Hello all! Long time, no post here on the Weekly Art Date blog! Don’t worry, I have posts in the work, just way behind schedule.  As you might have seen, I have a new class coming soon: 30 Days of Me.

30 Days of Me was originally supposed to start on May 15th, but this morning I made the decision to bump the start date back to June 15th — All of the content is filmed, I have the prompts planned out, and all of the content will be available on day one. I still need to get the video edited and the PDFs formatted, but I don’t want to rush the process, which is why I’m giving myself the extra month to get it done! This is a little different from how I’ve done other classes where I’m filming new content week by week. I wanted all of the content to be finished so that students could work as fast or as slow as they like through the course materials. I also want people to be able to jump around to do whatever assignment inspires them at any given moment!

I’m SUPER excited about this class, because I think the pages and videos I’ve created for the class are some of my best and I can’t wait to see other people’s takes on the projects! It’s certainly been a learning experience creating all of the content up-front, instead of my usual flying-by-the-seat-of-my-pants experimental style, but I can tell that this is most likely how I’ll be offering classes in the future.

As you probably know, members of the Weekly Art Date class at artjournaling.ning.com have access to all of the great weekly content that Weekly Art Date (the class) has to offer. I post some of the free content here on the blog, but the good stuff is all inside the classroom. (It’s not too late to sign up!) One of the perks of being a member of the class is access to giveaways of art journal supplies, one-of-a-kind art creations by me, and, as with the current giveaway, spots in other classes that I offer.

For our current giveaway, we have two winners (drum roll please):

Congratulations to Phyllis & Teddi, who have both won spots in 30 Days of Me!

Feeling sad that you didn’t win? Don’t worry! I’ve decided to giveaway a spot here on the blog!  This contest will run until June 4th, so you have lots of time to get lots of entries!

So how do you enter to win your own spot in 30 Days of Me?

For 1 entry, leave a comment here on the blog telling me why you’d like to win.

For 1 extra entry, like Weekly Art Date on Facebook.*

For 1 extra entry, share this giveaway with your Facebook friends.*

For 2 extra entries, blog about this giveaway.*

For 3 extra entries, tweet about this giveaway with the tag #artdate somewhere in your message.*

So you could conceivably get 8 entries in this giveaway! * To get your extra entries, just leave an extra comment (or 7 letting me know which extra entries you won. If you already like Weekly Art Date on facebook, just let me know!)

You do NOT have to be a current member of any of my classes or of the artjournaling.ning.com network in order to win. (Though you should check out the artjournaling site for loads of awesome free and paid art journaling content!). Please feel free to share this giveaway with anyone and everyone!

This giveaway is open to anyone in the world!

If you win and decide you can’t take the class, you are welcome to gift your spot to a friend or family member.

Good luck!

[P.S. I have a free class coming this summer: Tiny Travels — transform an empty mint tin into a tiny art journal travel kit w/ a pint-sized journal to match.[

Coming May 15th –

30 Days of Me

Have you ever made a self-portrait? I know, I know, scary thought, that. I felt the same way when I challenged myself to make 30 self-portraits in 30 days! And I didn’t actually meet the goal: I made 15 portraits instead; 15 very cool self-portraits that I’d love to share with you. Plus, I came up with 15 journaling prompts to encourage you to get to know yourself better and put more of you into your journal pages. And that’s not all! I also have an easy DIY journal tutorial to share with you so that you can keep all of your lovely self-portraits in one place.

When you sign up for 30 Days of Me, you’ll get:

15 High-Definition Journaling Videos — these show the making of each self-portrait from start to finish.

15 PDF Supply Lists – these include suggested replacement supplies plus tips and tricks for each portrait.

15 Journal Writing Prompts – these are designed to help you get to know yourself better and to put more of YOU into each journal page.

PLUS: An easy DIY journal tutorial

Click here to sign up.

Each week in Weekly Art Date, the class, I post a music video to serve as inspiration for an art journal page. Here is last week’s video:

(Direct link: http://youtu.be/6md5RSnVUuo)

This song is very strange, I’ll admit it, but the video is bright and colorful and lots of fun. I knew right away that I wanted to play with colors. Here’s the page I made:

Here is a video of the page being made:

(Direct link: http://youtu.be/X7M-zoXC184)

Remember, if you sign up for Weekly Art Date, the class, you’ll get lots of art journal inspiration each week!

Interested in trying out Weekly Art Date? If you don’t want to commit to a full year of art journaling just yet, you can sign up for Weekly Art Date, Part Two, which includes 10 weeks of prompts, videos, and fun surprises, all for just $15! Our first week’s materials just went live. Sign up for Part Two here.

(I apologize that this link was not working — it should be fixed now!)

Want to sign up for the full year instead? You’ll get access to Part Two, which is currently running, plus all of Part One, and the upcoming parts Three and Four — all for only $45! Sign up here.

Remember Weekly Art Date is hosted at artjournaling.ning.com — you’ll need to sign up for a free membership there in order to access the classroom — if you aren’t already a member, you’ll love it! there are lots of free workshops as well as paid classes like Weekly Art Date. It’s a great community!

I love stop motion animation and have always wanted to try my hand at one. This week, I made two! You can see the first one tomorrow at Awkward and Beautiful (or by visiting my YouTube channel, if you are impatient). Here is my second movie, called True Colors:

Hey, my Neocolors are finally seeing some action! It’s a short film, but it required approximately 125 photographs! Wow!