Three Things : On The Road

Those are the best scissors ever!!!
I am gonna try to make my Disney album while still there.

I would really like to know your process here. Do you actually put the album together in totality on the trip? Do you get pictures printed along the way and sit down every night to put it together? Do you mostly journal? What do you have in hand when you come home and what do you still need to do later?
I'd love to do this, but I've never been able to settle on the logistics in my head enough to make it all work.

I am addicted to those TH scissors! You always have great picks for the three things!

I recently discovered your "scrapbooking on the road" article when browsing the available pdfs - and just in time! I was thinking of putting together a "honeymoon travel scrapbook" as a wedding gift and your article was just the right kick-off. I finally ended up with a much nicer gift than I had envisioned, as I was just so into putting everything together that I made some stamps out of bottle corks and used these to decorate the book cover and a hand-sewn pouch which simultanely served as the gift wrap for the whole set.
I put together a small envelope full of pretty paper scraps, bits of parchment paper and some "found objects" like one of these notes found in fortune cookies and a bright green customs duty tag which came with an oversea parcel one day as a starter-kit to experiment with. I included your article for the newly-weds, too - thank you for your truly inspiring work!
Greetings from Germany,
Johanna

Ali - your timing is perfect. We leave Friday for a two week vacation. I have a plastic project folder filled (and I do mean filled) with supplies to try my first travel scrapping. I don't have an album I cut a bunch of 6X6 white squares (and a few other colors). Packed a few stamps (made my own mini set pulling from all my clear stamps set - wish I had your travel one) and pre-cut some travel related die-cuts from my Cricut and Big Shot. I'm really excited to try this.
Also, we adopted an army soldier recently so I made a sign that says "HI from" and the plan is to have our picture taken with the sign in all the memorable places we go in Northern CA, and Southern Oregon (river rafting on the Rogue - we'll see how the waterproof point and shoot does) and then send it to him so he knows we were thinking about him while we were on vacation - kind of corny but if it gets a laugh in Iraq it will be a good thing.
Thanks for all the inspiration. I never would have attempted a travel album without your influence (in your CKU classes and on your blog). Thanks again for sharing your experiences and talents.
Jen

Thanks for posting this! Came at the perfect time because I'm making a list of things to carry with me on our trip this summer.

Ali, your stamps are sold out already... in 8 hours!!! They are so nice, you should make more acrylic word stamps :)

I love your simple approach!
We don't have any big travel plans so I am going to use this idea for my kids summer camp albums.
Thanks for the inspiration!

Yeah, loved that column! The Amsterdam trip seemd to be very cool. Maybe I will do a minibook on the road for my vacation, too! Gret idea!

thanks for the tip on the album...i was just going in search of a good one today for our beach trip in a couple weeks. thanks for all the info on how to do this, i'm really gonna try this time!

Love your blog, you need to stop by my blog, you have a gift there. Debxx

SOOOOOOOOOOO bummed that your stamps are already sold out. Will they become available again? I hope so, because they are awesome looking!

When you are working at home what is your favorite adhesive to use for photos?

I will have all of those items when we go to Florida next month! We're headed for a week in a cabin in Wisconsin next week so I will be working on cards and my daughter's wedding album.
Sue

Thanks for your continuing inspiration Ali!

Wow, that stamp set went FAST!! The Cocoa Daisy kits look factastic, it was really hard to pick and choose.
We used those Tim Holtz scissors at a scrapbook store where I used to work, and they are the best! They really do cut through just about anything!!
:)

I've never been able to actually do everything on the road, but I have always wanted to try.
:) Becky
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I loved that article and have made two travel albums using your ideas. It's great. I spend about an hour each night, after the kids have passed out from exhaustion, recording the days happenings and then when I get home, I fill up the rest of the pages with photos from the trip. I finally have travel albums from two fun trips.

Had the scissors for about 6 mos.-the best ever. Now I want that cool ruler of his.

I had to go buy that 7 gypsies book and from there it led to a bunch more stuff on twopeas! Aahh! I'm outta control...