I love it when people share blog posts about their bullet journals, but I am in no way that organised to ever do one of those! I really love the idea but I don’t have enough time for that at the moment. So instead I thought I would share something similar. Last May I started a travel journal to write and capture down on paper the places and events that I have been to. I was walking around Camden Market in London and came across the most gorgeous leather bound sketch book and I had to get it. I loved the patterns on the outside as well as the way it closes with its little catch and string and crossed over flaps. I started this journal to make me want to travel and explore the world more and I think it has worked a little (I just need to remember to use it) I haven’t been too many places in the past year but I want it to be a work in progress. So here are a few snippets & pictures from the journal so far…
I guess I should start with the very first page! As in any journal/diary or notebook I get I always write my name and address in the font just in case I lose it on my adventures (which I have covered for my own dignity). I also included a random polaroid of my face that I had living around my room. I can’t remember why I added it but it does looks cool. I also attempted to draw a style with a view in the distance but I haven’t finished it yet!!
As you probably know from my last blog post but I have an obsession with flowers. Plus If I do say so myself I can draw a pretty good flowers. I was also obsessed with drawing this style of flower (which I think are poppies?) for a while so included that too! On the next page you can just about see my first written section about getting the journal it’s self. I like to write the place name, date and the co-ordinates of the location on every entry. (There are also a lot of loose tickets and random pieces of mementoes throughout the journal).
To separate some of the pages I have also iincluded some travel quotes that I really like such as this one…
I have also dedicated a little section to France after my visit last year. I really love this section of the Journal as I managed to write something everyday plus I took so many polaroid and collected so many tickets the pages look really full. You can see below that I almost did a title page to introduce the holiday.
So there you go that is a few pages from my journal. I would have shown you more but I would like to keep it kind of private as I have written about personal things in there.
Do you have a journal or travel journal? Let me know if you would one day like to see more? (I say one day as I need to go adventuring first).
Thanks,
Little Mayfly x
A good thing to keep. Although I don’t travel much now, my blog is really the daily journal I never had time for when I was younger.
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Thanks for taking a look! I keep it as a place where I don’t want to write a blog on it!
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Love Love Love! My Mum has just made a gorgeous one for my son as he wants to go traveling. I use a gorgeous travel note book that I use to write down my research of places I want to visit when Iv booked to go to another country. I think its a great idea to have a travel journal x
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Aww that sounds so lovely! They ate a great way to look back on things xx
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I have a scrapbook but not a journal or a travel journal! Yours is beautiful. ♡
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One of my daughters gave me a notebook for me to write down my travels and musings. The lines are actually teeny print of tiny Alice In Wonderland – so apt for my wanderings, real and imagined. Of course I was loathe to write anything in it for ages. However, knowing how much I loved writing when much younger, and I still have those journals, I rediscovered how enjoyable physically writing is.
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Aww that sounds lovely!
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This is a beautiful book you’ve made (:
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I love your notebook its so vintage looking and perfect for a journal, Camden is always great for things like this 🙂
I have a travel journal from my Trek America trip which I may share but like you some things I guess would be good to keep private. Its weird how we have got to a point where diary’s used to be a private thing and are now published on the web though for everyone to read isn’t it!!
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Aww that sounds cool! Yeah I think it’s a pretty personal thing! Thanks for commenting xx
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I do not have a travel journal but I have a scrapbook – I am so backlogged with the scrapbook though as it is so costly and time-consuming printing pictures, I think it is time to start a travel journal. Especially since I am travelling so much now. xx
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If your travelling a lot they are a good thing to carry around with you x
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Loved this! Travel journals are the best idea, I have so so many of them and although they mostly sit in a box under the stairs catching dust, there is always times I come back to them and am able to relive some of my best memories I’ve made!
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Yeah I think that’s so so lovely! Thanks for taking a look Tayla x
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Very nice article! keep up to good work!
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Thanks
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Enjoyed this article!
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Wonderful idea! I am currently trying to journal more when I am actually traveling. When I was younger, I would simply rely on my mind’s loose recollection. Over time, I am sure that I have lost my grip on notable details. Thank you for this piece of inspiration!
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Aww no problem so glad you can take something from this post! I don’t get mine out very often so it is so lovely to look back at everything Xx
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I also write scrapbook but not beautiful as yours
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Aww thank you that’s very kind of you to say Xx
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Thank you Xx
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Your travel journal is really adorable! I used to have one too, for some reason I stopped writing in it. I should totally give it a go again 🙂 Lovely post xx
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Thanks Alya! I don’t write in it as often as I should but I guess that means I should go on more adventures Xx
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its adorable. Thanks
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I love that you have a travel journal. I bring mine every trip but end up putting notes in my phone and my journal never leaves my bag.
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Awww I love that
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Aww no problem so glad you can take something from this post! I don’t get mine out very often so it is so lovely to look back at everything
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