Revising and Reviving Book-in-a-Day

I am crazy with excitement about 2016 and I just can't hold it in any longer. I've been dying to tell you all about my plans to revise and revive my Book-in-a-Day project. If you've been following along, then you know that I made 52 handmade books in 2013 and then another 12 in 2014. That's 64 books!!! 

Then this year (2015) I didn't get a chance to make as many books as I wanted -- heck, I'm not sure I made any books, really. I can't let that happen again in 2016 so I decided to revisit the way I do Book-in-a-Day and here's what I decided...

• Creative journaling is such a large part of what keeps me sane, centered, and inspired, so there MUST be art journaling during the new and improved Book-in-a-Day.
• Making 12 books in a year is totally doable and less stressful than 52 a year. 
• Instead of randomly making a book, I'm going to plan it out and intentionally use each handmade art journal to document, experiment, excavate, learn, grow, heal, and transform. I'm going to use my art journals to journey within myself as a way to empower myself to live the best life possible. 
• Creativity is much more fun when you bring along a friend or two. 

With all of those revelations, I decided to create a year long experience/adventure for myself and others who want to join in the fun, then I invited 18 of my artsy pals to help me out by sharing their amazing creative process each month. 

I'm calling it The Journey Within: A Year of Handmade Art Journals and it starts January 1st. Here's what the class is all about in a nutshell: 

• We will make a different handmade art journal each month. I'll provide exclusive tutorials for 12 books (different from the 64 I've created on YouTube). 
• PDFs
• Monthly Themes / Weekly prompts / Daily Challenges
• Art journaling video tutorials from me and 3 other teachers each month. 
• A monthly virtual LIVE interactive creative session with me, the teachers, and the other participants in the class.
• Loads of laughing, growing, sharing, support, and creative encouragement.

I will reveal the teachers tomorrow - TUESDAY DEC. 1st, but I had to tell you what I'm planning because I'm inviting you to join me. I'm inviting you to be in community with me and 18 AMAZING women who understand the power of the art journal as a tool for transformation. 

Of course there will be a blog hop so you can meet the 18 guest artists. It's going to be a little different than most blog hops, so stay tuned for that. Yes!! There will be give-a-ways and challenges and creativity. The blog hop starts December 1st, so mark your calendar and come back here to join in the fun. 

Registration for the class officially opens on Dec. 1st. AND that same day I'll be on BLAB.im talking with a few of the teachers at 2:30PM Eastern, so be sure to join us and hear all about the class, our creative processes, and ask us questions. 

 I sure hope you are as excited about this journey as I am. 
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We are gonna have a blast. 
See you back here tomorrow for more information and the list of guest artists.