Let's talk Travelers Notebooks

I've used mine mostly for vacations. I did one from the Oregon Coast last year, just finished one from a long weekend at Schweitzer resort and worked this weekend on my 2 week Hawaii vacation - 2 TNs. I love them because I can include little bits of stuff I've collected. I print my photos small too. It is fun! My Hawaii ones I have prepped and took them with me and did not work on them at all on the trip - oh well... good intentions.

I love traveler's notebooks! I subscribe to Cocoa Daisy and use the standard size Dori for my daily journal/memory keeping (one page a day). The remainder of my notebooks come from Yellow Paper House or Midori.

In addition to the daily journaling/memory keeping, I have a notebook for gardening (photos, what worked/didn't work, plans for next year, plants I want to try, landscaping ideas, etc), a notebook for my card donations (with photos of the cards I send) and a notebook for month-at-a-glance (calendar on 2 pages for appointments, etc.). I'm getting ready to start one for home remodeling projects (to collect ideas while I'm saving money to begin said projects).

I like what tsabhira said about TNs rescuing scrapbooking for her. I feel the same way. Love using bits of patterned paper, a photo or two, stickers or die cuts, stamps and a good amount of journaling.

joblackford, all of my inserts are either dot or grid for the same reason - to keep my handwriting straight.

Thanks for the idea - I need to start one to track the books I read.

Another Jacki Q fan here!

I love the TN size, but I think I have Blank Page Syndrome. A bit afraid to mess up my nice clean books! I am all organised to try it, even with a less sticky Cameo mat for cutting my paper - because I still work digitally then print and cut to do the pages. I can't freehand like paper people do

Another shameless plug for my youtube. I follow My Little Journal and Dearly Dee, too, and my process videos are (I hope!) in their style. I do some TNs, pocket page layouts, traditional layouts, and recently a mini album. www.youtube.com/channel/UCmv8ma7yEFeAQiBqKA0gttQ

This is a problem I have more with big sheets of paper (fear of cutting them, if I cut off a bit, what if I want a whole piece later??), that sort of thing. Buying $2 journal inserts that I can remove and replace in my cover if I get bored or feel I mess up or just want a clean start has really helped me get over that, which in turn helped me get over my issues with breaking open (for example) new containers of ephemera or chipboard (no more, what if I want to sell it?! hangups).

I do a hybrid thing that's been saving me money and space too. I have been buying collections from AC Digitals instead of buying physical product. Then I print what I actually want/need from the collection, in the right size for my journal so there's no wasted paper or paper taking up space. Anybody could do that for any size/format of scrapping, of course, but I never had a 12x12 printer, so I was always limited. And I think the ability to print small patterns for the booklet and print/cut my own flat (unlimited!) embellishments has specific applications for journalers.

I really wanted to like Project Life when it came out because I love the cards, but for me it still had most of the same issues, a 24x12 layout took up my whole desk, tons of album space, a crapton of photo printing, etc. TNs sort of fill the same chronicling role, only they actually get me to journal almost daily!

tsabhira I totally forgot that AC Digitals existed! Thanks for the reminder. I might need to stretch some leftover die cuts and elements for Christmas journaling with some Shimelle digital Xmas paper. Being able to size things is always a bonus for me.

I find the 12" format much too big too, and Letter size just doesn't mesh well with photos and is still too big. Even 6x8 albums get so bulky and fat.

I'm getting better at cutting into paper right away. I only have a few sheets that I can't bear to "ruin" right now.

katyscrap - I just got to really hate the plastic pockets, and I always had too many words anyway, so I have done 2 years of journals with pictures stuck in as I wanted. They're not real photos - they're printed on plain paper to keep them thinner, not archival or anything, but they make me happy. I print photobooks for archival purposes.

Whatever keeps up memory keeping, right? The format isn't as important as getting the stories down and playing with lovely things.

I’m addicted to TNs, and freely admit I’m a collector. I use them as planners, minialbums, notes, recipes....well, everything that can be put onto paper, really. Passport ones are used as wallets, and I like to change between covers frequently.

Which Cocoa Daisy kit do you subscribe to?