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How to Photograph Your Journal

How to Photograph Your Journal

Hello, lovely Messians! Sasha (@sasha_zeen) here! Many of you might know me as a fellow Messian and the Get Messy Instagram Community Manager. I am so excited to be here to share a quick photo tutorial with you. Whether you are only starting out your creative or...

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Ep 001: Just do something

Ep 001: Just do something

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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Ep 017: Enjoy the process

Ep 017: Enjoy the process

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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Ep 010: Whatever Happens, Happens

Ep 010: Whatever Happens, Happens

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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Ep 007: Your bad art only makes you better

Ep 007: Your bad art only makes you better

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a top...

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Ep 006: Starting is all that matters

Ep 006: Starting is all that matters

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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Ep 005: Art Journaling as a way of documenting life

Ep 005: Art Journaling as a way of documenting life

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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Ep 002: Pretty is nice but true is better

Ep 002: Pretty is nice but true is better

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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Documenting the Roller Coaster

Documenting the Roller Coaster

Documenting DEBBIE BAMBERGER Debbie is a sexual and reproductive health nurse practitioner in Berkeley, California. She began art journaling in 2016 with no prior art...

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How I learned to stop worrying & love calling myself an Artist

How I learned to stop worrying & love calling myself an Artist

Are you an outsider? Do you stand at the edge of an interesting, complex, and wondrous community, desperate for a way in? Do you have a dream job title that you want emphatically to be able to print on your business card? Me, too. And as it turns out, it was true for...

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A Brave Zine Collaboration

A Brave Zine Collaboration

As I am sure you know by now, Julia and Vanessa decided to collaborate on the Brave zine that we were making for the second week of the prompts. This is how they went about it. Each...

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How Ali Brown discovers herself through art journaling

How Ali Brown discovers herself through art journaling

Artist SpotlightAli Brown is a wife, mother, teacher, intercessor, singer, musician, photographer, filmographer and artist. She is a life scribe who has kept a journal for as long as she can remember. Ali’s passion is to encourage people to see the...

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How Kellee Wynne views the creative life as a magical life

How Kellee Wynne views the creative life as a magical life

Artist SpotlightKellee Wynne Conrad is the creator of Color Crush Creative, a thriving, internationally followed Instagram community of color loving artists and the online membership program, True Colors. It is through this program that she has been...

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How art journaling saved Debbie Bamberger

How art journaling saved Debbie Bamberger

Artist SpotlightDebbie Bamberger is a nurse practitioner in California. She has been caring for women and providing sexual and reproductive health care for over 25 years, hence her obsession with all things vaginal. She lives with her husband and two...

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How art journaling helps Julie Marriott feel free

How art journaling helps Julie Marriott feel free

Artist SpotlightJulie Marriott is a painter, pattern designer, wife and mom from San Diego, California.  She’s passionate about creating bold and joyful artwork for the color-loving soul. In between creating her colorful paintings, Julie loves to...

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How Koosje Koene Follows Her Passion to Draw Every Day

How Koosje Koene Follows Her Passion to Draw Every Day

Artist SpotlightSketchbook Skool was founded by Danny Gregory (New York) and Koosje Koene (Amsterdam). Danny Gregory taught himself to draw in his mid-thirties, after a tragic accident changed his life. Drawing brought him peace and joy and a new...

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Ep 011: Just start

Ep 011: Just start

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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How Amanda Hobbs Finds Comfort Through Art

How Amanda Hobbs Finds Comfort Through Art

Artist SpotlightAmanda is a paper huntress-gatherer-weaver, residing near Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. She works under the name Mixed Matter Collage, exploring inner landscapes as a mindful practice towards her mental well being. Amanda believes...

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Ep 009: Commit to the Garbage

Ep 009: Commit to the Garbage

Messy ConversationsMessy Conversations is a series of interviews with amazing art journalers who share their favorite tools, tips and why they art journal. You’ll get an exclusive peek into their art journal pages and their process. We have a...

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How Kiala Givehand is Leaving a Legacy with Her Art

How Kiala Givehand is Leaving a Legacy with Her Art

Artist SpotlightWe are so excited for you to get to know our first guest artist of 2018 properly. Be sure to welcome her with kindness in the comments. When we planned the Season of Kindness we knew that Kiala Givehand would be the perfect match for...

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Tips for Newbies

Make the Most of Get MessyIf I had to choose only one thing to tell a newbie to Get Messy, it would be this: Get Messy is the most warm and welcoming online community I have ever come across. When I joined just a few weeks ago, everyone was so welcoming and...

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How to find your own mini community

How to find your own mini community

Not convinced that you need a community? Read why community is powerful. Hi, Messians! It’s Misty and I’m here to help you find ways to connect in the Get Messy community. If you are a New Member, let this serve as a primer for you as you find ways to join the flow....

