combining old and new

To start, I have already bought a few books about journaling and creative writing a while ago, and one about art journaling that I just received today. Here is an incomplete list of these books:

• Journalution by Sandy Grason
• The New Diary by Tristine Rainer
• Journal Bliss by Violette
• Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
• Fiction Writer's Workshop by Josip Novakovich

I would like to try art journaling. I think it will be delightfully fun and be a wonderful mode of expression with which I can experiment. To get started, I joined two art journaling groups on Yahoo groups today. Tomorrow, I will go to my dad's house to get my art and craft supplies that I used for projects in high school. They've been in hibernation since I graduated. I will also go to Michael's (the store) to buy a few things I do not already have.

List of supplies I will get from home:

• Crayola markers
• Crayons
• Tissue paper
• Construction paper
• Stickers
• Glue sticks

List of supplies I will buy at Michael's:

• White gesso
• High-quality markers
• A few embellishments
• Golden Gel Medium
• Brush
• CD-ROMs with images (if they have any)

I will also stop by a grocery store to pick up a composition book (yes, the black and white marbled kind). One of the Yahoo groups I joined is for art journalers who use comp books. And, since I am on a budget, this is a cheap alternative to a Moleskine sketchbook.