Time To Travel Is Anytime

 

Summertime usually means travel time, but it happens everyday throughout the year for different reasons. Here in this post I'm sharing an easy project to have on hand either for the car, a RV or to keep in a travel bag. 

In all the examples here, each book contains notebooks for keeping track of any variety of information and holders for receipts or various items needed while traveling or on the road, either near home or away. 

For all the examples here and others I have made in the past for a few of my traveling friends, I like to use images of maps. Either use found maps from resale shops, or pages from old road atlas's. I have also printed out copies of map images to use for covering books. 

Any of the  book dies, old or new, that are from Eileen Hull's collection by Sizzix make wonderful travel companions. 

The main purpose of the book featured, was to have something on hand in my car.  By using the Pocket Notebook (#663638), the size makes it easy for storing in the glove compartment of a car or for slipping it into a side door pocket for easy access.

There are several other dies that could by used in the same fashion, and listed here:

Passport Book (#660331)

Wrapped Journal (#662816)

Folio Journal (#664884)

Mini Album (#658982) 

Journal (#661906)

 

Insert for any of these can either be made or small notebooks or pads can be found at various outlets around or online. 

For purchased note book inserts, the outsides can be covered over with other coordinating papers of even fabrics. 

Folder envelopes can be fashioned as inserts also.  NOTE: I made a simple folder from two small envelopes. I covered the envelopes with clear contact paper to give them some strength and protection.  If the folder becomes tattered, make another and replace or add more.

Envelope folder view1

Envelope Folder view 2

Book Inserts

These two travel books were created for my granddaughters.  Each year, after the school is over, they have been lucky to go traveling with their parents for a week.  These were made for the summer they went on a two week trip, by car to several places West.  They contained pages for writing and pages for drawing, along with places to slip small finds and keepsakes of their travels.   

I made similar journals for friends who went on a trip overseas, using maps of the countries they were traveling to. 

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