Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Leilani Joy + Lifebook 2017



Hello everyone!

I have some wonderful & exciting news! I am going to be teaching on Life Book 2017 (http://leilanijoy.com/lifebook) next year! I can't wait to collaborate with this amazing team of creative educators and help you guys create your very own Lifebook!

And even MORE exciting news is that I am giving away 1 space on this amazing year long art course! (a $120 dollar value!) Watch my YouTube video annoucment if you want to find out more about Life Book 2017 (http://leilanijoy.com/lifebook) and if you want to find out how you can win a spot! :)
“What is Life Book?”

Life Book, is a celebration and honoring of YOU” it's a year-long mixed media art class organized by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts.

Tam is joined by 22 incredible art teachers (including myself) who are all gearing up to share their mixed media techniques, tips and tricks with YOU! The Life Book is all themed around self-development and healing, and you’ll be creating several loose mixed media art journal pages per month, and by the end of the year you will bind all your works into a glorious journal (a Life Book)! You will have a wonderful keepsake that you can
treasure for the rest of your life!

There is absolutly know previous art experience or training required and it's completely open to all ages. You can find out a lot more about the Life Book (and FYI- it has been joined by over 12,500+ people in the past!) by checking out my link (http://leilanijoy.com/lifebook).

With the Life Book, I will be teaching two classes that I'm very excited about! One entitled, “Style Self Discovery” where I will guide you through rediscovering your early artistic influences and helping you discover an artistic style that's unique to you!

Then I'll also be teaching a BONUS lesson that I'm calling the “The Cut Paper Protection Goddess” This lesson will focus on conquering your inner insecurities and self doubt while creating a gorgeous one of a kind Protection Goddess from a collection of cut paper collage elements that I'll be providing you to work with!

Official Registration for the Life Book opens on October 3rd 2016 and the classes begins on January 1st 2017.

So if you want to start the year with a fabulous creative BANG and spend 2017 with a wonderful creative community of like-minded souls, learning more about art and how to be kinder and more loving towards yourself, be sure to join once registration opens! :) Keep this page (leilanijoy.com/Lifebook) bookmarked so that you can sign up the moment it goes on sale!


Thursday, March 10, 2016

Will You Be My Bridesmaid?


A special day is coming up soon- so I wanted an extra special way of inviting my favorite ladies to be my bridesmaids! I started with a little watercolor portrait of each girl....

Then I used my button maker machine from American Button Machine (in 2.5" size) to create individual pocket mirrors for each girl.



Then I took a little trip to Michaels and picked up these items....




  • 4 Square Craft Boxes
  • Recollections: Wood Embellishment Tags (12 pc)
  • Recollections: Floral Embellishment Tags (48 pc)
  • Bead Landing: 20lb Hemp Cord 
  • Organza Bags in Aqua
  • Celebrate It: Paper Crinkle in white
I then created some printable burlap hearts to fit the exact size of my boxes (about 3 in by 3 in each).

I embellished each heart with my message and wedding date and added some little faux stitches using a sharpie. I then cut out each heart to be placed inside the box.
Next I "popped the question" on each of the little wooden tags.
Finally, I assembled each of the boxes and here are the final results!!!
... They all said "YES." ^_^
XOXO L