I've always been a writer. I got my first journal when I was 6 years old and I've kept a one ever since. Through middle school, high school, growing up, getting married and now having to actually be an adult, I have always written every step of the way. I stumbled across art journaling rather accidentally. I actually started out a scrapbooker. Again my internal struggle with my lack of art skill would often rear it's ugly head so I felt scrapbooking was a way to express my creativity without feeling like I sucked. So as I improved my skills in scrapbooking, I started getting into different mediums, inks, sprays, paints etc etc which I had SO