Today happens to be a super gloomy, rainy day here in Tuscany. Although at times it can be quite peaceful and cozy staying inside the house, listening to the raindrops outside. I think it’s the lack of sunlight that really gets to me. My mood is so easily affected by the weather and even if I have to work indoors in front of the computer, a sunny blue sky outside still makes me cheerier. Oh well, I just have to get creative and find ways to pump myself up. Dance a little to crazy music or jump around madly for no reason – that’ll really shake things up. Seriously! 
I decided to do a bit of collage journaling to go along with my thoughts about the weather. I cut random pieces of paper that were lying around my desk, making big shapes with freehand cutting. It’s a relaxing process to collage and I went with an old school glue stick to put it all together. Then I went over with pencils, markers and ink…it has a shabby feel to it, right? It’s funny because the green paper and little illustrations cut-outs are from Ikea…random, I know! I saw that they had a stationery set and I can’t help but keep buying paper. I think because it’s always easy to do something with it…origami, scrapbooking or collage! When I am feeling a bit tired or low, I usually turn to collage because it seems effortless to cut randomly and very much like digression to kindergarten. Work with your hands and simple shapes and just smack ‘em together on a page. You should definitely try it, would love to see how everyone does their collaging. Happy Tuesday!
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You are so right about making a collage…there’s not a rule really. It’s what you have on hand! Love that about collage, huh!? Weather affects my mood as well…a day of rain is alright, but too many cloudy days can be harmful to the mental health! I can relate to that! Hope you are enjoying more sunshine! Sending happy and sunny hugs!!
I’m glad you agree…collage is just so fun and easy to do! Oh and I agree about weather affecting mental health…we have to find ways to bring on the sunshine happiness!
Dear Linda…..
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just happen to stumble over your blog through crescendoh tonight…..and my oh my, I am so glad I am here! Your art journal is so refreshing, dear! and I put Tuscany in my dream place to visit someday tonight in my dream. By the way, I live in Indonesia…..*wink. Far, eh? Will be visiting again soon.
Hi Ria! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I really appreciate the time you took to leave a note and hope I can inspire by sharing my work and life here in Italy. If you ever do visit, let me know! You never know when the opportunity might pop up in life…or maybe I’ll go to Indonesia!
Tuscany huh? We live in the Napa Valley and your photos looked so much like my home here. My hubbie is an artist and muralist and gets asked to paint “Tuscan scenes” often. The only difference is the red roof tops.
We both live in paradise.
Oh, how lovely! I think we can all find a little bit of nature, wherever we are… just have to notice it and enjoy! Must be fun for your hubbie to paint away a lovely scene
I’ve never been to Napa Valley, one day!!!