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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

kid's art journal

Something I get asked all the time is what do we do with all of that art that Lucy makes. Let me first say that I've kept everything that she has drawn and painted. Her art is precious to me, just as precious as photos because it is a history of her growth and all those little stages she has gone through (scribbling, dots, lines, circles, color choices, faces, etc). As an artist, it has been amazing- like one of the most amazing things I've ever seen- to watch creativity develop in a tiny person and I cherish each and every scribble. With that said, we have three years worth of art organized in files and boxes. One of the most important things that I do is scan or photograph a lot of that art so that I also have a digital copy but lately I have been sorting her art and binding it into books or art journals.

These bound journals have been a great way to begin organizing all that art and keeping track of Lucy's creative history and development. Over the holidays we created a huge journal from Lucy's art as a gift for my parents. They are the most difficult people to shop for so this collection of art was the perfect gift.

The best part of this project was getting Lucy involved in selecting art and making art for the book. Together we spent weeks digging through boxes of her art, picking out favorites and even making new art. 
We included art from all her creative stages.
I added photos here and there but I didn't want this to be a photo album or scrapbook so I kept most pages simple with one photo and the rest art and threw in a few spreads full of photos.

The result is a beautiful art journal with over 40 pages of Lucy's art. Needless to say, it was a HUGE hit. 

Something about collecting and binding all that art makes everything feel and look so much more special and it is really fun to flip through all those colorful pages and see her growth. 

Speaking of art journals, I've got another batch in the shop HERE and a couple of those journals are really large (11 x 14), have 40 pages and doodles all over the front and back.


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  2. So pretty! Love it Alisa..

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  3. Anche io sono innamorata di ogni scarabocchio del mio bimbo... raccogliere tutta l'arte insieme è davvero una buona idea! Il risultato è sorprendente!

    I also fell in love with each scribble my baby ... collect all the art together is a really good idea! The result is amazing!

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  4. Anonymous5:29 AM

    What a beautiful idea. I can only imagine how very happy your parents were with the gift. Beautiful. One of my absolute favourite things, looking back over all my Project Life albums, is the art I included from both my children.....to see my son's art develop (as you mention), to see his writing evolve, it's a wonderful wonderful thing. My daughter's now starting to write so I'm loving including bits of her scribbles in this years pages. Beautiful.

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  5. So very cool. I'm wondering how you had it bound? Do you do that yourself or send it away? Was the gift a digital version of all her art so you could have it made via an online company? I don't mean to be annoying with so many questions!

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  6. Anonymous7:31 AM

    What a wonderful idea. And for Lucy too when she grows up to have all that to see.

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  7. Well as I caught up on reading your blog, my questions were answered. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity. You bound journals are just wonderful! Of course everything you make is wonderful! I always look forward to when I have the time to come and visit here.

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  8. Anonymous2:56 PM

    This is a great idea. I'd love to buy one of your journals Alisa, but I'm in Australia... please start doing international orders!

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  9. What a sweet idea. But I can see you will need a bookcase to store it all. I have kept a few pieces from Rosezeeta.each of my children and I have kept their school books... We are so soft as parents.

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  10. I love your blog and it has really inspired me to try include my son in more projects. I finally started his own journal and to my surprise he really likes it and works in it too. It is a treasure and I hope he'll fill many more.

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  11. This is simply priceless.

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  12. Brilliant! I keep pretty well everything of my daughters and the rest is made into wrapping paper ... Which I've heard a lot of people keep. Bonus! I have her first 3 years to go through now I've got my studio sorted ... I have about 3 boxes worth plus one drawer of an A1 (I think) plan drawer full ... and rolls and rolls of butcher paper ready to be turned into more wrapping paper! Now you've given me another way of utilising it rather than in plastic sleeves. I might even get a bit creative with photos of her like you've done. Thank you, yet again!

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  13. What a treasure you produced! Saving everything is almost overwhelming but to see it all must be a great learning experience for you and one day for her also. I saved so many and usually date them then what to do? If they were small enough they go in my documented life journal. I make cards with them and plaster the refrigerator but the book idea is really nice, especially how you treated it "professionally" giving it due respect. Great idea having little photos to show the age, too.

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  14. Anonymous10:43 AM

    A lovely gift for grandparents to treasure. Over time, these things have even more sentimental value. At Christmas for instance I have on my tree a cardboard bell and star that my daughter created over twenty years ago. I remember her making them. I also have tapes of her voice which hearing all these years later are just too cute for words. She used to read out stories and tape them.

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  15. Wow, Alisa ... those large journals went fast! What you charge for them makes sense because your signature art is on the cover.
    I've been having fun with the two small journals that I purchased from you, doodling on the pages, using leftover paint on some of them, etc. If each page had your signature art, I never could have done that. It would be the ultimate form of desecration of an artist's work.
    I also think what you did with Lucy's art is a wonderful idea!

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  16. boy did those go fast!!

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