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Giveaway-Journal Sparks: Fire Up Your Creativity with Spontaneous Art, Wild Writing, and Inventive Thinking

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Giveaway-Journal Sparks: Fire Up Your Creativity with Spontaneous Art, Wild Writing, and Inventive Thinking

Leave a comment in today’s post by Thursday May 11th, 2017 and you are in the running for this fun creative prompt book.

Open to U. S. residents only please.

“Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Her 60 interactive writing prompts and art how-tos help you to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky characters for a playful story. ?It’s the perfect companion to all those blank books and an ideal launchpad to explore creative self-expression and develop an imaginative voice — for anyone ages 10 to 100!”

Comments

  2. This looks like a cool book. I have been journaling for ages, but I could always use more resources.

  4. “Jane Austen’s Guide to Thrift” led me to this sight. This looks like this will be an amazing book offered by an awesome website.

  7. Have tried to journal many times without success. This book just might be the impetus I need to have some success, and spark creativity to boot!

  9. Oh, this would keep me inspired. Sometimes it’s hard to find just the thing to get going. I’d love to build a daily habit of spending even a few minutes in my art journal.I enjoy it so much!!

  10. Ooh! I have this book on my wishlist. Would love to have this and do this with my 10 year old daughter! Thanks for the chance!

  11. Checked it out on Amazon. Love the idea of free form journaling. Lots of inspiration

  12. Such an awesome give away! Thanks for sharing your talent with us!

  15. Sounds wonderful and something I need to kick-start the journaling habit. Thanks for this giveaway!

  16. Oh wow – this book looks awesome. I’m always up for trying to increase my journaling & my creativity. Thanks for sharing this!

  17. What a great book-plenty of inspiration! Thanks for hosting another wonderful giveaway.

  20. I would love to have a journal like this. I have so many notebooks and plain drawing papers all spread out in different boxes, this way I know everything will stay together.

  23. What a fun looking book! I would love to have something like this to jumpstart me in my journal.

  25. I would love to learn more about art journaling!! awesome giveaway!! thnx!

  26. What a fascinating book! And such a fantastic way to kickstart my journaling again if I should win!

  28. Journal Sparks looks like the right inspiration for our year-long journal swap project at the library! Mahalo for the op to win a copy.

  29. This is a great book! I was lucky enough to go to a book launch with the author present & art journal activities set up. I purchased the book (and got it autographed) and have used several of the prompts already, not to mention the lovely papers & stickers she adds. I’m putting myself in the running and if I happen to win, will give the book to an art teacher friend who works with middle school kids in art enrichment programs. Thanks for offering this!

  30. This sounds like it would be a great way for me to start journaling! Thank you for the chance to win.

  34. I’ve always enjoyed journaling. Some new creative ideas would be fun to use!

  38. Always looking for that extra spark…..This looks awesome! New to journaling….all inspiration welcome!

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