as much as i love to create in a blank journal,
i also really love to create the blank journal itself!
and i've especially loved creating this particular journal, because it's for a
reason that's very close to my heart.
i also really love to create the blank journal itself!
and i've especially loved creating this particular journal, because it's for a
reason that's very close to my heart.
because with each poke of the needle into the paper.....
and each stitch made with the waxed linen thread....
i was thinking about how much i appreciate each and every one of you bloggy sweeties!
and even though i don't say it nearly often enough, please know that all of you beautiful little rays of sunshine who so lovingly stop by here from time to time to leave a sweet smile, words of encouragement, and inspiration galore, are cherished more than i could ever say!
and even though i don't say it nearly often enough, please know that all of you beautiful little rays of sunshine who so lovingly stop by here from time to time to leave a sweet smile, words of encouragement, and inspiration galore, are cherished more than i could ever say!
so please leave just one comment on this post to enter my giveaway,
because i would love for you to have this blank watercolor journal!
and even though it's a very small token of my gratitude,
the thought comes from the top, middle, and bottom of my thankful heart
(and everywhere else in between!!).
thank you, little bloggy sweetheart!!
i think you're awesome!!
{to enter this giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment here on this post
(just one per person, please!) by 10:00 p.m. EST on wednesday, april 4th.
a name will be chosen using the random integer,
and i'll announce it on thursday, april 5th.
please make sure that your comment either links back to
your blog, or you leave your e-mail so i can contact you if your name is chosen!
(this giveaway is open to all bloggy sweeties who are 18 years of age or older.)}
{this blank journal was created using davey board, arches text wove paper for the covers, PVA glue, strathmore 140 lb. CP watercolor paper, waxed linen thread, metal eyelets}
edited: comments are now closed......thank you for participating!!
237 comments:
1 – 200 of 237 Newer› Newest»Oh my, I am new here and am already in love with your sweet little watercolor journals. After recently returning to the sketching and painting part of the art world, I would LOVE to win this journal. Thank you so much for the opportunity and have a wonderful week. BTW, LOVE your blog - and I'm not kissing up. :)
You're journals are the best. I could get crazy in one.
Your art journals are a true work of heart. I see how you fill your own with such inspiring art and good words and just dream of having a talent as big as yours. I have adore the Journal I purchased from your shop in all it's perfectly crafted ways.
This journal is gorgeous! I love the all white approach. Just waiting patiently for ink or paint, maybe both. Thanks for the opportunity. You are a true inspiration. huntla1 at mac dot com.
I LOVE your journals...I have purchased several and have given some as gifts to fellow artist...I would love the opportunity to receive one....thank you for the opportunity, it is very generous of you....
Love this watercolor journal. Thank you for such a generous giveaway.
I just love your work! It's beautiful and inspiring, and thank you for such a sweet, kind giveaway!
Lori, you are the sweet, kind and precious one. you offer us beautiful inspiration with each and every post.
thank you for this offering...it's more than the wonderful journal, it's the heart behind it as well.
xxoo
I really love your work. It inspires my so much but your level is SO high it sometimes frightens me to start.
Your way of telling in your massages is magnificant.
Looking out for a new message every day!
Thanks for sharing your vicissitudes with us.
Thank you for the chance to win one of your lovely journals. I have been practicing the coptic binding -- where do you get such long needles?
i'd love to win your homemade watercolor journal... as long as you wave your "creative powers" over it so I can make some beautiful drawings like yours.
Wow, that journal is beautiful. would love to win it!
Thanks Lori for the opportunity to win one of your journals. I love your Blog and am greatly inspired by your art and lettering! Thanks for sharing!! Fran M.
Your work inspires me with each and every blog! Lynnyuhr@gmail.com
What a lovely post. It's because you are who you are and what you do that keeps us coming back. You are our inspiration.
Thank you Lori.
Wow. WOW!! Thank you! You do realize that sharing your art and the inspiration behind it is a constant giveaway, right? Because it feels that way to me! :)
How lovely, the journal and your desire to give it away!
Hello Lori, your art is simply wonderful. So subtle and full of colors. I especially love your lettering. Thanks for sharing your art and... oh yes, i wish i could win your white page journal... thanks. Caroline
carohugon@neuf.fr
I would love to win this watercolor journal made by you! That would be so great! Love your blog!
