Travel Journal

Hi, Mandy here.  My Husb and I were very surprised and delighted to be able to go on a last minute cruise this Summer (our first).  As many folks know, we have four teenagers and this was a very special holiday for just the two of us (kinda celebrating our 20 year anniversay a good few months ago now).  Obviously, as a scrapbooker, I wanted to do something about the memory keeping side of things.  I thought for a while about what I'd like to do and decided on an 8" x 8" Travel Journal, taking a pile of pre-made pages and journaling cards ready to go.  I packed a small amount of co-ordinated stash and a few essential tools.  I did research a way to print pictures as I went along, using a new mini printer (Polaroid GL10) that prints straight from the camera with a usb lead and pictbridge.  The quality was fab. 

Anyway, here's the finished cover, made before we went...

The front Hambly Screenprint opens...

To make the journal I began with an 8" x 8" raw chipboard spiralbound book from Hobbycraft, with a black ribbon-tie closing.  I also bought a pile of Papermania 8" x 8" plain kraft sheets, some cheap little envelopes and a 6" x 6" pad of pp (although I did use other pp and coloured cardstock).

I removed the spiral and inner pages because I wanted to be able to add pages and memorabelia as I went along, hence the 4 blue bookrings.  There's a blank example page...

I enjoyed misting and embossing some of the pieces for the front cover...

I would love to be able to say I journalled every day but I didn't.  I did print out some photos while on the cruise and enjoyed several happy hours scrapping but in the end there was just so many wonderful things to be doing that I brought home the rest of the journal pages to finish at home.  My  Husb kept a plain and simple excercise book journal and wrote LOADS so when I come to finish mine I have his to refer to.

This is me, in our little cabin, adding to the travel journal...

 

The cabin table was really tiny, but you can get an idea of what the travel journalling/scrapping was like...

We were so lucky to have had this holiday and I still have plans to finish the journal.  Anyone else actually kept up with a travel journal?  I'd love to see some links if anyone has :)

Mandy

 

Comments

[ifa]

Well done you. I am impressed you managed to craft on holiday. I wish I could. I have made a journal before we travel but after a few times of not updating it, I decided to give it up and rely on my memory.

[Eleanor]

I've never managed it either, but I'd love to hear why you were surprised and delighted, and who was at the bottom of it?
I think maybe I can guess, but I want to see the finished journal when it's done!
E
xx

[Lynne]

Well done, I've never managed to finish one.
Looks like you had a fabulous time.

[Leanne]

I can't believe you found the time, so disciplined of you! Mine are always done when I've returned home - eventually...