Manifesto:

Here is my manifesto for my Christmas journal. I'm so excited about this class and look forward to creating this art book. I am doing my pages digitally and will print them out and put into my album. I am using a 6x6 scrapbook album that I already had. I'll post it once I get the cover finished. Credits: paper, stitches and button from Holly Jolly kit by Nancy Rowe Janitz; Note paper from Holiday Sampler by Shabby Princess; Christmas tree from A Merry Season kit by Retrodiva. Font is LB Angela.

Manifesto says:
Manifesto: Noun. A declaration of one's intentions.

Starting December first, I will keep a Christmas journal. In it, I will write something every
day to reflect on the holidays of my past, enjoy the holidays of the present and dream
about the holidays of my future. To some, this will be a stack of papers and trivial
scribbles, but not to me. I am taking back my Christmas, I am letting it be something I
relish and, most importantly, I am giving at least fifteen minutes every day to myself no
matter how crazy this season becomes. I hope you will share, encourage and understand
as I make something with my own hands, my own words and my own memories.

I may post some or all of my entries here. Other artists are doing this with me, and you can see their work here. Or you may
join us.


Above all: enjoy the season. I will.

Jennifer Childs
December 2006