Art journaling: Messy May 2026
Sometimes I need prompts or examples for making art or art journaling and in my book Messy May hosted by Get Messy Art is ideal for that. The challenge offers…
Messy May 2026 front cover
Art Journal Advent 2025
This year I participated in the Instagram challenge Art Journal Advent which is hosted by Tamara Gem and Michelle Schratz. They have organized this challenge for the past five years.…
New Junk Journals made from Flow Magazines
I finally gathered the courage to dive into my old issues of Flow Magazine! A couple of years ago I made three journals and I was planning to make more,…
Bookmaking: Finished journal with kraft paper
Oh yeah, I had a lot of fun making my first book for The Art Journal Project with Michelle Schratz. I used up a little of the enormous heap of…
Third junk journal made from a Flow Magazine
Currently I have three beautiful junk journals made out of repurposed Flow Magazines. Each journal is made from one entire issue: I've taken out the text pages and kept all…
Slow Art Party: Wrack
This week's theme for the Slow Art Party was Wrack. Wrack is a kind of seaweed, it's the kind that washes up the shores of the Netherlands frequently so this…
Second junk journal made from a Flow Magazine
Earlier in May I wrote about making a journal out of a repurposed Flow Magazine. Well, I made another one and this time smaller in width as I wanted to…
Botanical junk journal made from a Flow Magazine
I have piles and piles of Flow Magazines at home. I used to buy them every time a new issue came out and later on I was gifted a subscription.…
Floral and botanical illustrations
Bookmaking: rebound books
Last weekend I visited a friend in the country and I love to go to the thrift store over there. Thrift stores in Amsterdam and other big cities are no…