You are a continual source of inspiration to me, Lori. I use the info from your class all the time now in my artwork. xo
Your journals are so cute, I would love one for myself! Your blog is so inspiring, it is definitely one of my first pick reads every morning :)
Linda
http://lasteve1.blogspot.com
Wow. Intimidating, wonderful, exciting all wrapped into one! I would be so thrillled to hold this journal in my hands... intimidated, but thrilled. Very generous of you. Thanks for the chance!
Love your blog and I also follow you on Pinterest (so I'm doubly blessed by your inspiration!)
Lori, Happy Monday and thanks for your generous spirit with your super, duper fab-o journal giveaway!! Oh, the possibilities it holds. Wishing you a joyous, splendid, chocolately goodness kind of week! xoox, Jeanette
Thank you for the chance to win one of your lovely journals.
Awesome gift!!!!
Love your blog
your journal is beautiful in it's pure blankness. i love the rivets you used. beautiful to inspire so much fun and exploration. so kind of you, please include me. lovely week to you.
Oh what a lovely journal! Love your work! What an inspiration and blessing you are to me! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
What a beautiful book! I usually journal in an old book that's been gessoed and painted to the eyeballs. What a treat a "real" blank book would be!
You are appreciated as well. thanks for sharing art with us
I love checking in every Monday to see what you have in store for me! Thank you!
Oh.... I'm so HAPPY to see you making books again. I would LOVE to win this one for my watercolors! Very sweet of you to offer up one to one of your fans. I'll keep my fingers crossed...
Sweetness~ your attention to detail is breathtakingly beautiful :)
Very kind of you to share the opportunity to own one~
Hope your week is creative!
This is wonderful! I have been really interested in learning how to do this, especially after having been so inspired by the journals you've created (pottery barn, elvie journal, etc...). Have you considered offering a class on the 'how tos' of building/creating a journal like this? I think it would be a huge success!
Love your journals would love to attempt to create one! you inspire me!
Sheila
Awesome!!! What a wonderful blank "canvas" you created! Love it!
Thank you for the opportunity to win one of your beautiful journals. Very generous.
i do have watercolors ! but no watercolor journal ! so it would be very handy ;) ....
i do have watercolors ! but no watercolor journal ! so it would be very handy ;) ....
Wonderful tutorial! A watercolor journal!
Thank you,Lori, for sharing your beautiful talents with us! Your blog, your artwork, and your creative spirit keep inspiring me eveytime I visit Elvie Studio. Your handcrafted journal is just lovely! What a joy it would be to receive it in the mail!!! Happy Spring :)
Hello Elvie! My daughter and I love your blog. I always look forward to your lovely work, it is fun, inspiring and creative. I love your journals and thank you for the opportunity :!
wOw loRi! thank YOU for sharing your wonderful talent and creativity for all of us to enjoy!
xOx, sUz :)surprisedelightjoy@hotmail.com
I'm looking at your step-by-step photos in awe, I so wish I could create a journal as elegant as yours Lori. I miss your Etsy shop, will you be reopening it anytime soon? Happy wishes from England - Margaret x ellemorescott@tiscali.co.uk
So generous with this offer. I would love to use it make a Spring-inspired art journal.
Oh, Dear Lori, the chances of winning this are like the Mega Lottery, but you know how much I love those journals of yours, and how many I've given as gifts. I keep checking your Etsy to see if I can buy more, so I know the value of them is PRICELESS. ! You're a gem.
Thank you from the bloggy world.
What a lovely gift! Thank you for the opportunity to win one. I loved the wip photos!
Thank you so much for the chance to win one of your journals. Love your work.
God Bless!!!
What a generous offer! I would love the opportunity to win your handmade journal.
I love the idea of winning your waterclor journal.
your clean - direct to the point blogging style is very appealing - thanks so much for being such a wonderful blogging sweetie Lori!!!
What a gorgeous journal... new to the art journal world, and recently stumbled on your blog for inspiration... can't wait to get started!!
