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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Apr 5, 2023 3:54:55 GMT
Confession Time! Based on some of the new and past releases of multiple product lines. Who here takes their solo, couple, with friends or Family vacation, travels, road trips.......in a wood panel station wagon or a VW Bus?    Every travel line, seems to have one or the other or both. Clearly the products designers must think this is a scrapbookers......mode of transportation for all their travels. |
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Post by Linda on Apr 5, 2023 12:52:28 GMT
I mean when I was 10-18, my parents had three Ford Country Squire station wagons (one after another not at the same time) but we only ever did day trips...
These days we had a Ford Flex...no fake wood sides, lol
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 5, 2023 13:06:16 GMT
We had a station wagon when I was very young, but I doubt that it had wood panels, and I have zero interest in either station wagon or VW Bus embellishments.
Since when did reality ever have to do with what goes into a collection? For example, how many of us have ever had llamas? That was a trend, too.
I might use these interesting but useless elements on a card, but not on a layout.
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Post by breetheflea on Apr 5, 2023 13:23:07 GMT
No to the wood panels, we did have a VW bus from when I was age 6-10 and I have one photo of it (me sitting on the roof, when we're camping.)
Of course, most of the vans in scrapbook lines have orange vans and ours was red...
Yes, I think designers are a little out touch... who straps their suitcases to their car roof when they travel?
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Post by mom on Apr 5, 2023 13:34:24 GMT
I don't go on vacation with one but my DH just bought a one-owner, garage stored 1940 Woody. It has all the original wood and everything. He is going to restore it.
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Post by grammadee on Apr 5, 2023 14:20:22 GMT
I don't go on vacation with one but my DH just bought a one-owner, garage stored 1940 Woody. It has all the original wood and everything. He is going to restore it. Then you need ALL the travel papers!!!
I have never traveled in either one, although it might be fun to get one of those VW buses, throw in some scrappy supplies and head out on a road trip to visit other scrappers. Sort of like a scrapbook cruise, only cruising the roads instead...
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Post by janamke on Apr 5, 2023 15:09:15 GMT
Me! Well it belonged to my mom and step dad we took a couple shorter road trips and one camping weekend with it. Complete and utter piece of shit. But man I loved that thing! No AC, almost no shocks in the back, loud as hell. My regret, I donāt have one single photo with the Vanagon. š
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Apr 5, 2023 15:20:36 GMT
When will scrapbooking companies come out with a Prius icon in their road trip collections?! š
Iām also sick of campers in outdoor collections. We like camping, but in a tent. Or just hiking. Why so many campers??
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Post by refugeepea on Apr 6, 2023 3:58:05 GMT
When I was a child we traveled across the country in a converted utility van with built in seats with upholstered vinyl on top. No air conditioning, no seat belts. When we got in trouble we had to sit on the blue cooler in between the driver and the passenger up front. Where's my stickers?!! 
No seriously, if anyone comes across a vintage looking blue Coleman cooler in sticker, paper, or digital form please let me know.
ETA:ENOUGH with the bicycles in Spring and summer lines. Who the hell takes pleasure rides with a basket of flowers?
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Post by artisticscrapper on Apr 6, 2023 4:25:01 GMT
Right up there with the old square suitcases and steamer trunks with decals of famous cities. My mom had one of those suitcases and the thing weighed a ton.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 6, 2023 13:43:49 GMT
I don't go on vacation with one but my DH just bought a one-owner, garage stored 1940 Woody. It has all the original wood and everything. He is going to restore it. We could ALL send you our embellishments with the wood paneled station wagon! |
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 6, 2023 13:45:37 GMT
I'm excited to FINALLY use a taxi icon. I know I have them in my travel collection. I used a taxi in NYC. The taxis in Washington, DC were red!
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Post by chendra on Apr 6, 2023 16:14:45 GMT
I drive my VW bus to the Eiffel Tower on all of my vacations! š
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Post by anniebeth24 on Apr 6, 2023 17:47:07 GMT
Linda We had a series of Country Squire station wagons, too! One was dark green, one was maroon, and another was silver. They were all passed down to my mom from my grandpa who loved having a new car every couple of years. Loved riding in the "way back" facing backwards.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 6, 2023 18:22:30 GMT
We had a wood paneled station wagon that we drove on road trips (I refuse to call them vacations) for years.