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How Making Art Keeps the Magic Alive for Brandi Kincaid

How Making Art Keeps the Magic Alive for Brandi Kincaid

Artist SpotlightBrandi is an illustrator and paper crafter who makes and records memories with her husband in Bellingham, Washington, a far cry from her home state of Georgia. She spends all her free moments playing with paper and glue, and drawing a...

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How Moriah Costa uses art journaling to express herself

How Moriah Costa uses art journaling to express herself

Artist SpotlightMoriah is an American transplant living in Madrid, Spain. Her favourite part of art journaling is being able to experiment with different techniques and styles and not having to care about making mistakes or if it doesn’t look good....

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A Collection of Art Journals

A Collection of Art Journals

Art 101 Hello fellow Get Messians! As one who loves loves loves art journaling, I wanted to share a little more about my art journaling practice. I’ve been art journaling pretty...

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How Tiffany Meduna plans out time to make art

How Tiffany Meduna plans out time to make art

Artist SpotlightTiffany is an artist of many trades living in New York City with an absolute passion for documenting her everyday life. A traveller to the core, she loves documenting her various journeys around the world in thick handmade travel...

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How Art Journaling Frees Karen Gaunt to Just Create

How Art Journaling Frees Karen Gaunt to Just Create

Artist SpotlightKaren is an Artist. She arts like a boss and believes that you should too. Karen loves Poppies, triangles, colour and hand lettering. She’s all about the process and loves to complete pages that take days to make and ones that take...

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How removing expectations keeps Anika Lacerte inspired

How removing expectations keeps Anika Lacerte inspired

Artist SpotlightAnika likes art journaling, scrapbooking, photography and DIY projects. She is an introvert; her Myers-Briggs personality type is INTJ. Anika lives in a small town in BC, Canada with her husband and their two girls.Each month we want...

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Ronni Nicole gives herself the freedom to evolve through art

Ronni Nicole gives herself the freedom to evolve through art

Artist SpotlightRonni creates what she loves to call “Floral Inspired Fossils”. For as long as she can remember, she’s always had a connection with flowers. She’s consumed by all the little details within their design. Even from a young child she can...

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Nature Inspir-action

Nature Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofnature"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way...

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Connections Inspir-action

Connections Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofconnections"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...

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Fairy Tales Inspir-action

Fairy Tales Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonoffairytales"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...

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Colour Inspir-action

Colour Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofcolour"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way...

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Jaimee Ulmer uses art journaling to release the pressure

Jaimee Ulmer uses art journaling to release the pressure

Artist SpotlightWHY DO YOU LOVE ART JOURNALING? I love art journaling for the opportunity of processing, working through, and celebrating my life journey in a tangible, creative way.  “Art it Out” definitely works for me!  I also appreciate the...

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Contrast Inspir-action

Contrast Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofcontrast"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old...

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Art 101 Inspir-action

Art 101 Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofart101"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way of sharing...

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Be ignited by Jenna

Be ignited by Jenna

Educator. Feminist. Creator. Activist. Writer. New Mama to William, not so new mama to four furbabies.

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Meet Johanna

Meet Johanna

Johanna is a young mother of 3; inspired by documenting their lives and memories she makes her own journals and is avid about using them to celebrate the every-day moments.

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Hangout with Mou

Hangout with Mou

Belonging#gmseasonofbelongingThis is a replay of the Get Messy Season of Belonging hangout with Mou Saha. This is a casual hangout with all of us creating while Mou shared her...

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Meet Mou Saha

Meet Mou Saha

Belonging#gmseasonofbelongingMou Saha Mou Saha is a mixed media artist, educator, coloring book author and an avid art journaler. Mou’s goal is to empower women to connect with...

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Be encouraged by Debbie

Be encouraged by Debbie

X #gmseasonofX Why do you art journal? I art journal because it makes me feel good. It gives me a place to process feelings, make something aesthetically...

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Dreams Inspir-action

Dreams Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofdreams"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way...

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Week 3 – Twigs + gelli plate + thread

Week 3 – Twigs + gelli plate + thread

CourageThis season we are collaborating with a partner, or being our own cheerleader. Download the Season Sidekick for a list of prompts to work from.  Char and Claudette are choosing three items...

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Week 1 – Tea bags + paint + found words

Week 1 – Tea bags + paint + found words

CourageThis season we are collaborating with a partner, or being our own cheerleader. Download the Season Sidekick for a list of prompts to work from.  Char and Claudette are choosing three items...

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Happy Inspir-action

Happy Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofhappy"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way of...

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Collaboration for Art and Heart with Char + Claudette

Collaboration for Art and Heart with Char + Claudette

For the month of January, we focused on creative collaboration at Get Messy. Claudette Hasenjager and Char DeRouin led the way to nurture a safe space for artists to find their creative soul mate. For just the month, or for beyond. This excitement about creative...

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Love Inspir-action

Love Inspir-action

Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofloveCreative Team"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...

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