~Nancy
I woul d love to win this journal or even learn how to make my own
New to the site but thats a really nice looking blank journal. :)
Thank you for this opportunity. I adore your art, so inspiring. oharekathy at gmail dot com
Love to journal....and that blank first page is a real 'rush'.....love your handmade journals...very gifted. Paula
pborn7@sbcglobal.net
I have yet to find a journal that I really love, maybe this is it!! I'd LOVE to get my hands on this. :)
A journal like this would be such an inspiration !! Thank you for sharing your talent on your blog !!
I love visiting your blog each week, and inspired by your beautiful journal pages. Thanks for the change to win one of your handstitched journals.
debbiejanelle@yahoo.com
What a wonderful, thoughtful idea. You rock!
I love dropping in to see your new creations. Very fun blog & it's great that you make your own journals!
Lori I am new to your blog and your world of inspiration - and I am loving it!
The journal looks beautiful!
I love everything you do and would love to try your wc journal. Thanks for your generosity.
Oh wow, that's so sweet and awesome! I love the inspiration you provide to me on a regular basis. You're amazing!
What wonderful work you do. Thank you for sharing. A watercolor journal would be perfect for me. Journaling and watercoloring are my favorite two things.
Your book binding is so beautiful..
I just found your shop and I love your watercolor journals. I would love to win one - thank you for the opportunity1
Love it! Thanks for the tutorial! You are very inspiring! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
This is such a beautiful journal. Thank you for theopportunity to own it.
I'm new, new, new to art journaling! I'd love to make my next journal with your little sweetie!
Loverly!
Judy
I LOVE YOUR JOURNALS! I have yet to successfully make a journal of my own so I know the work that goes into them. I love the paper and the blank cover...what an exciting start to April! yellowdogart@aol.com
Oh my gosh, YES, I'd love to get that heading my way in the mail. :)
I love your journals, I try too make my own but they are faaaar away from yours! LLoved to win this!
What a wonderful give-away! I love visiting your blog and seeing the beautiful things you create! ~ Karen H
I love creating journals too, there are so many binding techniques :)
Thanks a lot for your giveaway, the journal looks amazing.
just reading the comments already here, i so hope you see that you inspire...even with white pages! any hope of the winner getting a teeny drawing inscribed by you???? hint, hint.
count me in, please! and thanks as always.
I like the 75 other people would love to win, I love your art. Really I would love to know how you made that book.
Wow....extremely nice!! I love brand new journals - they have so much potential. Thank you for inspiring all of us!!
Your journal looks lovely and have heard about them from others. Would love to win. Thanks for the chance
Linda P
I am an absolute rookie here! I have been a follower of yours and have bought the doodle books and some other recommendations that you have given... I am about to embark on lettering. So as soon as I feel confident... I will be ready. A journal would be a wonderful thing to have and work with. Thank you for the generous giveaway.
I love how you bound this journal. I have made a few different ones but would love to win this one!
Lori your stitching is perfection on your generous give watercolor journal. Funny how the comments on a give are so many more than normal day to day. YOU are the inspiration for every artful day my dear. Thank you so very much. Wonderful week to you...
Love your journals! It would be sooo fun to win one! Thank you for your blog...it is a huge inspiration for me!
Your painted journals are always such an inspiration! Your blank one is lovely. If I won it, I can only hope to do it justice.
I love your art journals! Thanks for the chance to win!
Your journal is sooo very beautiful! I would love to win! Thank you so much for doing this giveaway!
How wonderful and sweet of you! I love your blog. Thanks so much for offering this! :)
the journal making itself is so lovely, i get goosebumps just looking at your stitches in the binding! Thanks for the chance...!
Love it! Want it! :-)
neb
Oh wow!!! I'm new to your blog and it is just amazing! I love your watercolor journals! Handmade books are my favorite. I can't wait to look around your blog more!
Thank you very much for the opportunity to enter to win such a treasure!
Kristen D. :-)
Love this type of binding!! I have done it once but we didn't use grommets and I LOVE that look! Sure do love your blog and would love to be the lucky winner!
That is so sweet of you. Thank you for a chance to win. I love your blog!
Monique
I absolutely adore this journal! I am always inspired by your blog and your Letter Lab was so helpful to me. I could fill this lovely journal with all sorts of goodies learned from Letter Lab. Thanks for the chance to win.
Kathy
kshab@sbcglobal.net
Absolutely gorgeous journal. I hope I'm lucky enough to win it!
