Bible Journaling 101 part2

Here are a couple of journaling Bibles I own. One has the blank sides but also some pages have a picture strip to color on your own with colored pencils.

This other is just plain but I probably use it more than the pretty one.

I used this brown journaling Bible teaching some techniques to my class. We did a study on Ecclesiastes. First I showed how to just cut and paste things into the Bible. 

I first rubbed a red rubber stamp pad over the page to give it color. I cut out the scripture that went along with this page in Ecclesiastes. And added some clipart to the top. The strip down the center is washi tape. I also glued a tab at the top. Stick glue works the best for me but I did try the roll on glue strip but could never get it to work well for me. You can use plain glue and then dry the page with a blow dryer. Heat guns are too hot to do this so just word of caution. 

This is more cut and glue clipart. There are tons of clipart for free online. I mainly use google images to find what Scripture I need. The strip in the center is no glued down but is used as a bookmark.

I think my photos are upside down but you get the idea of just cutting out clipart and gluing down. 

The 2nd lesson I taught was to take tissue paper cut to size of printer paper. I also cut freezer paper to same size. I ironed the tissue paper to the freezer paper and then would copy the clip art to the tissue paper side of the stack. Once printed, I carefully peeled off the tissue paper and cut out the printed clipart and using collage medium like ModgePodge Glued them down. I dried with blow dryer. This is shown on the right side of the page. On the left side I showed how to add a tip-in. 

This is the same page with the tip-in folded back. You take a printed cardstock. (I print mine out myself.) and cut to fit to inside page. Using washi tape, you tape the card in at the side. If you ever get magazines with the little cards they stick in that you have to tear out to as they become bothersome. It is the same idea. But the back of the card is blank so allows room for jounaling. Under the tip-in, I have more tissue paper prints glued in. Also the darker blue-green is part of a paper napkin I decoupaged onto the page. Many printed napkins are thin like tissue paper and make great prints to use. 

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In the next lesson, I will show some of my work I did in the drawing pad. I also used the drawing pad when teaching the class. 

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And as always......

BIBLE JOURNALING 101-BARBARA STYLE

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. 

COMING SOON......BIBLE JOURNALING TUTORIAL

NEXT POST:

BIBLE JOURNALING-BARBARA STYLE

Around Bowenburg

Much has been going on around the homeplace. We are still staying home mostly. We did make a trip to Hot Springs to Walmarts and Sams. I guess we are turning into preppers though we aren't hoarding and buying food in bulk like MRE, etc. But we do plan to buy what we can in bulk at Sams. With hints coming from the media that we may be facing another round of this plague, we decided we wanted to be more ready. Thankfully the week before the quarantine in March, we had bought paper goods at Sams. We found out then there was a shortage of alcohol and bleach but we found both cheaper at Atwoods and the Dollar store. Now it seems there is going to be a shortage of meats. They are limiting purchase of meat to 1 package per shopper and to tell you that shopping at both stores was an experience. But it must be done.

Well enough of that...on to the photos. 

I've made 14 aprons since March. These will be Christmas presents. I've also made almost 1000 face masks and given away most. Elastic is not available anywhere...even online. so most I've made have ties. 

I made 4 of the cow print fabric. This yellow one has birdhouses on and think I placed the pockets too high.

Egg print

Grape vine and chickens

tomatoes and fall leaves

chickens and fall leaves

birdhouses and scissors

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Both of the younger sons finally got to leave for their hitches on their ships. One is off coast of Mexico and other is in Alaska. The one in Alaska won't be home until autumn. But they came out for a visit. We ate our first outside meal under the patio area.

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Our hawk babies have hatched. I've been trying to get a good photo and so far this is all I've gotten. They are the fuzzy blobs in the center top of the nest.

This shows the momma hawk

There are 2 babies.

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Our garden is finally growing. We have had very cool mornings so it has been slow growing.

Our semi-raised lettuce, spinach and onion bed. The fuzzy plant at the bottom left corner is mint and it never dies but will spread so we try to keep it contained. We have garlic planted with the mint. 

Hubby and the tomato and pepper plants in pots.

Our green peas and corn. The asparagus bed is in bottom right corner of photo. We are going to replant it next spring as it is over 20 years old and not producing like it should. 

