travel journal
the only time i write in a journal is when i travel. it’s my way of remembering what i did each day… otherwise it can become a blur.
i’ve been creating this journal for my travels ever since the amazing allison of igloo press taught jenn and i how to make them many, many years ago (2002?) at minnesota center for book arts.
they’re easy to make, and perfect for travel: open up the accordion on one side, and you’ve got 4 pockets for ephemera. open on the other side, and there’s the journal. i use an extra large hair band to keep it closed.
my newest journal is for my sorta-annual birthday trip to europe. i’ll be heading back to amsterdam for the first time in 2 birthdays this friday night. my journal is ready.
(in reading my old journals, a common — and surprising — theme emerges: i usually really want to be home after 5 days. i tend to forget that part once i’m home because i immediately want to go back…)
April 7th, 2011 at 6:27 am
Is this a do-si-do book? Just asking because in my book guild we made a travel journal that looked similar with pockets, but it was 2-sided.
Love the paper…Paper Source?
April 7th, 2011 at 6:29 am
Have a great trip. We’ll be passing through Schiphol airport on Thursday! Just miss you.
April 7th, 2011 at 7:12 am
have a fabulous trip! will miss you.
April 7th, 2011 at 8:53 am
Did we make this one ways back at pARTy? I’m thinking so. Interesting about the 5 days, but I can see that. There’s something about ones own bed that makes all others not as comfy.
Also, Shona’s comment made me curious. Possibly because do-si-dos are my favorite GS cookie. (: But I think one would make a good pARTy:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-tuesday-make-a-do-si-do-book-4019/ I’m envisioning little pocket size ones as well as journal size.
April 7th, 2011 at 9:47 am
This is such a beautiful idea! Have a wonderful time in Amsterdam!
April 7th, 2011 at 11:25 am
the journal actually has 4 pockets – the photos don’t show it fully extended. on one side, there are 4 pockets. on the back, the covers are attached at each end and the signature is attached.
April 7th, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Have a great trip!
April 8th, 2011 at 8:02 am
I love that you do this. And the part about wanting to go, and then be home, and then go again – yeah.
April 8th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
What a lovely, lovely pile! They are not only works of art, but priceless keepers of your memories. I hear you about the wanting to be home after five days. Have a WONDERFUL time – with much in the way of tulips, windmills and Vermeers!
May 31st, 2011 at 9:23 am
I love these! It would be so satisfying to see them all on one shelf—pretty little memories, all in a row. I tend to just carry a little black Moleskine when I travel, but there’s absolutely nothing exciting about a shelf full of identical, nondescript black books.