It looks so good ! I Will really appreciate this book !
So glad to have discovered your blog, and plan to spend lots of time exploring. I love the handmade journal!
What a good looking blog and what a great giveaway. Thank you for the chance to win it
Soy yo la que está encantada de conocer su blog y usted me inspira en muchos de mis trabajos. Asà que muchÃsimas gracias por enseñar y compartir su trabajo. Desde que lo descubrà a través de una amiga, no he dejado de visitarla, aunque nunca me atrevà a dejarle comentarios. La libreta que usted va a regalar es una preciosidad, me encanta. Un abrazo desde Barcelona.
I found you thru Jessica's Sunday Coffee Chat...so glad she found you and passed you on! Love your style!
kaykat@bellsouth.net
Hi Elvie, I read your blog all the time even though I don't always comment. What a wonderful gift you are giving a way. Your art is just wonderful and I have learned a lot from you. Thank you so much for all your great posts!
Sharon
That is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! I'd love to learn how you did that... absolutely gorgeous :)
Hi Lori ~ I love your blog entries, your amazing lettering and journal entries, and your fantastic handmade journals. I also enjoyed taking your class on lettering...and naturally would love to win this giveaway:)
Fantastic!!
A handmade watercolor journal... :]
Hip, hip... hooray, count me in dear.
Thank you for the opportunity to win such a treasure.
What a generous gift! Who wouldn't love to win such a beautiful journal? Good luck to everyone....
On Jan 15th I was given the news that I have stage 4 breast cancer. Wow what a way to go from never being sick for 70 yrs to stage 4 breast cancer. I would love to win this book to keep a journal of my journey with my condition
It is so stunning in its simplicity! Thank you for the chance to win. I'd love to get my grubby little paws on it.
I love your blog. I am in awe of your talent and I'm grateful that you give me so much inspiration for my own humble work.
What a gorgeous journal.... I love hand made journals best, would love to win...
Having made a book once in a workshop with Tim I know just how much work it is. Thanks for the chance to win!
Julie says your work is awesome too.
sue_clarke@hotmail.com
phew...my head is spinning from the photos of all this tangled thread. ;)
I actually tried a similar method of bookbinding during a workshop a couple of days ago and I was surprised at how much concentration it requires.
anyway, this journal is just perfect. and all these pure white pages just asking for some paint... thank you for sharing.
Eliza
What can I say... love it :)
I'll receive with great cerimony your journal in my little scraproom... if I'll win the giveway, of course.
But I'm very happy however, because you had a "little-big-sweet" thought for your "Fan-club"... for all your friends.
I cross my fingers very strongly.
Have a great week Lori, my "dear and near" friend.
xoxoxo Eulalia
Wow i love this it is a beautiful journal. I hope you have a wonderful week.
This is one of the LOVEliest postings I've ever read!
Dear Lori, I visit your blog every single day, sometimes 2 or 3! I use your lettering style from your Letter lab class and I especially appreciate your showing this sweet little journal. It encourages me to make my own.Thank you for your help, all the time!
Hello Elvie,
I LOVE your blog. I wait the hole week for your Monday inspiration and love that you make one too on thursday. Go on like this! You are my muse!
I love your blog!!!! You are a source of inspiration to me, thanks for the chance!!!! :)
I am a big fan of your blog. I love your work! Keep it up Lori!
Love your artwork...thanks for sharing your talent with us:)
What a generous gesture for all of us bloggy sweeties...this is one time I am glad that I am older than 18!!!
I would give your journal a very good home and fill it with inspiring ideas and sketches....
We think you are pretty awesome! Thanks for the chance to win such a beautiful journal!
I would love to fill up one of your blank journals with lots of letters!!
Bridget
WOW! You got many comments! LOVE the journal.....I just learned that someone I know is having their first baby and I thought I might try to make a journal like this for her as a congratulations gift! Thanks always for inspiring me to make art!
this is so sweet of you.....wouldn't i just love to win one of you journals....yes!!!!
What a fabulous giveaway! Your journal is inspiring and hungry for more.
Best wishes to all who enter!
So beautiful! The simplicity and pureness of white just calls to me. *fingers crossed*
I love your blog and your cute journal. I really like the shape of it!! Thanks for having this giveaway!
