This past weekend I decided to get crafty, and use up some coupons I had in my wallet. So, I decided to make my own travel journal. Not only that, but I found some neat-o luggage from Marshals that was on clearance.
Picked up a basic black journal book from staples. The pages were already a cream color, but I used a mix of coffee and tea to darken the page edges and give them a nice aged look.
I also grabbed things on clearance such as travel scrap booking stuff, paper blocks, stamps and the best of all, modge podge!
I went ahead and started to arrange things on the inside cover. My dad collects stamps, so I used some of his many extras. I glued them in place, but then to cover the finished arrangement, I used the trusty modge podge, which gave it a shine. Now none of the edges of stamps or the paper will pop up and get damaged. Modge Podge is basically glue that goes over things to seal them!
Then this.... is the cover! There are stamps from all over the world (mostly US though since that's what my dad collects). The stamps in the frame are exploration stamps. The oldest stamp on this book is from 1924. I did this again on the back, with even more stamps. I didn't double up on any stamps (except two in the frame).
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