Nudge 19, Tabs

tickets, stiff paper, fabric tape, paper tape, old necklace

We are 122 strong over on the Flickr group now. I know that many of you are not on the Flickr group and that is fine. You won't get any pressure from me. I hope, though, that you are looking at the pictures and reading the responses. There is a lot of inspiration and information there.

I've been thinking alot lately about slow art. Taking time, letting artworks evolve organically. Letting it whisper to you and being quiet in your mind and open in your heart to hear it. This brings us to Nudge 19: Tabs, Indexes or Other Bits that poke out of the side of your journal to mark pages. As much as this Nudge is about the sheer fun or it, it's also about handling your journal as an object: to love your book as a whole.

If there is something that is more fun than tabs on journal pages, let me know. I love 'em. And so many items can be used to create tabs. 

Spend your five minutes collecting some items to use as tabs. Anything stiff could be used: playing cards, cereal boxes, cut up plastic milk cartons (you can use sharpie to write a word or draw a picture. Attach your indexes with double stick tape, a brad, a staple, a stitch, a paperclip. Stitch a piece of fabric to the edge of the page. Heck, you can even use file indexes. Sometimes I forget the obvious, ha!

Then take more time. Slow time with your book and look through it. Mark some pages with the indexes.

I found these in a $1 bin and am using them on my Sketchbook Challenge journal.

So yes, fondle your journal this week. Delight in it's 3D-ness. Yum.
Leave index ideas in the comments and on the Flickr Group. Share and Inspire.

Happy Year of the Rabbit. Be gentle with yourself this year and listen for the whisper.