Wow Lori, what an awesome giveaway. I've used your tutorial to make journals, but I have yet to learn/master the stitched binding that you show in this post. I'd love to win, and if I do I'll be able to study the finished product and finally figure out how to do it myself!
http://lindakittmer.blogspot.ca
I would love a water colour jounal that would be so awesome. Thanks for sharing. Renee77
rybarra77 at sbcglobal dot net
How very sweet! I stop by every few days to see what your hands have created....such inspiration. Thanks for the opportunity!
How sweet! It is beautiful.
I have been following your work for about a month now and I love it. It would be awesome to have a journal like this. I live in an isoloated area and it is very hard at times to get art supplies at times. Thanks for offering such a great giveaway!
Wow, this sure was fun seeing how you make these beauties, lori! Now I am motivated to get back to learning watercolors again...! Have a happy week! Love, kath
Swoon, what a wonderful giveaway. I love your journals.
I recently discovered your blog through Joanne Sharpe's Letter Love 101 class. I love all of your work!
Thank you for your wonderful never ending inspiration ! This gorgeous journal would be great for my pear-ology class with Martha Lever! Xox
You are so sweet!! I will make it a point to leave you more comments, because I really love your art! I only found your blog a few weeks ago, but it had become something to look forward to each week. Thank you!
Just discovered your blog yesterday. I love making my own watercolor journals, but mine are tapebound - haven't ventured into the thread yet! Thanks for the giveaway.
I love your blog and visit almost daily. Your work is absolutely inspiring! Thanks so much for a chance to win one of your handmade journals.
What a beautiful journal?!?! I just found your blog in the last few weeks. Very inspiring! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
bejuled5@gmail.com
What a lovely, heart-felt give away. Your blog is one of my daily check-ins, for inspiration and smiles. Thank you.
What a great gift. Thanks so much for sharing your talent and for a chance to win.
Oh wow this watercolor journal looks so so amazing <3
The journal is so beautiful. I learned so much from the letter lab class and often check into your blog. Thank you for both.
Lori--thank YOU for all that you share here and for being such an inspiration and guaranteed spirit lifter. Your beautiful journal is going to make someone so happy!
I've just discovered your site - such talent. Lot of work. Just now getting into this type of art form. Thanks for the opportunity to win this journal.
Your art is fascinating to see develop through your journals. I hope to count in my art in the same way. Develop and get better as I go. Thank you for being an inspiration! email: ekendhammer@yahoo.com
Your journal is wonderful, made even more special by the love you poured into it. I appreciate hoe generous you are in sharing your talent with us.
what an amazing gift to offer. I think they are incredible journals and would love a chance to win one...if not, I'm sure I'll be purchasing one very soon. thanks Linda
Your blog is so inspirational and that's such a lovely gift - very generous of you :)
Thanks for your generosity Lori! You are such an inspiration!
Lovely!! I would give it a good home!
Hi Lori! :) I'm mostly a lurker but I read every one of your posts. I'm in awe of your talent and don't have much to say often. Just wanted to let you know I love your work and always inspires me, thank you! :)
So exciting! This journal looks so pure, white on white. I find white pages to be super inspiring and would love the opportunity to play!
Thanks
oliverlloyd.vanessa@gmail.com
gorgeous creamy white journal!
SWOON DROOL
I found you just in time!
White is my favorite color.
This is sooooo me and since I can't figure out how to bind/make one of my own - I would be hopping happy to win this!
Fingers crossed ;-)
I love those journals! thanks for the give away. email address is paigeelbaldwin@gmail.com
I can almost feel the paper..lovely!
i would love to have one of your journals :). your blog is one of my favorites - lots of cool things to learn on your page!
I love your journals and would love to have one of my very own!! Keeping my fingers crossed.
Everyone loves your journal, me too! It's lovely and so is your blog. Thanks for adding my name to the list.
I would LOVe LOvE LoVE to win such a treasure. I would fill it full of art. I love your blog!!
Gasp!! What a beautiful journal! Thanks for the giveaway, Lori!
A true RAK. Your art and your teaching always inspires me. Thank you for the chance to win!
beautiful art journal, simple beautiful.
Wow - I'm so impressed by how neat your bookbinding is and how adorable it is. Thank you for your generosity.
