Am working through Lisa Sonora Beam's "Creative Entreprenure" book again, last time was 2008/09, and am now just creating my Strategic Objectives Journal. I have to say this has been a lot of fun this time around, it especially helps that I now understand most of what she discusses, this due to five years of reading and researching how to run a business. (Raven Stencil available soon!!!)

And what would a journal be if I didn't personalize it with my own artwork? Blackbirds in Tree from StencilGirl Products stencil with FolkArt Indigo paint for the first layer of this journal section. I found these old manilla folders in hubs office, when I say old we're talking 30-40 years old here, and am repurposing them for my new journal.

How I dealt with the uneven edge of the manilla folder, I simply placed a piece of old reciept journal paper under the folder edge.

The journal paper freshly stencilled. I'll add more layers to this piece of paper and glue it inside of the journal somewhere. More later, I have more birds to paint now that the first layer has dried, while I think about my objectives.