Travel Journal

In a few weeks time I am going to be joining my husband on a business trip to Germany.  He will be out there for 2 weeks the first section of the trip and then 4 weeks the second section of the trip.  We have managed to persuade his company to fly me out instead of flying him home during that second section.

Since I will have to occupy myself while he is working I thought it would be nice to take some art supplies with me and so this travel journal was born.


The book initially was a gift from a friend but I have made some alterations to it and explained in the video.


It is a basic paper bag book embellished with scrapbook papers in a lovely green.  I adore these papers and if anyone recognises what range they are from I would love you to leave a comment so I can get some for myself.


Initially the paper fasteners held the whole thing together and so the pages on opened as far as this.  I changed things up a bit and added some extra pages, so now the paper fasteners only go through the front cover.

You can see I have added some sheets of artist paper in between the layers of paper bags.

Each of the pocket pages had 6 tags in it, a different colour in each one.





It will fit nicely in my handbag and I will take no more than a pencil case of supplies to go with it (see the video for details).


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