My Paris Travel Journal

If you saw my video..

then you know that this is what my new travel journal looked like

when we finished filming..

and if you did not see my YT video,

just scroll down to the last post to view it...

Antique Travel Journal, Caterina Giglio, photo by Don Digison

I was not pleased with the green striped ribbon..

which I thought was black..

but on closer inspection was green..

and so I decided to settle for white and 

I have stitched it all together so that it is easy to secure..

and while there will be lots of color going on 

inside of the journal,

I wanted to keep the front and embellishments

black and white...

I finished the mylar pocket

and added a sticker..

and I began to stuff it with antique ephemera ..

a map of Paris..

I also added a parchment envelope near the back of the journal

above...

which you can see through the window of the old album pages..

the pages will eventually be covered in paper and glued together

once we return home and print photos...

and I added tracing paper as a page to the inside front and back..

and I love being able to see the embossed album cover

through the tissue paper..

don't you?

and I did manage to find a little charm or two to enhance the dangling strings

of waxed linen..

our last stop will be Nassau..

so it seemed fitting..

My art journal pages are late..

gentle reader,

but I know you understand how you just become

so engrossed in a project and you want to see it end..

methinks that will take some time with this one..

Ciao, Ciao!!