Today’s post is a Dreamtastic Creative Journals? post.? Dreamtastic is an ongoing (free!) e-course about using your art journal as a tool for transformation, healing and dream-growing.

Art Journal Supplies List

Just use what you want to use.

Thinking that you need the right journal, the right markers, the right paints? these are all excuses that keep you from getting started. (More here about how to get started with your Creative Dream Journal)

1. Start with what you have.? Even if it’s just a pen and a sheet of paper.
2. Grow your creative supply stash however and whenever you’re inspired to grow it.

You can paint, draw, collage, scrapbook… it’s about being in the energy of WILD CREATIVE ABANDON and PLAYING with this stuff, it is NOT about learning how to use it “properly”.

Play play play play play play play play play play.

Everything is a toy.? Use the toys that you’re inspired to use.

If you have NO art journal supplies at all and do not know how to start – go to the grocery store or the dollar store.

Get whatever looks fun in the kids school supplies section.? That stuff is cheap and fun so you can experiment to find what kinds of things you like playing with.

The only rule is to be somewhat aware of what kinds of paper work with the media that you want to use.? If you want to use paints or thick markers, a cheap journal with thin paper isn’t going to hold up very well.? Strathmore makes a line of affordable mixed-media and watercolour sketchbooks which are great for when you want to get messier with art journal supplies.

How does your creative spirit want to express itself?

Some ideas for things to play with:

• glitter pens/markers
• crayons
• oil pastels
• chalk pastels
• acrylic paints
• pencil crayons
• collage (old magazines, books, ephemera)
• scrapbooking supplies
• stamps
• stencils

Should I limit the amount of materials/colours I’m using at once?

No!? Listen to your creative spirit and do what it says.

This isn’t about making great art (though really, all art is great!), this is about being present with your inner process.?

As you do this, you’re learning how to listen to your creative impulse and act on it.

This is the art of bringing dreams to life: listening to your creative impulse and acting on it. ?The art of letting go of what other people think and what you’re supposed to do and following the rules.? The art of making up your own rules.? The art of honouring your intuition.

That’s where the magic is – it’s NOT in having the “right” art journal supplies.

Today my Dream Loft becomes MINE.

I know.? If you’ve been following my blog for the last 2 years you know that this is TWO YEARS in the making.? I stopped sharing the story of it because it got too stupidly complicated.? For the past year I have not known if this was going to work, or if I was even going to be able to get back the money I’d put into it.

A few photos of the Dream Loft… more to come as the construction crew finishes up…

Even though I’m not feeling ready to start, since this is a Big Day for me and my dreams, today seems like like the perfect day to start my new thing: DREAMTASTIC Creative Journals: Inspiring videos (every week!), helpful tools + a heartfelt invitation to share your journey with us.

I’m reminding myself that you can’t wait until you feel ready, sometimes you’ve just got to start. So I’m starting.

In today’s video I’m talking about the FRUITION stage of Creative Dream Incubation, the internal process of inviting a dream into your life which is a LOT more complicated than simply receiving your dream come true and then living happily ever after. (If you want to explore this more deeply, there is a whole module about FRUITION in the Creative Dream Incubator kit.)

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This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

This is my favouritest creative journaling technique: hello dream.? It’s fun and magic and helpful and amazing.

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As I said in the video… YAY!? I did it!? I did 30 creative journaling videos in 30 days!? I’ve really loved doing this and am so glad you joined me for the adventure.

If you’re looking for more journaling + dream-growing classes, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Today I just needed some space to myself.? Physically, this was not possible, so I made space for myself by playing in my art journal.

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If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Keeping a gratitude journal is magic.

Today I’m over-the-moon grateful. I’m grateful to be doing this work and for the amazing people who are showing up to do it with me. So I’m expressing gratitude with collage, drawing and painting.

This is SO super different from keeping a daily gratitude list that you have to add to every day if you’re feeling grateful or not, or forcing yourself to be grateful, when you’re not feeling it.

That is stupid! As powerful and magic as authentic gratitude can be, trying to distort your feelings into what you wish you were feeling is not helpful at all.

There is a right way and a wrong way to keep a gratitude journal.

In today’s video I talk about how being grateful supercharges all good things but also how forced gratitude is dangerous.

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If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Today I’m playing with doubt again, which is just a natural part of stretching your comfort zone and bringing dreams to life.

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If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Part One of Cultivating Conditions for Thriving is here.

Today I’m taking what I learned in the first part, and exploring what my next steps are, and how I want to implement them.? This is an important step in using your creative journal as a dream-growing tool!

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If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Today I’m mapping out the inner journey of a project I’m working on, and talking about why the inner game is the only game to focus on.

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Good things happen when you focus on the INNER journey!

If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Today I’m coming back to an old favourite: my Hello Day Creative Journal Practice.

This is a fun and creative way to plug into your magic and create more of what you want to create in your world, by filing each day up with the qualities that you want most.

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Some ideas for how to create your Hello Day practice:

Today I need:

Today I am activating the Creative Superpower of:

List the qualities that are important for the day.

Write out a Creative Dream Mantra for the day.

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This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Today’s I’m exploring what it means for me personally, to create conditions for thriving.? Everyone is unique, so we all have unique conditions for thriving.? And since our perfect conditions for thriving change as we change, this is something that is good to look at regularly.

If you create the right conditions for dreams to grow in your life – then it becomes wayyyyyy easier to grow them.

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If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

Everybody doubts.

How you handle doubt is one of the biggest indicators of how successful you’re going to be with your creative dreams.? So even though journaling with doubt hardly sounds fun, it is really helpful!

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The kit I mention is Transform Your Inner Critics, Fears + Doubts which has since been replaced by the Un-Sticking Station in the Creative Dream Circle.

This post, and the whole 30 day journal challenge, is a part of my free art journal class.

So I wasn’t just cranky yesterday, I was coming down with something and today I am really not feeling well.

It was nice to spend some time colouring + playing in my journal, and it’s important to stay in the creative process of meeting myself where I am, even when I don’t like where I am.

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If you’d like a supportive + encouraging space to play along, filled with all the best tools for accessing + activating your magic, join me in the Creative Dream Circle!