One of the fun parts of getting ready for a trip is making a travel journal. Mary Ann Moss has been an inspiration to me, sharing her journals on her blog.
The journal I made for this trip uses a Diamond X binding that I was taught in the on-line class Ticket to Venice. The journal consists of 3 signatures of 10 full pages (40 individual pages). The pages are made of a variety of papers, folders and plastic pockets. For the cover I made a collage using corrugated cardboard, Japanese papers and other bits and pieces I had around. I used a photo that I altered in Photoshop as the focal point. This book is 8x10" a bit larger that I usually make and most of the pages had to be stitched together to get the right size. I don't like a blank page I find it intimidating, to get around that I lightly spray stenciled the white watercolour pages.
Lovely cover for your journal. I totally agree with you that M.A. Moss has been an inspiration and I can't wait to start on another journal of a trip we took to Venice and Italy in general a year ago. I too, feel kind of intimidated by blank pages, so most of mine are prepared either with gesso or a touch of soft paint.
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