Inspiration for the Traveler

Short & sweet today! As promised, here's some scrappy inspiration if you're planning to create your own travel journal or just a mixed-paper-journal-smash-book-thing-to-keep-your-STUFF book. Enjoy!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 & 11 Hope you're nice & inspired! <3 E

Day 6: Travel Journal

Before I left for vacation, I had some time to throw together a little travel journal for the trip.

I wanted to make a mixed paper journal, but there wasn't time. So! I'm a crafter by golly! was able to snag a good-sized spiral bound sketchbook and I went to work on the cover! Covered it in some of my favorite paper, reinforced it with chipboard, and painted it! I didn't bring hardly ANY craft supplies on the trip, so I'm really just using found paper and a few key supplies to create the journal. The key items are glue stick, colored pencils, Thickers, washi tape, Project life journaling cards, & the Travel Smash Pad.

After the trip I'm going to make a real scrapbook, but this was a nice art project while on the trip. Also, I think I'm going to continue it as an... event journal? I'm not exactly sure yet but we shall see! Happy to share peeks into my journal and I'll be posting some inspiration images for making your OWN travel journal soon! <3 E

Day 5: Beach House

Hello friends! I wish there was a special native way to say Hello in Florida, but to my knowledge there is not! (Readers: please let me know if there is) But I'm here to share some snaps from around the beach house today!

Here's our beloved beach house rental on Manasota Key. The water's edge is about 20 yards from our back porch. Pretty rad.

This is the view from our back porch too. Paradise-like.

Love the boy <3

Here's our screened-in pool and jacuzzi. Praise the heavens for this pool.

Few random detail snaps from around the house.

Here's a little tortoise friend I found under the porch the first day at the house! Ian named him Reginald and he is near and dear to my heart!

And of course some sunset action. *required* ;) Hope everyone's week has been just as sunny as mine has! Going to be savoring the last 2 days at the beach house! <3 E

Day 3: Travel Outfits

Here today sharing a few outfits I've been sporting around the beach house this week! My goal was colorful & comfy!

 Outfit #1: Tarpon Springs

tank: Target graphic shorts: Target boat shoes: Sperry Top-Sider necklace: Target headband: Claire's  oversize sunglasses: Target bright cross body purse: Target

Outfit #2: Local Thrifting

tank: Target graphic skirt: handmade by me leopard turban headwrap: Claire's  oversize sunglasses: Target earrings: Target sandals: Hot Cakes


Outfit #3: Sand & Surf

bathing suit: Old Navy sarong: Old Navy octopus pendant: Charming Charlie oversize mint sunglasses: Charlotte Russe So far this week has been a lot of reading, lounging around, hanging in the pool & jacuzzi, & combing the beach for pretty things. What have you been wearing around this week?! <3 E

Day 1: Tarpon Springs

On our way down to the key, we stopped at a little Greek boating community called Tarpon Springs for lunch, sight-seeing, and shopping! Their main way of life in the town is Sponge Diving and selling the sponges-- FASCINATING!

We ate at an open-air greek restaurant called Hellas that was incredible. Everything from the music to the decor in the bathrooms seemed authentic and it created a whole atmosphere that I loved.

The town of Tarpon Springs has one main road that is the main drag thoroughfare where all the shops are and such. Everywhere I turned there were murals, art, handmade things. SO unique.

Tomorrow is going to mean searching the shores of the Gulf for shark teeth, reading this book and watching my adorable husband try to catch a shark. ;) <3 E

Vacation 2012

Right now I'm in a motel in Georgia on night one of my vacation! Ian, his family, & I are heading to Manasota Key, Florida for a week of relaxation at a beach house! I'm looking forward to painting on the beach, hunting for treasure, snorkeling, and just soaking up some rays!

I'm trying to treat this vacation as a "re-group, re-juvenate, re-lease" week. I'll have lots of down time so hopefully that=lots of time to share some snaps of the week! <3 E

Honeymoon Album Progress #2

Surprise! I didn't get the album done as fast as I thought because life got in the way. haha But I thought I would share part 2 of the album's progress!


Tide


Products used: Paper: sei (girlfriends Jocelyn) Stickers: American Crafts (Remarks), Colorbök shapes
Embellishments: Doodlebug Inc. brads, K&Co. journaling tags, Paper Source embossing powder (silver pearl) Dye Cuts: Cricut (Simple Life?), Sassafrass Lass journal block (Sweet Skully) Ink: Staz-On (black) Pens: Creative Memories fine tip (red)




Anna Maria Island


Products used: Paper: sei (girlfriends Jocelyn), white cardstock Stickers: American Crafts Thickers (Venus), Doodlebug Inc. (Hopscotch), misc letters, K&Co. Grand Adhesions (Sea Glass), Making Memories Noteworthy (Tara) Embellishments: Maya Road canvas pennants, Martha Stewart paper ribbon, acrylic paint (Pistachio Mint), homemade shimmer mist (jade shimmer) Ribbon: My Mind's Eye Lime Twist baker's twine (Remember)



For this 2-page spread, I also decided to stick in an 8.5x11" page for LOTS of journaling front and back! I think it really adds the best memories to the book because I'm able to add a lot of details that I wouldn't otherwise fit on the layouts.





Mr. Bones BBQ


Products used: Paper: black cardstock, Creative Memories vellum, K&Co. Boy Scouts (red woodgrain), white cardstock, (I can't remember where the cooking paper is from. Ah!) Stickers: Scrap Works letters (Flea Market) Embellishments: K&Co. lantern dye cuts (Cut 'n Paste), twine Punches: Paper Studio corner rounder Pens: Sharpie Pen (black)




La Playa


Products used: Paper: white cardstock, sei (girlfriends Jocelyn), kraft, random paper scraps Stickers: Doodlebug Inc. (Hopscotch), Foof-a-bets (Kraft small) Embellishments: Happy Tape washi (aqua stripe), Colorbök shaped brads, homemade shimmer mist (jade shimmer) Dye Cuts: Cricut (Simple Life?) Pens: Creative Memories fine tip (brown)




Nom, nom


Products used: Paper: orange cardstock, GCD patterned paper, sei (girlfriends Jocelyn), random paper scraps Stickers: Paper Studio letters Embellishments:Basic Grey chipboard dyes, orange hue paint chip, Doodlebug Inc. colored brads Ribbon Ribbon FX (lime stripe) Inks: Staz-On (black) Pens: Sharpie pen (black)



So that's the progress of the album so far. It's coming along! The hardest pages are coming up: HOGWARTS. Its going to be SO hard to get all the photos and journaling crammed on to a reasonable amount of layouts. haha I think I'm also going to add a page toward the end of the book with a pocket for our receipts, rental car information, packing lists, and any other memorabilia leftover from the trip. (I save EVERYTHING on trips. haha)

Is anyone else working on a travel book right now and want to share!? Even if its one you've done int he past: I want to see it, so LINK ME UP!

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