I LOVE your work. I am inspired and look to your blog each week to see what you've done. I have been away from my 'drawing board' for a long, long time but after I found your work, I've rediscovered my talents again. I'm having so much 'fun' drawing and lettering. I even bought the 'walls' journal after seeing how wonderful your pages were. Thank you. :D
Ardis
Sidraonline@shaw.ca
Thank you for offering this wonderful giveaway and all the inspiration you give me when reading your blog!
I eagerly wait for your inspiration monday posts! The journal looks beautiful!!
I would love to win one of your journals. I have been patiently waiting for you to end your vacation from your Etsy store so I could purchase one. kimsparks636 at aol dot com
My fingers are crossed!! Thanks for your beautiful inspiration :)) edz417@gmail
You always have wonderful fin bright posts and art, and I love your etsy store, I always keep an eye out for your Coptic journals, they are brilliant. I hope to learn the Coptic stitch this year but it is so intimidating, but I will get it!!!!!!! Thank you for the chance to win and always being wondrous and sharing!
Love to check in on your blog from time to time to enjoy some wonderful inspiration...love to study your shading techniques, and hope that some of your gift will rub off on me!
Thanks for the chance to win! The journal looks wonderful!
Wow, so many comments already, and only one lucky winner! I love love love journals!! I adore those blank pages, just ready to be filled up by pencil designs! This one is so neat, I hope I win. *crosses fingers*
the perfect line
I'm new to your website and am so happy to have found it, I've already shared it with one of my friends. It's a fun and inspiring place to be. Hope I win the journal, too. It's wonderful!
I am very excited that you make your own journals. Maybe someday you can show us how you do. That would be super neat.
Anyhow. I love your blog & your art. It's very refreshing. :)
-Emily
@ Freckled Fiasco
I'd love to win this journal with its gorgeous coptic stitching.
What a beautiful journal. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
I love your blog and can't wait to see the next marvellous drawing or painting. Love the journal, very kind of you to offer a giveaway. Keep up the great work, you have no idea how you inspire!
I really must learn how to make one of those. Thanks for the inspiration. Jeanine
Wow, 181 comments already!!
I am a big fan of you and your kind of journal art! It is so inspiring!! I would like to join in your give away!
I haven't entered a lot of giveaways lately, but this one I absolutely must, because I ADORE your journals. So here's little me hoping, that this time is my time ;)
Your blog always leaves me happy and inspired. Thanks for the chance to win such a unique gift.
there is nothing better than one of your journals, they are gorgeous. Hugs
Such an awesome generous giveaway!!! Thanks for the chance!!
Love your blog. Love your work. You inspire me! I've been keeping a watercolor sketchbook for just a year now and one of your handmade books would be super!
Making books is still on my TO DO list, and be able to look at yours would be of such help! It looks awesome!
What a lovely journal. I love these handmade art journals, and this is really beautiful.
Newbie here. I would love to win your jpurnal as i am
Just starting out with journaling and I love watercolors!
I hope i win.
Lori - you sure you want to GIVE that beautiful journal away?? Such hard work! I'd LOVE to have it. BTW - I use your rubber stamps all the time.
Grandma Nancy
Just found you from a pin on pinterest, and I AM SO GLAD! I am having a wonderful time reading through your sweet posts. So glad to find you!
Kate
Who wouldn't love such a beautiful journal? You make me want to make one myself!
dclarey@gmail.com
Such a generous offer. You make the most beautiful journals. That's what brought me to your blog. I get so much inspiration from it.I look forward to visiting everyday. Please don't stop what you do. Thanks Jane S
What a lovely giveaway. The perfect place to practice my letters and play with my watercolors. I am so inspired by your work.
What a great giveaway! Love your work, it's so inspiring.
wowee elvie - what a beautiful give away! i would love to win this!
woh another beauty! I love your journals! I was just wondering how you get the "braid"-like look.
I am so inspired by your blog, working alone in my studio this spring day in Southern Ontario.
"A love of letters is a lifelong affair."
This is my original quote as a graphic designer, calligrapher, and mixed media artist.
LIke you, I like to leave no stone unturned!!
Crossing my fingers to win your gorgeous little book!!
Wendy
Oh so Yummy! :)
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