Back a year ago, I taught a Bible journaling class at church for the ladies' group. I'm basically going to show some of the things I taught and ideas. The one thing I stressed over and over is that there are no mistakes. Like in any art, you take those mistakes and just change it a little and they become works of art. Same with Bible Journaling. I can draw somewhat and can paint somewhat but basically I try my hand a other things in journaling. To start out there is no right or wrong way to Bible journal. It may be as simple as just underlining and writing in the margins of your Bible or using note books and writing out your thoughts. I started my walk with Christ doing just that. Writing. Since then I've expanded to adding things. I did purchase a journaling Bible that had large margins. They have them with now with everyother page blank. I still am more comfortable using a journal of some kind so I can cut and paste things into the journal. I also tend to scribble at times and never try to focus on my handwriting.
Ok starting out think about what Bible Journaling is...it is writing and posting pictures of your thoughts as you read and study your Bible...that is all it is...you can write the Scriptures, or paraphrase them. You can draw, paint, glue, ....just whatever comes to mind. Lets start out with what we use for a journal.
Since I like a separate notebook for mine instead of using my Bible itself. Here are some I use.
These are just a composition notebook and an artist drawing pad
These are bought journals. I try to find them on sale and even Dollar Tree has them. Just be on the lookout for them. Also my kids know I like them so I am gifted many
These are some other ideas. An old hymnal. Our church got new ones and I was lucky to snag a few of the old ones. Then other top one is made using my sizzix cutter and greeting cards. I save all my cards just for this. I added plain colored paper for inside. The pink one is one I found with blank recycled paper (brown) inside. The other I did buy on Amazon as I wanted a smaller one. I've since bought a sizzix die to make the cover of one like this. I hope to get a binder next.
This is my favorite and is the artist drawing pad. I used it in teaching my class along with my journaling Bible.
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Just a little tidbit here....I use clips and paper clips for mark pages. I tie one ribbon or use washi tape to decorate the clips.
I hope you enjoyed this first in my Bible Journaling 101 series. I plan to show you other books to use for journaling and also show some of my work in mine and try to explain it as I go along.
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