Anyway, during one of my car sessions the other day, I started thinking of making books and journals. I made a few super simple ones a few months ago that I love, and I wanted to expand on them a bit. So for some reason, I started thinking of those rinky dink brag books you get at the dollar store, and I thought that could make a super cute little journal. Then I went a step farther and thought that you could almost turn one of those into a travel journal if you included page protectors inside. The page protectors could hold photos, or scraps of receipts or post cards that you may want to keep from your travels. Super handy - if I do say so myself!
So after multiple car rides devoted to this topic this week, that's what I did this evening. And I sort of love the end product. Getting there - not so much. I first cut all the insides out because they're cheap and ugly - though that's easier said then done, because they definitely didn't cut cleanly. I then took page protectors from a 6x8 album (2 4x6's) and folded them in half to place between each paper page. After that, I took my trusty Crop-o-dile and cut 2 holes in each section then threaded twine through them. Herein lies the issue. First I can't eyeball where a hole should be to save my life, so there may or may not be some extra holes in my super cute travel album. Second, twine doesn't like to go through holes in plastic page protectors - like at all. So that required just a wee bit of finagling.
Once the hard part was done, I cute some pretty paper and a sticker for the front. Then popped out the ugly cover and popped in the pretty one, and I was all done. Like I said, I do love the final product. Because of the issue with the twine, I couldn't wrap the spine through the holes a few more times like I had hoped, so I'm not sure how sturdy it will be. Also, I don't really journal while I travel, so I'm not sure I'll actually use it. But that's beside the point. In the end I have something cute, and that's what matters!
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