For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Grunge. Collage, sticker.

"Talk it out."

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Translucent. Collage, stickers, vellum, tracing paper.

For Get Messy Collage Club. Drawing. Collage, Posca paint pens.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Nature. Collage, stickers, postage stamps, gel plate printing, acrylic paint.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Whimsical. Collage, security envelope, stickers, washi tape.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Geometric. Collage, sticker, tracing paper, Escher postcard.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Interactive. Collage, sticker backings (when you fussy cut stickers, you end up with lots of somewhat identifiable sticker backings), packing tape, acrylic paint, pan pastel, washi tape.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Garden. Collage entirely from the Uppercase magazine Garden issue (#53).

My completed journal for the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024!

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Texture. Collage, sticker, wallpaper, packing tape, acrylic paint, lace, stamping, flexible modeling paste, acrylic ink.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Peeking Out. Collage, sticker, acrylic paint, masking tape, repurposed Redbubble packaging.

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Reflect. Collage, sticker, aluminum foil, washi tape, fortune cookie fortune. (Covering multiple types of "reflect"/"reflection" here, starting with some journaled thoughts as the base of it all.)

"Life is not a mystery to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Travel. Collage, stickers, washi tape, atlas page, fortune cookie fortune.

"Travel with an open heart and positive expectations."

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual. Collage, acrylic paint, gel plate printing.

"Take your seat."

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Ombre. Collage, stickers.

"No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us." -Marsha P Johnson "To those accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression". "The patriarchy isn't going to fight itself." "All love is equal". "Radical empathy"

For the Get Messy Season of Ritual and #junkjournaljanuary2024. Fabric. Collage, stickers, fountain pen ink (to dye the fabric and stain the background paper).

"You were made to bloom". "Bloom and grow".