I remember we couldn't go over 55 mph. Now that seems so slow.
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Post by scrapcat on Apr 6, 2023 19:55:40 GMT
I drive my VW bus to the Eiffel Tower on all of my vacations! š ha! My confession is I kinda like the VW bus/wagon icon in travel lines. As well as all the other ones (square suitcase, geotag) that are repetitive, but I duno, they work for me. |
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Post by Linda on Apr 6, 2023 20:15:13 GMT
Linda We had a series of Country Squire station wagons, too! One was dark green, one was maroon, and another was silver. They were all passed down to my mom from my grandpa who loved having a new car every couple of years. Loved riding in the "way back" facing backwards. we had two cream and one dark green. We didn't have the backwards facing seat in the back - ours had two seats back there that faced inward towards each other as the third row. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 6, 2023 22:40:34 GMT
Wood panel station wagons were never a thing in Australia, so not me! But if I could afford a VW bus Iād be taking it on road trips, for sure.
I bought a $100 raffle ticket recently to win a 1967 white and turquoise VW Splitty. I was so sure I was going to win (hahaha) but sadly I did not.
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 7, 2023 13:54:40 GMT
I drive my VW bus to the Eiffel Tower on all of my vacations! š With your llama? |
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Post by pantsonfire on Apr 7, 2023 14:40:03 GMT
We had a green (inside and out) station wagon in the 70s and into the early 80s. On long trips I got to sick in the back with no seat belt and play or sleep.
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Post by mayceesgranny on Apr 7, 2023 16:01:36 GMT
I not only vacation in a VW bus, I also tow a Camper Van and my vintage bicycle with the flower basket along. I mostly vacation at llama farms. These vacations usually result in The Best Day Ever!
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Post by Elsabelle on Apr 7, 2023 16:21:58 GMT
So true! Judging by every parking lot I park in manufacturers should be adding white SUVs to every travel collection.
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Post by chendra on Apr 7, 2023 20:21:39 GMT
I drive my VW bus to the Eiffel Tower on all of my vacations! š With your llama? He flies in with his square suitcase covered in lovely stickers, meets me at the tower and then we Go! See! Do! together! |
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Post by chendra on Apr 7, 2023 20:22:00 GMT
I not only vacation in a VW bus, I also tow a Camper Van and my vintage bicycle with the flower basket along. I mostly vacation at llama farms. These vacations usually result in The Best Day Ever! Kindred spirit! |
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Post by jediannie on Apr 7, 2023 20:34:09 GMT
Iām also sick of campers in outdoor collections. We like camping, but in a tent. Or just hiking. Why so many campers?? We have a travel trailer that looks like this so those all work for me! You can send me all your camper embellishments because we go camping almost once a month.   |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Apr 7, 2023 20:56:17 GMT
Iām also sick of campers in outdoor collections. We like camping, but in a tent. Or just hiking. Why so many campers?? We have a travel trailer that looks like this so those all work for me! You can send me all your camper embellishments because we go camping almost once a month.Ā Better yet I need to borrow your camper to take some pictures šš¤£ |
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Post by marykate on Apr 7, 2023 21:46:34 GMT
We had a wood-paneled station wagon when I was a kid: I believe it was a Ford "Country Squire," and we used to sit in the back, with no seatbelts on and with not a care in the world  So I guess the power of nostalgia is strong with me, because I absolutely love retro camper, van, and station wagon elements! I don't interpret them literally, I just think they evoke the mood of a certain time and place in a cute and clever way. Though maybe not well-suited to contemporary layouts, admittedly, and maybe some designer should come out with a cute Prius hybrid motif? |
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Post by marg on Apr 9, 2023 13:37:23 GMT
So I guess the power of nostalgia is strong with me, because I absolutely love retro camper, van, and station wagon elements! I don't interpret them literally, I just think they evoke the mood of a certain time and place in a cute and clever way. To me these elements just symbolize road trips, freedom, not a care in the world - so I like them. They make me feel all sentimental and warm and fuzzy. I don't camp, though, so I wouldn't use those elements anyway. The suitcases and woody station wagon, I'd use. I love a good road trip. I don't think a sticker of my Honda Accord or my husband's Audi Q7 would look as whimsical lol, but if I came across stickers of them I'd incorporate them, too, I'm sure. |
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