This is 2 rosemary bushes. I even cut it back early spring. 

The herb bed. The middle plants are oregano and bottom 2 are sage. The rosemary is on the right. They are all perennials so will 

continue to grow year round. The spots between them have basil and Italian parley which are annuals. I hope to expand this bed later. 

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Since we dug up our iris bed, the only ones I have now are planted beside the driveway. The big bed was just too hard to keep up with us again. I gave all the tubers away to friends and neighbors. But these are the few that bloomed this year.

I was pleased to see the pink one. 

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Our clematis have begun blooming. This first photo is our oldest vine.

This one grows beside our porch

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These bottom 2 photos are from our newer ones and grow on a round trellis in the yard.

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We have had so much trouble growing this rose. I have cut it back every year almost to the ground. It seems to get a type of rose blight. But this year it came back healthy and has bloomed and bloomed. 

O and we did get rid of our comode planters. The weather took a tole on them and they had cracked and broken. We also removed the old washing machine barrels we always planted with faux sweet potato vines. They are just so much trouble to work up each year. 

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We finally did a little pressure washing. 

It looks so much cleaner and nicer.

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Our baby dog Kinzey is now 3 years old. Here are 2 photos...one about a month after we got her and now. She now weighs in at 100 lbs.

She does not like to have her picture taken.

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Well that's all folks.

Doing our part

Well we are trying to do our part in this time of the pandemic. 

Sonny is busy trying to get our garden planted. Rain seems to be stopping him at every turn. He did get corn and green peas planted as well as lettuce, spinach and onions. And they are all up and growing. I just hope we don't have an Easter snap.

I've been busy sewing....mainly facemasks to give away. I have now sewn 118 but 36 have no elastic. Sadly all the outlets have sold out....even online. I have some ordered but told it will be sometime in May before receiving them. I've had several people asking how I make them. It does take time and I've spent hours cutting, sewing and ironing. So unless you have the time to invest.....well you get the idea. Ok here is how I do them.

First I cut out 2 exact same size pieces of fabric. I cut mine 8x9inches. 

This photo shows before I cut the 8 inch side. (You can use the same fabric squares or different ones, just as long as they are the same size.). 

Then lay right sides together and sew down one long side (9inch side). 

On other long ends of the fabric, roll under 1/4 inch twice to make a rolled hem. Stitch each side separate. Do not stitch together. 

Fold with wrong sides together and iron. 

Fold over with stitched sides up. Iron 

Open up and fold down top to center fold line and bottom to center fold line. Press. 

Fold this in half again and press.

Now open up and flip over and fold top 1/4th to center line and pin sides and fold bottom to center line and pin sides. 

Sew 1/2inch along each side. Remove pins. Cut a 3x5 1/2inch piece of fabric. It can be matching or contrast. Line up to end side of mask right sides together. 

Fold the 2 tags on the sides to the front and pin. Sew down side of mask catching in folded ends. 

Repeat on other end. This is what it looks like at this point when they are both sewn.

Roll the ends to the other side and do a rolled hem on raw edge and pin. 

Sew this down the sides on a tiny edge.

These sides are the casing for the elastic.

I have a neat gadget that basically is along wire with a hook on the end. I hook the end of my elastic to the hook and pull it through. But a safety pin will work as well. Use 1/4 or 1/2 inch elastic or ribbon. I cut these about 7inches long but can be adjusted. You don't want it too tight or too loose.

Once I run the elastic through the casing, I overlap a little bit and then hand stitch the elastic together by stitching down each side of the overlap of elastic. 

Now that they are finished, you may realize that these have a pocket. I wear the open end up and slide in a coffee filter or if you can find them, they do make charcoal filters for facemask you can purchase. But I just made some using finer chunk activated charcoal for water pumps. I cut a piece of fabric about 6x6 inch piece of scrap fabric. I folded over and sewed channels about 1inch wide along the piece to make channeled pouch. Leave the one end open. I used a funnel to fill each pouch with the charcoal and then sewed the long end shut. It will slide down into the pocket on the masks. Sorry I don't have a photo. If I make more, I'll post photos of them. In the mean time if you are worried, just use a coffee filter. I fold one in half and slide down inside pocket.