Hi all, today I am sharing an art journal page I created using Daniel Smith Watercolours, complete with a process video.

If you haven't tried the Daniel Smith Watercolour paints, then I highly recommend that you do. Wow they are amazing, so pigmented and you only need a tiny morsel to bring your art journal page to life. In this post I have created an art journal page using just two of the paints: Phthalo Turquoise and Opera Pink. You can buy the watercolours in ready made hand poured half pans from Little Rainbow Moon's Etsy Shop. See the direct link to the paints here.

​Catch the whole process below in the video... don't forget to leave me a thumbs up and a comment on You Tube.

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Wow, it's July already...where does time go? So with that in mind, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you my current Planner/Travelers Notebook set up.

​I haven't blogged for a while, a whole Month in fact. I have had a lot going on, my dad has had a major operation and I have been so busy with the end of year work activities (I'm a Drama Teacher and Head of Department in a UK Secondary School). My last set up is here.

I'm still using my Uglydori, I know, not bad going, a year and a half using the same cover (although I do have several other planners that I use too!).  See What Planners I Use and Why.

I got gifted some lovely Cocoa Daisy cards and clips from a friend so decided to go all summery and use them on my pockets and completed the look with floral washi and some gorgeous paper clips from the Works.

I don't know about you, but I'm a little obsessed of late with looking at What's in my Bag videos and craft room tours, I love a good nosy through other peoples things and they often give me inspiration for what to use for storage and ideas for my next wishlist's. As I have already done videos of these I decided that my next video would be of my craft / planner trolley / tote and a peek at my craft supplies, so have a peek inside my bag below.

​​I bought the trolley from Aldi a few months ago and it is steadily getting fuller and fuller. Have a look at the video below for how I use it and for a peek inside my craft storage trolley.

Eek, I'm excited to share that over in my Facebook Art Journaling group we will be having another junk journal challenge throughout the month of August. This will follow the same format as last years very successful challenge and will run from 20th July - Aug 31st on Instagram and in the group. We will once again be using an hashtag #kmmamjunkjournal on Instagram and we can post progress updates in the group and on other social media platforms. 

From the middle of July there will be a few prompts to get you started over in the group and a Pinterest board updated with tips and ideas here KMMAM Pinterest Board. You can see the prompts on the main graphic and below.

​For my blog planning and organisation of my social media and stat tracking, I use a Leuchtturm monthly planner.

​I have gone in to detail in the post here (Blog Planning Organisation and Planning Goals for 2018) about how I use it, but thought today that I would do a flip through to show you visually how I use it to plan my blog and You Tube posts.

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If you are looking for ideas for planner page spread ideas for beautiful layouts in your Travelers Notebook, then you are in the right place. I do all my planning in a blank insert, varying in sizes between a regular and cahier size inserts. Some I have used a plain book, whilst some use dot grid or grid paper.

I love using blank inserts as I can change the layout up each week and totally leave my own stamp on the pages. It also means I don't have to worry about 'planner peace'-  hahahaha.

Inserts from:

• Queen Mabel and Doris - Shop currently closed
• Travelers Times on Etsy
• Scurry and Peck on Etsy​​