When I first saw others doing artistic journaling in their Bibles, I was intrigued. Since I'm so visual, I felt this may indeed be a way to take me deeper in my spiritual studies, but was nervous about doing something that might "ruin" my Bible. I've since learned that one of the things God is teaching me through this process is to let go of my perfectionism! I'm not a perfect being, and sometimes things don't turn out the way I wanted. Sometimes a "mistake" helps me learn a new technique as I figure out what to do about the "mistake". Often this ends up being even better than the original would have been! However, there are times when I have to learn to simply forgive myself and move on. This too is part of my journey. However, along the way, I've picked up tips to make the process easier. Some of these tips I learned from other Bible Journalers. Some of them I learned the "hard" way through my own trial & error.
PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT need a bunch of special tools and to put out a lot of money to do this! I do recommend at least 5 things:
Other than that, I recommend you check out my paper crafting blog where I discuss the topic in greater detail - protecting your bible page, sources for images to use, mediums you can use in your bible, etc. Check out: Bible Journaling Basics and Bible Journaling Media Usage as well as a listing of My Bible Journaling Pages which tell in more detail how I created the various pages.
In addition to what you see there, you can find links to videos & other tips from a variety of people on my Pinterest page.
PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT need a bunch of special tools and to put out a lot of money to do this! I do recommend at least 5 things:
- A pencil - to help lay out what you want to do
- A good eraser - to erase any pencil marks you don't want seen
- A good pen that won't bleed through the page - you can test it on a back page - if you don't already have one that works try a Micron pen, a Pitt pen, or a Zig Millennium pen - finer tipped points create less bleed through. (I've been using a Zig Millennium 05 pen, but recently started using Pitt pens - love them!)
- Something to add some color that won't bleed through the page - colored pencils are good for this.
- A Bible with some room in the margin. (If you don't have that, you can just do your work in whatever notebook or diary you might have on hand)
Other than that, I recommend you check out my paper crafting blog where I discuss the topic in greater detail - protecting your bible page, sources for images to use, mediums you can use in your bible, etc. Check out: Bible Journaling Basics and Bible Journaling Media Usage as well as a listing of My Bible Journaling Pages which tell in more detail how I created the various pages.
In addition to what you see there, you can find links to videos & other tips from a variety of people on my Pinterest page.
