2015 Planners and Journals - What am I useing?

This post wont be a long one! as I filmed a rather long video about this which you can find below.
With my word for the year being accountability I had to really think about what I wanted in this years planner journal line up, I needed them to inspire me and also keep me in check.

With the sudden hype around the Hobonichi journals/planners I must admit at first I wasn't as pulled as others were...till I saw this video
and that video is like a drug for me! I watch it more times than I care to admit to the universe. My husband even mentioned the video in his VOWS! yep...I love it.
As I mentioned in my video, I am a left hander and we suffer a lot with writing and what we write in and ring binders well they annoy me...I have had my arm and hand banged up against the rings for a whole year and it get's to a person after a while, so I decided to go rouge and try all BOUND planners and journals this year, and just use a ring binder for my wallet.

As you an see the bulk of my books are hobonichi's. I am using the two a6's as my home and work planners they are small and easy to carry both without putting my shoulder out.

Above is my work a5 hobo month on two pages, as things go up I write them into the calender.

This was a gift for xmas from my Besty Joanne (go check her blog shes just started up and already I know it is going to be amazing ) this planner is AMAZEBALLS it is helping so much with my one little word accountability

It is helping me immensely keep my dates for the blog, knowing when things are coming up.

there is a weekily spread aswell, too much awesome for one planner!

Above is a cheap notebook from Kmart, that I bought for the quote on the front and it now houses all my notes and brainstorming for the blog and my youtube channel then that gets filtered into actual posts which then make it to the blog planner....so streamline...I know proud right!?

and then you have both my journals, my daily drawing hobonichi a5 and my Gillio Giramondo, these are my two journals for the year of 2015!
I have been drawing daily on camera for everyone to see, so if you havent see any of them I'll leave the latest one down below for you to watch.

and that is me done for the journals and planners for 2015 I hope you enjoy the videos

x C

Inspiration Tuesday - The Filofax obsession!

You know how you get stuck in a looop...today I found myself stuck in one of those loops, the filofax loop...I dont even know how I got onto the crazy loop...but I lost quite a few hours today in it.
So today I am inspired by the filofax trend that is swooping through youtube and pintrest...and with my word for 2013 being organized I am now currently saving for my own leather filofax.

the above image is from the delightful blog lime tree

I've always kind of stayed away from filofaxes, because I am a left hander and ring binders really dont love us leftys, but I am warning to the idea of owning one, purely for helping me with my tasks, family, kids school, bills, blogging, and trying to grow my business as well as all my housewifery things lol. 

the above image is from an amazing tumblr site devoted to filofaxes

the lady also has an awesome youtube account which I did watch many vids off yesterday 

pop on over and check her out Alondra

people on youtube has decked them out with all the bells and whistles, and I can see my use the quirky stickers and post its I've got in my tubs in the studio, I have the thought of..do I want to commit to one planner for the next however many years, or do I want to try and customize a notebook like some people have done...filofax is winning hehe.

this image is from a lover of filofaxes Stevie.

 I am wanting a leather one, because if I want something to hold up to my pulling in and out of my bag, I want it to also feel lived in, and the one thing that gives that feel is leather.

but the geek likes the bright ones too

this image is from the adorable blog onlylady

 

this image is from Pixellated spiff

I love how people have personalized their own books and it really does reflect them as people, I look forward to that aspect a lot.

this little vid was cute, was one of the first I watched and also features the filofax I am saving for. Please enjoy Little Red Moose's video

this image is from a beautiful shop called pens and leather

so there I am....in a pretty little filofax loop...

enjoy getting lost in this papery artform

xx Courtney

Part two of my journal play video

enjoy the second part of my journal spread!

have a fantastic night
xx Courtney

Monday Mantra - and Art Geek Video

gosh I'm a bit of a fail blogger! set out all organized and huzzah! before I know it, I'm flailing around like a guppy on a sidewalk! Alas, I'll keep chuggin, maybe it will sort itself out.

I think I need to recap, and re evaluate where I am at the moment, back to list making I think! otherwise I lead myself astray!

image via pintrest.
I need to start actually setting time for work, time for play, time for my exercise, time for the kids..and of course time for the housework ( rolls eyes )
How are you coping this year? still on track...or running around like a chicken with your head cut off like me?

and a bonus for you this monday, if you havent already seen it, Ive made a new video for Art Geeks,

 

have a lovely monday

xx Courtney 

 

just a Vlog - Day 8 Blogtober.

Evening loves...long day first day back at school for the little ones, and my workout...was epic..so I'm one tired girl...please enjoy tonight's Vlog, where I show you the current journals I am working on, and just chat for a bit! 



xx Courtney

Art Journal Play

A little weekend in the sunshine watching the kids play in the park and a little reading and drawing for me...

this morning I went to play in my art journal, and I thought I would press record on my video camera, just enjoy...



and a few final images of the spread, not totally in love with her, but its all growth. I might go back in tonight when the boy is playing xbox and shade a bit.

enjoy your day! I might be back tomorrow with another page...we shall see how the muses are.
xx Courtney

Get Your Art On - Day 7...A VID!

It has been a month since I last did a video! how time slips. So below find yourself today's video for the week, lets cross our fingers that I get time next week aswell to do another one! I do enjoy making the videos, just time is never my friend.
Today for Get Your Art On, I finished off the pay below, the girl I painted a few days ago needed a home, so I glued her down and let loose.
I feel like I'm slowly getting somewhere with their faces, when I looked at her from a distance I realised that her head wasnt straight on her neck!!! I had to laugh, all you can do really lol. Focus so much on her face the rest is just legwork...wonky legwork apparently.

So yesterday I said I'd be sewing my remains of the day cover *insert mad laugher here* yes well, that didnt happen, with nights -5 the last thing this little artist is doing is sewing at her desk!! So I snuggled up and moaned to the boy how cold I was. Maybe tonight...but its already freezing so unless I layer up like a crazy woman I don't see it happening!


enjoy the video, something a little different for you for get your art on.
pop over to see Traci's beautiful journal page for today


the boy arrives tonight for the weekend which is muchly needed! I need a hug, because I'm so damn cold!!! and of course next week, we are off on a mini holiday, but I'll be bloggin! the mac and me will be bloggin from the boy's couch in Sydney! and I can't wait, mainly because I get to go to a few places like Ikea, and Amazing paper, which is a book binding place I so desperately want to visit!

take care, enjoy your friday night, rug up and make some tea!
xx Courtney

Friday Pages - Rainbow Fantastica!

As promised, today is Friday, and another sneek peek at my Art journal, to see what I've been working on this week. Yesterday I got my art on, with my Mum , the best cure for a sad mood, is rainbows I'm SURE of it! So I started working, here, there..everywhere a little on this page a little on that, spraying, outlining covering in Gesso! Here are some of my progress pages...some may look finished but I know that I'll keep coming back to add little things, or shade the girls faces a bit...my challenge for myself at the current time, its to get across more emotion in my girls faces.a little background prep

this was a page I reworked alot, my girl didnt look right to me, so I changed alot about her, shes still in need of some more shading and tweaking, as does her opposing page.
I enjoyed alot of this today, and it was all that I needed to feel better.
the girl from my creative space post yesterday, getting a little more love as I add to her...still a bit more to go on her too I think! An Artist's job is never done.

That's all the pages I have been working on this week, which is more than I had yesterday! was a crazy week of non art till yesterday, but I'm very glad I got some time to just play in my journal...also I will be posting this weeks Time Lapse Art Vid, so please be sure to check that out!
take care and have a beautiful weekend!
xx Courtney