Travel Journal

Whenever we travel, I try to jot down some notes on what we have done and impressions.  For larger trips, I've taken a notebook sometimes with a pretty cover created before we leave.  For shorter excursions, I've just taken a few sheets of cardstock and stapled them together in a mini book.

With inspiration from the various notebooks on the market these days, I put a bit more effort into my last travel journal - though it was still a quick project.  It is still fairly small - 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" and contains a variety of pages using some older ledger papers from my stash.








Here's a look at the finished product:

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I have now made lots of notes from our weekend away that can accompany our photos when I get ready to scrap these fun days.  Having  a few prompts helps you to remember to capture more than just the what, where, when, and how.  I have one called "Laughter is the best medicine" which prompted me to record a few of the fun things we laughed about.  The little gas pump stamp prompted a note on the price of gas - definitely, not something to laugh about!  (I hope I don't look back on that price someday and wish we could return to it.)

This took a little over an hour to put together.  Having a colorful notebook was a lot nicer than those plain sheets of cardstock stapled together.

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Ingredients:  Designer Paper:  Cover - DCWV
Inside:  Stampin' Up! and October Afternoon
Stamps:  Away We Go by Fiskars and Petal Pizazz by SU!
Ink:  Chesnut Roan from Colorbox
Stickers:  Making Memories
Tag:  Saturdays by Little Yellow Bicycle