

Just a quickie...

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Simply who I am..!!!

I am who I am, no two ways about it.

My Dad used to say

"The day Dyan came into this world, the Devil looked up and said "Lord help us".....", lol

and I love this quote

"The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where it seems that everyone is trying to make you be someone else".....

so it was great to read this fabulous bit of writing over on Connies blog http://www.dirtyfootprints-studio.com/
"It doesn't matter how much I paint--


How many classes or workshops I teach


What exotic locations I teach them at


Or what fancy wancy folks are there to hang with.


It doesn't matter how many hits my blog gets


How many readers click follow before leaving-


Or how many friends I stack up on Facebook.


It doesn't matter if Stampington thinks my blog is artful or not.


It doesn't matter if I show my Art work in a gallery in LA


a coffee shop in NYC


or the hallway leading up to my messy, dirty bathroom.


Truth is there is always going to be someone that beats me to the punch-


Who's been there-done that--and posted photos on twitpic immediately afterwards.


Who can paint better then me-bigger then me-more realistic-more abstract-and definitely more pretty too.


There's always going to be someone who sells more then me and


that someone who is always at the center of the hooplah I secretly wish I was at.


There is always someone you see.


Someone I could dream of being like.


Someone I could spend my time chasing after--watching their every move.


Someone that seems to have it all sitting right there in the palm of their hand.


Effortlessly.


But there is no one like me.


And when I decide to paint like I do


teach what excites me


be where I'm needed most


and welcome those that resonate with my soul-


I put myself in a whole new category


Where that someone is simply who I am"
 
Heres a few spreads from The Babes journal.....
 

 

(all photography by the fabulous Kirsty Wiseman)

The most important thing to remember is.....

"All you have to do is breathe...!!"

Nuff said

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Ooooh some exciting news I have indeedy tonight. Three lots in actual fact.!!!!

The first is we now have 2 extra places available on Saturday's workshop, The Alice in Wonderland fame. This sold out straight away at preview, but I find a couple more frames lurking around, so you are in luck. If you fancy it you can book HERE or give Our Ben a ring in the morning.

Second lot of news, Our Christmas Planner kit was released yesterday and is flying out before I even have chance to tell you about it. Heres the blurb.

At last!! We have a kit available for you to purchase and make in your own home. Ooooh it must be Christmas! Well almost, lol. And this kit will help you prepare. It is a pocketed Christmas Planner/Album. 10 roomy pockets to fill with plans, photos, present lists, menus, or just whatever takes your fancy. You will be altering a 7gypsies journal and using the beautiful, traditional papers, Christmas Past, from Graphic 45. The decoration is kept deceptively simple for you to personalise and add your own finishing touches. Instructions and photographs will be emailed directly to you. This means you will always have them on file and will be able to enlarge the pictures for better viewing. A perfect pre Christmas gift. Why not order two, one for you and one for a friend, it will save them coveting yours ! Enjoy x you can order it HERE

We also have restocks of Bezzies kit, Pressie full of Pressies. For details HERE

And......................

wait for it..............................

Our new Christmas set of Dylusions Pearl Mica sprays. These went back to the factory floor a few times before I was finally happy with the quality, lol. They are packed with shimmering shimmers of shimmeriness !!! Only availabe as a set of four HERE

We have Silver Bells Mica

Gold Star Mica

Holly Mica

And berry Mica

How gorgeous are they.?????? Yup frikkin gorgeous

Enjoy xx

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I've got a couple of links here for you, blog followers who have been using the Dylusions range.

First up is the lovely Chris. This PAGE is hilarious and a brilliant way of using the accessories. And this PAGE is just oozing with colour, well worth a look.

And theres also the lovely Sam who has done a fabby spread with my downloads and stamps. Go take a look HERE

If you have used any of my Dylusions products, drop me a line and I'll give you a blog mention on here.

More pages from my Ledger Journal

Paints - Dylusions, pink, purple, black,white
Spray inks - Dylusions, velvet
Eyes and glasses - Dyan's downloads
Paisley - hand doodled
face image - Skin deep
all other images - magazines

I love song lyrics and love to include them in my journals.

Paint - Dylusions, black, purple

Enjoy xx

news from the studio....

Saturday saw a adult birthday party in the studio. The lovely Anne and her daughters, family and friends travelled a couple of hundred miles to celebrate her birthday. How cool is that.?? We had a lovely day with lots of laughter along the way.

 
And today was art journaling for the regulars. Todays theme was words and phrases, all cut randomly from magazines and arranged to tell a story.

And a double spread from the ledger journal

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Why..?

Why do I Art Journal...??? I get asked this a lot. I journal because I love it, it is my passion, it is my therapy, it is my release. I journal when I am happy, I journal when I am sad, I journal when I am angry. I journal the good things, I journal the bad things, and I journal the really frikkin shitty things. I journal whats in my head at the time, and, like life, I journal with no regrets, whats done is done and we can only learn from it and move on. My journals are helping me to understand who I am and how I have become this person. They are charting not only my thoughts but my journey along this path. I very rarely go back to read my pages, but I do love to look at them and see how I have evolved and progressed. My style has altered so much over the years but they are still very much "me".!! I can look at each page and remember exactly where I was when I journaled it.

Although my journals have become "public display", I still feel free to write whatever I want in them. If there is something I don't wish you to read (all you double clickers out there.!!, lol), then I will usually make it extremely hard for you to do so.

 I love the fact that my journal, laughs with me, but never at me. Cries with me but never makes me cry. Accepts my faults without critising me. Allows me to vent my anger, my frustration, my inadequecies, without judging me or making me feel small. It does not try to offer solutions to problems, just an ear. My journal is my partner along this wierd and wonderful journey we are all taking, and is beside me every step of the way.

My journals are very colourful and tactile and extremely real. They are raw and honest and people are drawn to them and fascinated by the stories behind them. There is no right or wrong to art journaling, I just make it up as I go along, lol, My style is my style, your style is yours.!!   There is no point copying, because it needs to come from the heart. Art is a very personal topic, and thats why I love it so much. Anyway there endeth the sermon for today, lmao. Heres 2 more pages from the ledger journal

Paints - Dylusions, Teal, blue, black
Mica Pearl spray inks - Dylusions, sky blue pearl
white pen - Ranger
images from magazines

 Paint - Dylusions, white
Spray inks - |Dylusions, Peridot, Jade, Pomegranate, Lime, velvet
Stamps - Dylusions, Love Struck Lucy, Tallulah Tripp, Around the Edge
acetate - 7gypsies
Images - magazines

Enjoy xx