Mixed Media Scrap Packs and Travel Journal

Well dear readers,

we are back from our holiday..

enjoying the seven seas...

and I arrived to find all the 

little inspiration kits

and scrap packs 

had sold out! 

Lovely news..

I must say..

so now I will have to

get to work, 

hand dying lace and fabric

and scouring through my boxes and bins 

for lovely bits

to send back to 

EsScentuals..

We are filming this Friday..

so I will be making a new video...

giving you a traipse 

through 

the journal

and sharing my techniques..

and also giving some tips about 

putting together a journal

on the fly..

the trip was a bit of a surprise

and so I used a journal that I had made from an 

old book..

cannot wait to share it with you

gentle readers and viewers!

C4N!

Transforming an Antique Album into a Travel Journal

Ciao dearhearts!

We finally finished this Vlog post..

 filming over several days..

because you just cannot rush creativity..

There were lots of choices to make and those take time..

But I am very pleased that I have my travel journal finished,

and I can take my time working on the rest of the finishing details..

If you have an old photo album or old book, 

I hope you try the technique..

Have a wonderful weekend dear viewers..

Ciao, Ciao!!

The Perfect Travel Journal

Upcycling an antique 

photo album

into a travel journal,

takes some thought..

I have thrown things together before and I had

a modicum of success..

but in this first part of my new travel journal

adventure ..

I muse about what I liked and did not like about my past journals...

So..

I will be gutting the journal on the next video..

and creating pages, pockets and stitching the whole thing together..

It will take some time..

and we will shoot it as I work on it..

so it could take some time..

thanks always 

for watching 

and I thank you in advance for your

kind comments..

I so appreciate you all..

Happy Weekend, 

gentle viewers!!

xox

Handmade Journal with Tyvek Cover

Ciao, dearhearts...

I hope you enjoy this little video on my Tyvek covered journal..

I wanted to create something that

had a yummy leather look..

and I think I found it..

Let me know what you think..

The only thing I did not share is how to embellish the cover..

but since everyone will be doing something different..

I am sure you will create the perfect collage

for your personal journal...

if you have any questions, you know I will

be more than happy to answer them..

Have a gorgeous weekend

my gentle viewers..

xox

Inside the Travel Journal

Years ago

I was fortunate enough

to find a guide book of Europe

written in the 1930's

so I used the antique pages in my

travel journal of course..

I loved the old maps and the notes

the previous owner had made..

it was charming..

so I used papers to obscure writing 

which is most effective..

and attractive...

The Trevi fountain was a favorite spot.. 

above ...

you can see one of my photos of the Trevi fountain

I left space in my journal for 

my personal photos and 

printed them as I arrived home..

I found wonderful wrapping papers in 

Florence and used them liberally ...

St. Peter's Square and the Basilica sketch I made of the floor plan...

Florence was wet rainy and cold, 

and so beautiful...

we were there for a very few

precious hours

and it was torture 

to leave without seeing...

some of the sights that I had wanted and dreamed of

as a child..

Aix -En-Provence 

was amazing and we enjoyed a sunny 

but chilly stay there..

tiny shops and wonderful food at the 

farmer's market in the square..

Marisa was our tour guide in 

Barcelona

and she was an Art Historian

so I really enjoyed the 

tour

of the 

Picasso Museum

and I glued half the brochure to the page and folded it back to 

cover my writing...

with so many tickets, train stubs

and evidence of travel I added several

pockets to hold all the bits and pieces...

We went to Mallorca 

from Barcelona

and I will have travel photos for you..

at sea a day

and then we stopped in the

Canary Islands..

and finally we were at sea..

we had smooth sailing home and it 

was a beautiful trip..

and believe it or not, but I still have work to do

in my journal...

I poked this quote in the back

of my journal..

Travel is more than the seeing of sights, it is a change that goes on, 

deep and permanent in the ideas of living.

Miriam Beard

For me, it was certainly that..
permanent changes..

I found out why I am the way I am..

and I really loved what I found..  

xo