Even though our stay in Guernsey was just for a few days, I knew that there would be a lot of photos and ephemera; too many for the mini traveler’s notebooks I’ve been using this year. Inspired by a post on the In a Creative Bubble blog, I went with a 6×8 album from Simple Stories. I thought the extra width/space would be useful since I had a lot of tickets, business cards, etc that I wanted to include.
I’ve used a varied selection of pocket pages from several manufacturers, making my own 3×8 pocket by simply stitching down the page and cutting off the excess.
I thought the postcards would add extra visual interest to the album, so I stuck them back-to-back on a 6×8 pocket, which I then filled with sequins and stitched closed.
Virtually all of the printables came from the online shop at In A Creative Bubble and I’d done a lot of the foundation pages before we went away.
When making travel mini-books like this one, my goal is always on the stories, photos, and memorabilia. I don’t experiment with a lot of creative techniques, because I want to highlight the photographs and keep the album fairly simple and clean.
The album has 15 double page spreads and I have just two pieces of journaling to add (but don’t forget that I wrote a lot of the journaling at the end of each day we were away).
I can recommend both the blog and Instagram account of In A Creative Bubble.
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Oh I do like this album, you’ve done fantastic artistic work on this … I like your idea of making your own pages & the adding of the bling to some. I think this is my new favourite travel record of your adventures. Now to check out In A Creative Bubble.
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Thank you!
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Your thoughtful prepping and recording while you were away has paid dividends – great to have the album almost completed so quickly. I will have a little look at your links – thank-you!
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Thanks to all the prep, it came together really quickly once we were home and I love it!
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What a great idea to do some of the groundwork before you went, makes it quicker to do all the fun bits when you are back and suddenly you have a finished project. This looks like a perfect sized album for a short break holiday – the first of many?!
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It was fun to put together, so I’m sure there’ll be another one this Summer …
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