Alaska Travel Album - Part One

When Lance saw this album he called it my "super album'.  Yup - it's a big one!  I tried to edit it down (and did take out a few photos), but decided I really liked everything that was in it.  It's still manageable to flip through and will be easy to store.  I happened to pick up these huge binder rings at an estate sale a few weeks earlier than worked perfectly to fit it all.

 

The cover is made from a vintage Alaska postcard.  In the corner I clustered a sticker, label with the date, and an Alaskan stamp I happened to find in my vintage stamp collection.

The journal is organized by day.  Each day is separated by an index divider.

For each day I made a photo collage with my favorite photos from that day, and included a handwritten itinerary on a variety of new and vintage papers.  I'm trying to incorporate my own handwriting more often since I love seeing handwriting in old scrapbooks and journals I find.

I tried to remember to document more than just the landmarks, including the travel involved going to and from the main destination.  I included photos and information on our flights, my flight essentials, and iPod playlist.

 

 

Since I included so many photos I couldn't spend much time on each individual photo.  One way I sped up the process was to place labels and stickers directly on the photos.  Simple and fast.

 

 

I also included business cards / postcards / maps that really helped tell the story of our trip.  I paired the postcard from the Native Heritage museum with a business card (tucked in the mini envelope) from a totem pole carver who was working there that day.  The pamphlet from the Conservation Center opens up to a map showing all of the animals treated at the center.

Part Two coming tomorrow - the rest of my album, along with tips and tricks for compiling your own travel album this summer.

Comments

[AuntyFish]

This is an awesome idea!! I'll use it for my next travel =) thx for sharing!

[Silvi]

I love this ! cute idea ! thanks for sharing ! I'm Silvi from Barcelona.

Nice to meet you !

[Kay Dornick]

Love the idea. I can't wait to make one for my desktop of daily things that I do. I can't travel much so this will work on a daily basis for me. Make a book for Jan, Feb, and so on. Thanks for the great idea.

[marla]

love your handwriting! have you thought of making it a font

[RSA Online Course]

Great idea.

[Allison]

This is the third time I've been to your site. Thanks for posting more details.

[Dayna]

Great ideal!! and LOVE that you have Juneau in front there... i miss living there!! :D

[childi]

superbe idée, bravo. j'adore!

[Dana Wolverton]

What a great idea. Love it.

[Barbara]

Love it!!!!

[CAS]

Just discovered your great album on Pinterest. This is a fantastic way to do a vacay album. Thank you so much for sharing.

[Joan]

I love all your ideas for this book. What a wonderful keepsake. I get stuck with all the "stuff" I collect on a trip and this would be perfect for everything I would like to keep but don't want in a traditional album. Thank you for sharing!

[Jennifer L.]

Oh, my gosh, I am loving your mini albums, and your stamped tags!! Wow! I'm so glad I found you (via Pinterest). Very, very cool.

[Sarah]

This is a brilliant idea. I am going to give it a go on my next trip

[Marina V.]

Hi!! I just saw your beautiful album on Pinterest.. Great job, love it very much!.. The interesting part is that I just completed our travel journal which looks very similar, I did not posted it yet on my blog, though some snick picks are there.. (http://mypaperadventure.blogspot.com/search/label/mini-book). In a couple of days I will post it and will let you know!! I am very happy to discover your blog too, … just had to tell you this 

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[Sarah Jay]

Love the simplicity.

[Sandy Ang]

how totally cool !

[Undo]

I absolutely LOVE your album, I'm wandering around the Internet to find great ideas to enhance the photos I've taken during a Florida trip, and I have to say yours is truly the best journal I've seen ! Everything I like

If you want to look at the pictures, here they are :
http://theneedtosee.fr/2011/05/trip-to-miami-orlando/

+ I found you through Pinterest !

[debra cooper]

Fabulous little journal! I made one similiar--but not near as fabulous--with leftover postcards from various travels and random store mailing cards I liked plus a whole lot of other random papers/cards around the same size. It's mostly a day journal but I love the idea of making it purely for travel! thanks for sharing

[may]

i love this! i'm not much of a journaling scrapper :( more like a mini journaling..i think i will try this on my next travel journal..quick and easy

xo,
may

[iHanna]

I love travel journals, yours is so cool and quick to make. wow!

[Seth]

What a great travel journal. It must bring back so many great memroies for you!!

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I am visiting from Kelly Kilmers site and am i love with your travel journal. its the best. i never saw one compiled and assembled as this one is. what size are the index cards that your journaled on?
at first i thought they were manila file folders..now i should plan a trip. thanks for the visit. patq

[Camila F.]

Oh, that's such an amazing idea! I love it!