"Art and Soul" Virginia Beach 2015

"Art and Soul" in Virginia Beach, Virginia will be September 28th thru October 4th, 2015.  I'll be teaching 3 of my favorite workshops. Classes are filling up fast!  Hope you'll join us!

"Over the Edge"  the new fun size version!  Wednesday, September 30th, 2015.  More photos of "Over the Edge" can be seen here.

"The Mandala Journal"  Tuesday, September 29th, 2015.  Lately I have been loving this format for journaling with loose pages that fit nicely inside a box! More photos of the Mandala Journal can be seen here.

"The Journal Obscura" Monday, September 28th, 2015. Again, loose pages that are neatly contained within a box.  This journal is inspired by the Camera Obscura. More photos of the "Journal Obscura" can be seen here.

Mandala Journal

I had the luxury of having a bit of extra time and I spent it working in my Mandala Journal.  I love working in this journal because of the format. Sometimes it can be a challenge, but it is a very pleasant shape and size (8") to work with. 

This is one of the workshops I will be teaching at Art and Soul in Portland next week. There are only a few extra available seats in the class, so grab one while you can!

You can see more photos of this journal on my website here.

Itching to make a new Junk Journal

I'm still adding photos to my newly revamped website.  I'm beginning to think it will never be finished.  I'm just about to the point of saying "It's good enough ... I'm done".  However, there are still several things I feel I have to take care of before I can call it done.

I added a few more photos of this Junk Journal I made in Portland, Oregon a few years back while teaching at "Art and Soul".  It was a great time .... and I am going back in a few short weeks again!  I'll be teaching some of my favorite workshops.

There is still time to register here.  Do consider joining us for a fabulous time!

To see more of this journal, go to my website here. Working with these photos and seeing the journal again makes me want to make another File Folder Journal / Junk Journal. They are so much fun ...and such a great way of using up all those paper treasures you don't have the heart to throw away.

Art and Soul Portland!

What a crazy busy and exciting time!  All plans are in full gear for Art and Soul in Portland, March 2-8, 2015!  Classes have been added and I will be teaching 4 workshops that I am terribly excited about!

One of the workshops will be "The Wall", a graffiti inspired accordion book.  Speaking of which ... did you see the Jan/Feb 2015 issue of "Cloth, Paper, Scissors" Magazine? There is an article I wrote about graffiti journals with "The Wall" being shown as an example.

The "Mandala Journal" is being offered on Thursday.

By popular demand, "Through the Rabbit Hole" will be on Tuesday.

And the brand new "Over the Edge" (the fun size version) will be on Monday!

My teaching schedule is being dramatically cut back starting this year, so take advantage of the opportunity to take these workshops while you can.

My website is currently under construction and oodles of new photos of these journals are being uploaded as I write this! Be sure to check them out! 

 WWW.IngridDijkers.com

"Art and Soul" - Virginia Beach,VA

I spent the morning making these fun promo banners to share on FaceBook. ... really wish I had done it sooner, but I have been so crazy busy, (and loving every minute of it!) that there has been no time.  I just got home from Dallas a few days ago and will be off again to Virginia Beach in a few days.

While I was in Dallas, I made a new friend that introduced me to a new editing program that I am over the top thrilled about.  I have been using an antiquated version of Adobe Photoshop for a few years now.  I have had a love/hate relationship with it from the beginning.  As a result of using this older version, (as I can not make head or tales of the newer versions, nor do I want to spent every waking moment of the rest of may life trying to.) I have to run it on an ancient computer.

I now have a new computer on it's way and am very happy.  Many thanks Linda! In the mean time, I am off to unpack from Dallas and repack for Virginia Beach!  Phew! ... lots of work, but SOOO much fun!  Hope you'll join us in Virginia!

Ransom Style Lettering

Can't get enough of this ransom style lettering lately.  I love adding the extra little doodles to the letters .. helps make it more my own. This spread is done in "File Folder Journal #4". It's one of the workshops that I'll be teaching at Art and Soul in Portland, Oregon, which is coming up in just a few short weeks. For the workshop we will have use of a couple of portable sewing machines, but I sure would like to have a couple of full size ones for class use.  Anyone local to Portland that would be willing to help me out here as I can't bring them along from Michigan?  If you can let me borrow your old machine for a day (April 10th, 2014) please contact me Ingrid@IngridDijkers.com. 

The Bat Incident

I forgot about this spread that I did awhile back in "The Bug Book" and am sharing it now.  Somehow I kept feeling it wasn't done.  Now that I look back on it, I am okay with it's simplicity.  It offers a very nice contrast to the other pages in this journal so far.

As this teaching season is winding down I am reevaluating some of the workshops that I teach and will eliminate several from my future offerings in an attempt to simplify.  Having too many different workshops makes for a very difficult and time consuming preparation process.  In the meantime, I have listed my final upcoming workshops for this year below.

Charmed I'm Sure in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania -

"The Bug Book" September 6th

"File Folder Journals" September 7th  *FULL*

"The Hand Book" (Flip through video) September 8th 

"The Bee Book" September 8th

Small Studio Productions Cleveland, Ohio -

"The Ambrosia Journals" September 21st

"Into the Crypt" September 22nd

Art and Soul in Portland, Oregon -

"The Twirly Swirly Journals" September 30th

"The Bee Book" September 30th

"The Wall" October 1st

"The Hand Book" (Flip through video) October 1st