✨ Traveling Art Journals – Northern Virginia Journal Junkies

Location: Fairfax County & Loudoun County, VA
Pickup Spot: Hand & Stone Spa, Sterling, VA
Ongoing Meetup • Biweekly Participation Recommended
Age Requirement: 18+ Only

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### 🎨 About the Event

Welcome to Northern Virginia Journal Junkies' Traveling Art Journals — a collaborative and creative experience where your art becomes part of a shared journey through the pages of rotating journals. This is a unique opportunity to connect with local creatives while expressing yourself and being inspired by others.

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### 🔄 How It Works

1. 📋 Sign Up:
   Join the rotation by signing up via our shared spreadsheet (link provided once you RSVP). Participants must be 18 or older.
2. 📖 Create Your Journal:
   Purchase a blank art journal and design your introductory cover page. This should include:

• Your name or artist alias
• A prompt, theme, or guiding question
• Any creative boundaries (e.g., "no cursing", "no politics", preferred mediums, etc.)

3. 📸 Submit Your Theme:
   Before your journal enters the rotation, send a photo of your cover page and its guidelines to the host for approval.
4. 📮 Mail or Drop Off:
   Once approved, send your journal by mail or drop it off at the Hand & Stone Spa in Sterling, VA to officially join the rotation.
5. 📬 Receive a Journal:
   Based on your preferences, you’ll receive a journal by mail (shipping costs covered by the receiver) or pick one up in person.
6. 🎨 Complete a Spread:
   Create one spread (two facing pages) based on the owner’s prompt or theme. Ideally, finish within one week, but please communicate if you need more time.
7. 🔁 Repeat the Cycle:
   When you're done, mail or drop off the journal and pick up the next one to continue the rotation.

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### 📌 Participation Requirements

• Must be 18 years or older
• No content involving self-harm, harm to others, or harm to animals
• Respect journal owner’s creative boundaries and prompts
• Keep communication open: email or post when journals are sent or received
• Be willing to create and share in a supportive, nonjudgmental community

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### 💬 Staying in Touch

Please let the organizer know:

• When you send or receive a journal (if not dropping/picking up in person)
• When you plan to pick up or drop off a journal at the spa

This ongoing project runs biweekly, but you can participate as often as you'd like.

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### 🚫 Reminder:

This is a judgment-free and safe space. Any inappropriate content, including political arguments, profanity (unless agreed upon), or violent themes, may lead to removal from the rotation.

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Ready to share your art and receive a piece of someone else's journey in return? Join us and become part of a beautifully evolving collaboration!
RSVP now to get started!

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